SONY UBP-X700 4K ULTRAHD BLU-RAY PLAYER REVIEW & SETUP | DOLBY VISION & GREAT VALUE!
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- Опубликовано: 21 июл 2024
- The Sony UBP-X700 is a very capable 4K player at a great price, but it has a few quirks. Let’s take a look and review and setup this player in this video. Please Note: You do need to turn Dolby Vision On and Off depending on the content. If you leave it on, all HDR signals will be converted to Dolby Vision, which can cause potential issue.
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UPDATE: I have talked to Sony about this player. While the player display menu does show HDR10 content as being displayed in HDR, not Dolby Vision, the player is in fact converting all HDR sources to Dolby Vision HDR when that setting is turned on. You can confirm this via your TV display settings, which will show Dolby Vision. In short, you should NOT leave that setting On at all times. Apologies for the mix up there.
However, Sony has stated that this conversion should have little to no effect on your final image, and at worst, will make it slightly brighter. They do not see this as an issue, because everyone adjusts their own brightness levels on their TVs to begin with, so anyone who has calibrated a TV to their liking may not notice this conversion. I would be in this camp, as standard Blu-ray content and 4K discs with HDR10 have looked largely the same here as they do on another player which is not Dolby Vision capable.
That being said, I will make sure to turn that setting On/Off depending on the disc I am reviewing. To date, this would have only affected 2 of my 4K reviews (Do the Right Thing, and Tremors), as this did not become my "daily player" until late December 2020 as I was testing it against my previous Panasonic player. The rest of my reviews in this time period were on discs with Dolby Vision, so there would be no discrepancy there.
That's the one I got! My first 4K player, so I learn that you must be careful with the littlest particle of dust (that's what causes the freezing) I'm using an LG screen, and great interaction (more than with my regular LG BR player)
Region free?
I'm waiting for the price to go back down to $150.
@@jacobbeeson2983 not from factory, it's Region A locked. And tutorials to unlock the DVD region for other Sony models doesn't work on this one so far.
I have had this model since 2018, works great and no problems😃👍
Side note as someone that owns this player, don’t leave Dolby vision on all the time because if you do then it applies Dolby vision to 4k discs that don’t have it, or even blu rays and DVDs that obviously don’t have any hdr capabilities. It’s annoying you gotta turn it on for Dolby vision stuff and off for stuff that isn’t, but for a player at that price point it’s only a minor inconvenience. For reference I own an lg b9 tv so maybe it’s a different story for Sony tv’s.
I was watching the video and had the same thought and wanted to add this comment but you beat me to it! I’ve had the player for 2 years now and you definitely Only want Dolby Vision on when you’re playing a Dolby Vision disc and not all the time.
Agreed, makes some 4k discs look awful, good thing it can be switched off, my Panasonic 4k player couldn’t.
They could have made Dolby vision setting auto but that may have bumped up the price.
I've had this player for about a year and a half and this is very annoying. Jeff's statement that you only have to do this once is just incorrect; you need to turn it on for discs in Dolby Vision and then turn it off for HDR 10 or SDR discs. However, it's my only major complaint with the player itself. (Well, it lacks a display, but almost all players do now. And the remote, which is identical to one I had with an older Sony Blu-ray player, stinks; too many hard to distinguish buttons on too small a surface.)
@@marlowe1537 Star Wars/Empire strikes Back/Return of theJedi look drab and horrible in 4k on Disney+ and it’s the same on 4k disc. But this player allows me to switch off HDR, now those movies look amazing in UHD on disc. (It makes me think that either my tv is just bad at HDR or the format just isn’t all it’s cracked up to be?)
Hey Jeff. Recent subscriber here. Love the 4k reviews. I was looking at these players and did a youtube search and found your review. Ordered one right away and it arrived today. So far I have been very impressed. Good recommendation
Man, I really like your channel. Perfectly easy to understand language - for non-native english speaker like me. Great content, nice overall. Greetings from Poland!
