LG STOPS Making Bluray And 4K Players!!! What Are We GOING To Do!!!

[@jasonrichardson9049]

It doesn't matter, LG made sub par players anyway. Sony just signed a HUGE deal with Disney to distribute home media, 4k players will be around for many years to come, calm down weirdos lol

[@michaeldietz2648]

Less options to buy products is never a good thing, but with that said honestly, I didn’t even know LG made Blu-ray or 4K Blu-ray players. I go to a lot of stores and I haven’t seen an LG player of any kind in probably like 10 years. I thought they exited years ago.

[@jeffbingham6660]

My buddy is the manager of an hmv. They are seeing more people buying blurays over the last few years. As long as that's happening I don't think we have to worry. "Make 4k players, not bombs".

[@jeffbingham6660]

Yeah. As long as streaming services keep increasing prices, dropping content and shoving adverts on us, more people will return to hard copies.

[@nicholasthill7151]

Apparently, you haven't been paying attention to hard media prices. I like my hard media but my Tubi, Prime, Shudder and Criterion are far cheaper than one Criterion 4K.

[@DrakonR]

​@@nicholasthill7151that's not even remotely true.

[@DRNicholasJones]

I own a Panasonic 4k & Blu-ray players . I try my best to support physical media the best I can

[@TheMovieJunkiez]

LG hasn’t released a new player since 2018.

[@jjchmiel78]

Neither has Sony or Panasonic. Sony hasn't even updated their player for Auto Dolby Vision.

[@patton2773]

​@jjchmiel78 there's no need now you get reliable Internet updates, it probably saves a fortune on consistent hardware upgrade production. The only time one will truly be required is if something supercedes Dolby Vision.

[@calebsmall]

I don’t know anyone with an LG player. I have a Sony 4K player, which is what I actually see at stores

[@LordoftheSerpents]

I have one. It’s as basic as you can get.

[@BloopsnBleeps]

LG players were notorious for issues. Let them go. We'll be fine

[@TorontoJon]

I honestly believe that 4K will be the very last format for physical media. I doubt that 8K will ever arrive (or 12K or 24K or some other format with so much detail to make one's eyes bleed) and one reaches a point where repurchasing one's movie collection to chase new formats gets absurd, tiresome, and expensive and I say this as someone who first bought movies on Beta, then on VHS, with a few movies on laserdisc, then upgrading movies with DVDs, then Blu-rays, while I buy 4K movies very sparingly because I've had enough after a while. :)

[@reginaldforthright805]

Most older films won’t benefit from 8k anyway so it will only be for new films (which are all garbage).

[@MikeMargolis-j8f]

The Blu-ray Disc Association already confirmed - some time ago - that 4K was the final physical media format. The issue, as I understand it, is that resolutions beyond 2160 can't be compressed properly on a disc; some enthusiasts I have discussed this with (and I share the sentiment) have said they were more than willing to have to switch a disc if a film has to be broken up onto two discs, just to have, say, an 8K resolution physical format. A big issue at that point would be affordability - if premium 4K releases are expensive, imagine what two disc 8K releases would go for. Then there would be the manufacturing; we're down to Sony, Panasonic and Magnetar in terms of players, so what company would invest in making 8K spinners that would RELIABLY support 8K, 4K, Blu-ray, DVD and CD? Oppo.....CAN YOU HEAR US???

[@reginaldforthright805]

@ what if they used data crystals

[@MikeMargolis-j8f]

@@reginaldforthright805 Can't ya be serious?

[@eteocles4452]

Physical media survived Oppo and Samsung dipping out, LG barely even registers compared to those two. Sony and Panasonic far out sells LG in players and you have high end players such as Magnetar. Physical Media is niche, but not dying by any means.

[@michaelalanpowell]

Reavon

[@michaelschiessl8357]

I have both Sony and OPPO 4k players my advice if your on the fence about getting a player..do it this holiday season..and if your really into Physical media as I'am you should always have a backup player as well and keep in mind possible tariffs coming next year..Jyst things to keep in mind everyone..

