Recently, Sony announced the release window of the PlayStation 5 along with the confirmation that it will feature a 4K Blu-ray drive. While we have heard several leaks and speculations about this feature, it is still nice to hear it officially from the company. But, while many are talking about the new generation 4k Blu-ray drive, the question is, will it be able to solve the current issues plaguing the standalone 4k Blu-ray player from Sony?
According to Forbes, the standalone Sony 4k Blu-ray player has an issue that affects the performance and accessibility of Dolby Vision playback. For the uninitiated, Dolby Vision is the premium version of high dynamic range picture tech. It improved from the standard HDR10 system by offering advanced color mastering and additional scene picture data that TVs compatible with Dolby Vision can utilize to offer accurate and more dynamic pictures.
The PlayStation 5 will have to fix the way Sony's latest decks fail to play Dolby Vision correctly. The report claims that both X800m2 and X1100ES play masters in an extremely bright way. This has reportedly become annoying to many users considering that that brightest parts of the picture flare out.
The second issue that the PlayStation 5 needs to solve is the absence of automatic Dolby Vision switching. Both players entail the user to manually turn the Dolby Vision on and off. In other words, the user has to go manually go to the menu to switch the Dolby Vision on, and if the disc only carries an HDR10 master, the user has to ensure that the Dolby Vision is switched off.
The report claims that it would be very helpful if Sony added increasingly important features to PlayStation 5's 4K Blu-ray drive that standalone 4K Blu-ray players from Sony do not have. This includes the HDR10+ picture format. Meanwhile, details of a recent demo of an open-world title currently in its development stage have been leaked. The leaker used to work as an editor in GameFan magazine and was all praises to the gaming console that was used to run the game.
The #PS5 Has been announced️
Here is what we know...
Solid state Drive
100GB optical Discs played on 4K Optical Blu-Ray Drive
New controller with Haptic Feedback and adaptive Triggers
Configureable installation options for your games pic.twitter.com/5CGTb1vzNJ — GAME Meadowhall (@GAMEMeadowhall) October 10, 2019
The gaming console used in the demo is confirmed to be running on AMD Navi-based processor, presumably, on a PlayStation 4 dev kit. Sony's next generation gaming console has set the bar of expectations both in the gaming and tech industry to another level. Let us just hope that it will not disappoint expectant fans when it officially releases in holiday 2020.