Actually, I have as well a Sony UBP - X1100ES Blu Ray player since last year I took it online in February, and I bought a few 4K disks in Dolby Vision, but all I saw was the HDR sign shown on screen at the beginning of the movies and I always said why is not in Dolby Vision. Last night after watching this video I made the correct settings for Dolby Vision after several minutes of trial and error, thanks to your video. I really appreciate your efforts to do this video! Well done, good job!
Thanks for the Dolby Vision tip. I had this player for more than a year and this function was OFF. Now my standard blu-ray disc has been upscale to HDR. They look great!
I’ve had this player for 2 years and had no issues...I’m using Sony STRDH790 receiver, Polk VT60 in ceiling speakers, along with Klipsch R100sw sub paired to Samsung 8 series 75in 4K tv (wish it was a Sony but couldn’t pass up the sale price of $1000!)-this setup works perfectly for me and my media room...theater quality experience every time!
I have the 800- it seems to work pretty darn well. It also plays super audio CDs which is pretty neat, especially if you have surround sound!
First off, love your channel.
Bought this same player for same reason, paired it with my 2015 Sony 65X850D. I regret not getting a Sony receiver last time around, it's just better to stay within brand.
With my old Blu-Ray player, DVDs looked awful on the 4K TV. With a good 4K player, the upscaling is good enough that I no longer feel I need to replace all my DVDs.
I've had this player for over a year, and no issues whatsoever with freezing or skipping on discs (fingers crossed).
Indeed, it doesn't have full streaming capabilities, but my TV streams really well - so it's only necessary for one connected device to be able to do that.
Sir, THIS Video (Compared to MANY Others on Y/T) Has Been MORE Helpful and informative than ANYONE Else is!!! YOU Sir do what Others Claim or Say. Thank You Again!!!!
Recently purchased this one. So far, so good. I know a lot of people swear by Panasonic but I wanted to try the cheaper alternative first. If it conks out on me, then I’ll consider one of the more expensive ones.
I've this player and it is awesome for the price point . It also play SACD and DSD audio multichannel (great for 200 euro) . Chassis is not "audiophile" but it can play all BD formats and SACD very well. It is recommended for all kind of setup : from normal AV (player and TV) to a pro HT setup with Dolby Atmos etc...
The Panasonic 820 is the player to get 👌🏻 I’ve had it since launch which will be 3yrs this year and I’ve never had a issue and think it’s incredible
I agree 100%. I had the Samsung, Sony and Panasonic UB820. The Sony was a glitchy piece of junk. It would freeze up my whole system and I had to unplug and restart everything all the time. The Sony x700 also needed a firmware update when I bought it for it to do Dolby Vision just like the x800m. The original x800 still doesn't do Dolby Vision it was the second year with the m added. The Panasonic blows away the picture on this player. He needs to put them side by side with the same movie and he'll see what we're talking about. But if you don't have anything to compare it to it's going to look great to you. I guess as long as he's happy but I wouldn't recommend that player to anyone mine went into the dumpster.
@@Kevinescapingrealitychannel my first was the Samsung 4K player that came with my tv and it was ok, it convinced me of 4k. But I was always thinking I need to get a player that’s gonna push my tv to it’s limits and blow me away. I was gonna get the Panasonic 900 but just as I was looking into it I heard new models was coming and waited for the 820, so glad I did as it blew the Samsung out of the water
Agree. I love my 820, and it was worth every cent even if it is a little on the expensive side.
How did you guys hook it up with a sound bar? Do I just hook player to sound bar then sound bar to tv? Or player right to the tv? I heard using arc hdmi, that it compresses sound like atmos and doesn’t sound as good. What is best way for best picture and sound?
@@Kevinescapingrealitychannel I agee , he should compare items .
Was checking the reviews online but couldn’t find anything substantial. By then I saw my boy Jeff had a review for this! Just ordered it
This is really great content. Thanks for pointing out the Dolby Vision update as well. I’ve also been watching all my stuff with DV set to on, so I’ll make sure to adjust that when I’m reviewing things for the channel. Great work, awesome review. Thanks for sharing!