[@riveraa903]

We been hearing of the death of physical media since the early days of the Roman Empire 😂

[@denniskristos3800]

I wouldn't just panic yet, Ken. LG only held a small portion of the Disc player market and the models of their playback machines that have been mentioned, haven't been updated for several years. First, one of their machines was not only a player, but also was a recording unit w/HDD and TV tuner as well as a burner for DVD-R discs. Another one was stand alone BD burner unit capable of handling 50 gig BD-Recordable capacity discs. They're dated technology and LG had more than its share of QC issues... The second LG DVD recorder w/ upscaling capability that I owned had issues with its audio section. If you played a movie with 5.1 DTS audio, it would intermittently blip or cut out for a second or two then return to playing the soundtrack. I figured it had to do with the DTS decoder overloading. It didn't act up when playing Dolby 5.1 audio, though. To this day, that glitch remains in that machine. Second, Panasonic (Matsushita Electronics) Phillips, Yamaha and Sony are the major players with the highest market share sales of 4K and Blu-ray playback machines. The facts are out there. All you have to do, is look them up.

[@TorontoJon]

Let's face it that 4K players are not that popular (other than among physical media collectors) and they are not that cheap either (not in Canada anyway) when prices should be far more reasonable by now given how the prices of DVD players and DVDs decreased substantially over time to be more affordable for everyday consumers.

[@letstalkcriterion]

They’re not making enough money and clearly consumer interest has dropped off, it won’t make too much difference to the market to be fair all the death of physical media talk is rubbish as well. Panasonic and Sony have the larger market share anyway.

[@McH0rror]

If we could only find a way to extend life so we can keep rebuying movies for centuries to come these issues wouldn't be a problem.

[@Justin-cw7rg]

I think it’s a small hit to physical media. Less hardware to support the medium means less studios producing for it. Regardless of quality, every player has its niche in the market, such as affordability.

[@ApolloT-vp5dn]

It's clear that LG are not a major player in the market. Sony and Panasonic dominate this space, so why worry.

[@GenX_in_the_wild]

You missed the point so hard..

[@ApolloT-vp5dn]

@GenX_in_the_wild I think you did, clearly.

[@mataiguana5]

LG has been quietly retiring their products since a few years ago, so come to no surprise now. There still other brands. It's true we'll miss the brand, but they were struggling long before.

[@Victor-i4g4u]

There is other companies out there that make 4K Blu-ray players. It’s not the end of the world when LG stopped making their players.

[@Frostbite351]

More makes than LG on the market. No loss

[@brunomachado7279]

I bought a spare player this year. We never know.

[@gavinyoung7085]

I have 2 of the UBK80s and they work great for me. I have one on my TV and one on my projector. I bought them because my old LG bluray player I've had for 12 years keeps on working with no problems.

[@LeeTheVet]

I have a 2023 Sony 4K UHD player and it's outstanding. Sound bar is also Sony.

[@Sammy_X7]

Don't you have to turn on the Dolby Vision setting every time? That's the thing I don't like about Sony players.

[@bassage13]

Panasonic is the only way to go.

[@nicholastotoro7721]

My LG UBKM9, while n not having the overall image quality or upscaling quality of my Panny UB820, is still a great player and rock-solid after the last firmware update.. which was like two years ago LOL! It's a shame. The UBKM9 will even play discs that aren't authored properly that my Panny just spits out. Best part... I paid like $90 for it as a refurb about three years ago!

[@nickb3816]

I got 2 lg players that were giving me problems until I did a software update on em now there fine

[@moomcmoosson1992]

The LG UBK80 was my first 4K-Player. It was fine, mostly it has a terribly loud disc drive, depending on the surface it's standing on. I still have it as a backup for my Panny 824 for the discs that it has problems with. Also my Region Free Blu-Ray player is a LG (because it was by far the cheapest).

[@Capri-j4i]

Why spend the money on LG ?? When one can purchase Panasonic 4k blu ray player for basically the same price!! And the Panasonic are far superior, even the entry levels are far better.

[@nigelstone3729]

It just LG and Samsung, but I think it's because people have and are sending lots of them back with faults, as I did a while back with there Blu-ray home cinema players. I then went to Panasonic Blu-ray 5.1 home cinema, then a few years ago I went for Panasonic 4k HDR10+ player, and Panasonics 3.1 Technics tuned soundbar dtsx/atmos, and those have been great.

[@watcher136]

I have the lg ubk90 around 6 years now Great 4k player,no issues

[@Windupchronic]

I don’t see this as an issue because no one was buying their players to begin with, which is likely why they’ve stopped producing. This is like if Disney said they were going to stop making microwaves, to which everyone would say, “Disney made microwaves?’”

