MPV does seem super fast in general. I had a 4K HDR video file recently that the default Windows player couldn't play (black screen with only audio), VLC played

MPV does seem super fast in general. I had a 4K HDR video file recently that the default Windows player couldn't play (black screen with only audio), VLC played but playback was choppy and the colours were washed out, and MPV played perfectly smooth with correct colours.