I bought one of these in the UK 🇬🇧 and had issues with it freezing on a few discs. I read online that this was a well known issue with this particular Sony model. The other thing with the Sony was that Dolby Vision had to be turned on manually and once it was on, it was on for anything that was put into it, so even SD 1080 blu-rays were output in Dolby Vision. I returned it for a Panasonic DP-UB450. I’ve not had the Panny long but so far, so good and Dolby Vision is automatically engaged for those discs that need it.
My mom got me this for Christmas, and it works great. Plays SACDs, too, which is amazing at this price.
I bought this player like 2 years ago and its still going strong! Really works well with my vizio 4k tv. Except I got it a little cheaper in price. Like $150 I believe.
Great review. And it just so happens this is the one I got around BF for about $150, so good score there. I got it because I started getting so many 4k discs that had special features on the 4K disc itself, like Total Recall, so I just went for it. Haven’t used it a ton, so I can’t speak of the glitchy issues some people are mentioning. Next up will be a 4K tv for my bday in April!
I think it’s a lot like the TV lottery as they say. I got this model and the first 4K I put in it froze and had to restart the player. Upgraded to the Panny 820 just because I haven’t seen any reviewers having issues with it. Glad you got a good player and hope it stays that way Jeff! Great review as always boss!
Fingers crossed. But that’s why I mentioned the problems in the video. It does seem like they have a bit of a lemon problem.
I’ve been really enjoying your channel over the last week so I bought a 4K player and it’s this one! Just found your review.. :) keep up the good work..
Greetings from Melbourne Australia Jeff!!
Thanks for your comprehensive review of this unit. I've put one aside for when I pick up my 65" Sony A80J.
Would it be at all possible to talk through how you were up all of your equipment for optimal picture and sound quality, especially if purchasinga soundbar as well. It would really help tech newbies like me!!!
Also, reading some of the comments, some people mentioned 3D. I'm coming from a very old LG 3D plasma and Blu Ray HDD. Loved my 3D blu rays, but I'm thinking they are now redundant unfortunately.
Love your passion. Keep up the great work, it's greatly appreciated. 👍
OMG I had no idea about needing the Dolby vision output on, I’ve been watching 4K discs with this weird brown filter and this instantly fixed it so thank you so much!
Somewhat an update after 4 months I now understand that you only have to turn it on with Dolby vision compatible 4K discs, I currently only need it on for King Kong (2005) special edition, Godzilla King of the monsters, clover field, and all the Jurassic Park and World movies but all my other 4K, Blu Ray, and DVD’s work perfectly fine with it off
Had a bunch of issues with this model, freezing, couldn’t get Dolby vision to work properly. Returned it and picked up a Panasonic player and love it.
..Which Panasonic model?
I had the freezing issue as well but it happened after about a year of flawless playback.. (just 4ks, everything else is fine) Also went with Panasonic, the UB820 and haven't regretted it. (Not having to manually switch in and out of dolbyvision any more is so gratifying)
@@AlexanderChapin went with the UB420. Was on sale and have been happy without Dolby vision.
Yep, same here. Got myself a UB450.
I also had freezing issues on mine and returned it. Changed to Panasonic UB 820 and have had no issues on over 10 4k's and regular blurays and no need to switch Dolby Vision on and off it does it automatically.
I got the X700 in 2019 on Black Friday for $128.00! A crazy deal that I don't think will be repeated again. It was my catalyst for creating a budget 4k home theater room. I've never had a problem with it. Unless something changed, you have to turn Dolby Vision off when watching non-Dolby content. That's a pain, but even at $180, this player is well worth it.
Just got one for reduced price for Black Friday then for open box. And everything was fine. .$99.99 at Best Buy.😀 very happy with the product thank you for reviewing it because I didn’t know if it was a good product or not
How is it working out?
Just purchased this model two weeks ago. While I still don't have a 4k tv yet, coming soon, I have been buying 4k disc since late last year and every disc so far has Dolby Vision.I love the fact this plays just about every recent disc format produced as I own physical media of all formats. The price has jumped in the last 18 months as it cost me $219.00 from Best Buy.