[@mikehailer9353]

I absolutely love my Panasonic 820.

[@InimicusSolitus]

I have a panasonic and a sony 4k player. Still got a couple of samsung bluray players too. Also have LG bluray drives in 2 PCs. It will be years before I need another player

[@batman.darthmaul]

I think it's highly unlikely LG will start manufacturing players again.

[@Bourne1886]

I don’t see this as an issue. LG were hardly the market leaders.

[@NaturalChaos]

I recently upgraded to the Panasonic UB820 because my LG player kept freezing whenever it transitioned to the third layer. LG players weren't good that's why no one wants them. Honestly, the hobby is better off without their subpar players. I see it as a net positive.

[@hifi-enthusiast]

Honestly, I don't get the massive hate towards LG players in the comments. I own two LG 4K players, the UP970 and the UBK80. These are fine players FOR THE MONEY. Most people commenting here forget that these players were sold for UNDER 200 bucks all day long. For that amount of money they are decent, they support lots of audio and video formats and feature Dolby Vision support. Picture quality and sound are beautiful from both these players on my 2021 Samsung 4K TV.

[@tolga_berk]

Who has ever bought a LG Player!?! LG TV yes but no player please! It is like if McDonald’s would say we are not making any shoes anymore!! What when did you make shoes?! That kind of situation! Totally unrelated on the Physical Media market. Its there “unsuccessful” product strategy. Panasonic and Sony are dominating, AND EVERYONE FORGETS PEOPLE USE THEIR PS4 PS5 or XBOX’s to play discs!!! Have you thought about that?!?!?

[@screamingeekmedia]

I actually forgot that LG had players. LOL. You never hear about them. It's Sony and Panasonic. LG has quit making a lot of things and concentrating on tvs. I know I need to get a new player to replace my Sony x700. Looking at the Panny 820. I know there new 450 is less than $200, but afraid it might have same issues as other lo-end models like the x700.

[@patton2773]

LG just don't cut it and are shelf warmers. The hobby isn't fully mainstream and if youre inyo physical media at this point youre going Sony or Panasonic at very least for the quality. The only reason youre picking up an LG is as a stopgap or emergency player. I wouldn't read too much into it

[@tonyfarinella]

I'M SURE THE INTERNET WILL RESPOND REASONABLY AND APPROPRIATELY

[@midlevelmedia]

@@tonyfarinella You can always count on that.

[@wyldeslash2003]

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!

[@TorontoJon]

I never bought an LG 4K player and the only LG Blu-ray players I own were all purchased gently used for between $5 and $14.99 each from local thrift stores (Goodwill, Salvation Army Thrift Stores, Value Village, etc.).

[@davew5980]

I like LG bluray players because it's easy to change the region. So I bought a $15 player at Goodwill and use it as my region 2 player.

[@SealedOrPorted]

Ever heard of Tascam? They have a hot looking 4K player complete with rack ears.

[@TorontoJon]

Tascam is cool and is a professional division of TEAC. Several years ago, I bought a few of Tascam's top cassette decks and a reel-to-reel deck too. :)

[@jcrashmore]

As we transition to a collectors market people are going to look for and purchase the best players. LG has never been a leader with their players. That’s not to say they couldn’t be they are a big company but it’s probably just not worth it for them. Panasonic and Sony has the market pretty much cornered currently. I think we‘ll see more manufacturers pop up with super high end niche players but Sony and Panasonic remain the players for the masses.

[@iloveblue7920]

Just a few mins into it, and so far its very good, but all the others say LGis stopping 4k players, but you have found diff info, so well done, but i have heard their 2 models are not that great and Sony and Panasonic are much much better and more reliable. Now and again the Oppo 203 pops up on ebay for less than £1k, and they are very good players, Cambridge Audio did one too, but when it appears on ebay its not cheap, but very well regarded, but if you want 1 be prepared to pay a hefty price !!! me i have the Panasonic ub 9000 and in the living room Reavon x100, and its great so far plays everything.

[@user-friendly-b6q]

I heard about it a couple of days ago, I went to bed really upset. WE FEW , WE HAPPY FEW. ( collectors of physical media )

[@drsteinman5510]

Everyone should be more worried about the electric and water being cut off at this point

[@alfonsoagren414]

We get other brands?

[@HomeCinemaEnthusiast]

It makes no difference, the players were poor quality, now lg can get back to making washing machines

[@danieltuval8879]

Quite alot has popped up on this subject recently, which surprises me a little. Firstly lg has,never been known for their players even prior to 4k.there 1 and only 4k option came early in the format and didn't last long as more quality brands threw hats in the 4k ring and made lgs option look very sub-par. So im really not sure who was purchasing lg players? Certainly not anyone interested in quality as even play station would have been a better 4k player. I would think that even semi serious collectors would go for a player of bit higher quality, sony at very least maybe a panasonic or at high end a reavon or magnetar depending on how much you wanted to spend,but point is this is a non story,neither here nor there.4k discs are expensive and as such niche,i dont get spending big money on discs and cheaping out on the player.doeasnt make sense.lg was never a factor

[@jjchmiel78]

It sucks to lose the competition. I have a LG UBK90 and used extensively before I bought a Reavon. It is a solid no frills player. About the same price as the Sony's yet it offers auto Dolby Vision that Sony's require manual switching. It is cheaper than the Panasonic 820 yet it offers file playback options the Panasonic can't handle such as MKVs with Atmos and DTSX sound. Only having the two main brands is going to drive prices up for those.

[@TorontoJon]

I have a Sony 4K player with plans to buy a Panasonic 4K player as a backup in the future, so if LG leaves the scene, hopefully Sony and Panasonic as well as others will remain in the game.

[@SuperSnakePlissken]

My Panasonic UB9000 does not care.

[@Anytyme06]

As long as gaming consoles have a disk drive we'll have something

[@SteviesCornerYouTubeChannel]

Personally, I wouldn't never buy a LG or a Samsung player. First choice for me is Panasonic, since they are the best players quality / price wise. Sony come second. Magnetar and Reavon are the best if the costumer have lot's of money to spend.

[@Wally_stad]

I’ve got a ps5, a ub820 and a ub820 still in the box for a rainy day that I bought out of fomo 😅

[@JohnWick-yw4oo]

They need to make better players, high end players, not cheap plastic ones. Nobody wants the cheap plastic ones with no bells and whistles, we want the high quality players.

[@michaelalanpowell]

Magnetar, Reavon?

[@Mikethecoolguy]

I have an LG 4K player when it breaks I will upgrade to a panaphonic or a sorny

[@TorontoJon]

Haha! Don't forget a possible Singsong player from South Korea. ;)

[@dixonlee8086]

When my LG UBK90 dies, I'm going to hold out until Magnetbox makes a comeback

[@Mikethecoolguy]

@@dixonlee8086you get it

[@shawnmazda3486]

I had LG UBK 90 was garbage upgraded to Panasonic

[@robertrudd6970]

LG has a big share of the OLED market. Right? The finest of the fine. I don't think they are trying that hard to have maybe the best 4K picture on the market just so people can watch the lesser streaming bit rates. Maybe they are working on another leap in PM technology. They need to have a purpose that makes sense for the why someone would pay the extra price tag for OLED. On first blush, it appears they are shooting themselves in the foot. I just don't think they have worked so hard on innovation, for them to contribute to what could be their own demise.

[@ronthorn3]

This is totally a non issue, it could be a sign, but as of now, it’s a nothing burger for those who collect physical media.

[@nicholasthill7151]

If there was money to make better ones and they were profitable, I am sure that they and Samsung would have stayed around. Denial is a b*itch.

[@richardbaker183]

Ok. My blu player is a Samsung and I watch 4ks on my X-Box 1S, which I specifically bought it for.

[@994pt4]

I never see LG player Nobody even use them 🤷‍♂

[@Hicks-g1m]

Physical media still lives on Ken LG wasn't that great anyway. Sony still has a disc drive for 4k movies blurays dvds and games

[@compingnick]

Who has made a new 4k pkayer model in the last 3 years. Theyve all stopped. Denon never made one. Panasonic stopped at the high rnd one. Pioneer stopped at the denon lookalike of which nowhere stocks it. Sony only has two models. Both have stopped updates and support. Cambridge stopped years ago. No one is making 4k players anymore.

[@sethm.woodiwiss786]

Hardly anyone bought LG players. That's why they are stopping production.

[@andrewbreckenridge2490]

Everything LG makes is trash, let's hope they stop making TVs next.

[@dvddmc]

I have an LG 4k player have not had one problem with it

[@jeffreykaufmann2867]

Nice T-shirt!

[@Adeniyidairo]

Nobody cares they were never in the game when it comes to 4k players.

[@xusiaxod6255]

LG were only meh. Panasonic and Sony way better and they still make them and have new models. So non issue.

[@JayMane-z7c]

YT or whoever deleted my recommendation comment ...which is freaking ridiculas.👎

[@LordoftheSerpents]

LG players are crap.

[@tomboling2309]

You are making this a bigger deal then what it actually is. Bc L G not that big of a deal & I would not be worried about any of this unless Sony stops making players. Then when that happens we need to be very worried. But until then I would not be worried about any of this

[@gman5218]

Isn't that what he said 😂

[@JayMane-z7c]

I recommend watching your movies on a PS5 Slim w/Blu-ray/4k Optical Drive that is easily detachable when/if you need to replace it. Said Optical Drives are sold separately for $79.99 ...so just buy a few extra for when a new one is needed.🙂

[@ApolloT-vp5dn]

If that happens... not when.

[@jpenir]

@@tomboling2309 i actually thought Ken's reply to this was measured and calm. He didn't seem to make a big deal of it at all

[@OrbitCruz28]

Panasonic was better with these Blu-ray players.

[@michaelpitts7584]

I have a Panasonic 4k player so I really don’t care what LG does

[@josephherman5790]

Who cares,I'd never get any products made by Zenith,which is who used to be LG.I buy Sony products.

[@jpenir]

Panasonic is the way to go anyway. But at the rate we are seeing physical media decline its only a matter of time before everything is Amazon only and only the boutiques will be around

[@ApolloT-vp5dn]

What decline?

[@jpenir]

@ApolloT-vp5dn Best Buy not selling them anymore. Sales being down. DVD still dominating the market. No more disc section at local Targets. The rise of digital. LG getting out of the game, etc etc. As someone who watches Ken'a videos in surprised you wouldn't know this stuff.

[@alexdas2000]

@@ApolloT-vp5dndeclining every year

[@ApolloT-vp5dn]

@@alexdas2000 Suggest you look at current figures.

[@ApolloT-vp5dn]

​@@jpenir Sales UP in the UK for 4K format, sales levelling out in the USA in 2024. More discs released year on year. Yes, it's a niche collectors market, but it isn't doom and gloom like you're suggesting.

[@bigdadd09able]

I could care less . I own a panny ub820

[@ODB_]

I'm not trying to be contrarian here but the 4k format is being milked by studios at consumer expense. We're seing it with current prices. The 4k discs are not a viable replacement for Blu-ray as the technology is too fragile for mass consumption. Not worth the costs of investment for major electronic companies. There hasn't been new player released in 6 years. If you have the money to cycle through discs until you find working copies, great. I think its a dead format.

[@JedEckert]

Absolutely. I'm currently selling off my 4K collection of approximately 250 movies for exactly the reasons you mentioned. And my Panasonic DPUB 820 stopped playing 4K disks, but plays everything else. I've only had it 20 months. Believe it or not I'm replacing them with regular Blu-rays even though some disks also come with the 1080p Blu-ray. Simply because I don't want to look at the 4K disks.

[@WarBrer247]

LOL

[@ApolloT-vp5dn]

You win the award for silliest comment this year. Every PS5 game comes on a UHD disc and literally 100s of millions of discs are sold each year.

[@ODB_]

​​​​@@ApolloT-vp5dn except video games and movies are not the same thing. I'm not a SME on disc technology but Sony basically ships game licenses on disc and once you download the game, yes "download", you can play. PS5 game discs are basically checksums if I understand it. Movies are read bit for bit by a laser, and it's way more intense process than a PS5 game.

[@ApolloT-vp5dn]

@@ODB_ No, you're perpetuating a myth. The majority of PS5 games ARE on the disc and fully installable from the disc. Data is data, it can either be read from the disc or not. Doesn't matter if you install it first or read bit by bit, if the medium was fragile, it wouldn't work in any sense.

[@MarkFoster321789]

1. Get Sony. 2. Get Panasonic. 3. The choice is yours. Get the idea?

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[@gregory3499]

Simple solution, buy another brand. LG sucks anyway. They gonna lose out not us.

[@RockyRoyale84]

I recently found an LG 3D player on a stack of old electronics being thrown out.

[@nebojsamatejic9527]

Yawn moment. It's a nothing burger. 🥱