I got mine for 150 at Best Buy over the holidays. I love it
I bought the Panasonic dp-ub820 player not that long ago. It's fantastic. It has HDR10+ and Dolby Vision with terrific 4K upscaling for both blu ray & DVDs. Never had a problem with and the sound decoders are phenomenal. It has settings you can adjust like the hdr and audio while you watch the movie and gives specific information on the color spectrum of the film.
You're right and the price is CAD$498 Black Friday to Cyber Monday 2021! Not cheap Bro.
I bought this player in October of last year and has been worth every penny! Solid deal!
I bought one of these when I got my 4K TV and had a peculiar issue with it. I'm not very technical, so I'll do my best to explain. For a while, it would constantly lose the signal when trying to play regular Blu-Ray discs. It'd play DVD's and 4K discs perfectly fine. But there was a good 50% chance that the second you put a Blu-Ray in, the TV would lose the player's signal when it tried to play the disc. The only way to fix it was to open and shut the tray several times until the signal finally went through. This didn't happen when I first got the player... it just sort-of spontaneously started a few months later.
But lately, it seems to be happening less and less. (In fact, I don't think it's happened in a good 3 weeks or so.) So maybe it was just an issue that got squashed in an update, I guess?
Other than that, it's a great player, though. Really nice and affordable.
Anyone else have this issue?
A tip for the upscaling settings:
Auto 1 - Up-scales all to 1080p
Auto 2 - Up-scales all to 4K
Off - No up-scaling
@ZombieKohhi There's no definitive answer. The TV might upscale better than the player and vice versa. Try both on and off and see which looks better.
I think if you leave the Dolby Vision set to 'on' it will try and play all discs with DV. When i play non DV discs the TV still reports DV instead of HDR. I think you need to turn it on or off depending on the disc otherwise why doesn't it have an 'auto' option like all the other options, switching on when it detects a DV disk and off when not??
I ditched Sony BD players after experiencing disc freezing issues with DVDs, BDs and 4K UHD BDs on two different Sony BDP-X800 4K UHD BD players. The issue was not with the discs, since they played fine on the second attempt, but with the way the player would completely freeze and not respond to the remote, requiring me to unplug the player at the mains to be able to use it again! It didn't happen often but when it did it was annoying. The nail in the coffin though was random HDMI handshaking issues with my LG B9 TV that required me to turn the TV off then on several times to get the player's Home menu to display.
I decided just before Christmas to treat myself to a decent Dolby Vision player, something the X800 could not handle, so I bought a Panasonic DP-UB820 player and it has been awesome. No handshaking issues at all, using the same HDMI port and cable as the Sony X800 player, and absolutely flawless disc playback with NO freezes at all. The only things I have against this player is thec cheap plastic construction (in comparison the X800 is built like a tank with its mostly metal frame) and its poorly designed and sluggish user interface for the meagre selection of built-in apps but since I use RUclips, NetFlix, Disney+ etc on my TV this is not a big deal.
What put me off the X700 player was it's poor implementation of Dolby Vision which requires the user to enable and disable it depending on whether the disc supports it or not. If you leave Dolby Vision on as you suggested in your review then all HDR discs will be output as Dolby Vision whether it supports it or not!!! Considering how difficult is to tell if a 4K disc even supports Dolby Vision then this is not only a baffling decision (if Panasonic can do it then why can't Sony?) but one that means many less informed people will be using it for movies that actually do not support this HDR format.
Sony really have become a bit too complacent with their disc players in recent years in my opinion and having experienced the issues I had with the X800 I personally would not recommend them at all.
Great review Jeff. This is the only 4K player I own and I purchased it due to it's excellent price. However I've had audio drop outs across a range of discs and with one movie we had a complete pause/freeze. I think there's an issue with the memory capacity in this machine, because if you re-start the disc (resume) then it works fine. Overall it's a good machine however I still think there's an element of "you get what you pay for".
Purchased this in 2018 and still recommend it to everyone in 2022. Super cheap and never had a problem.
I have this exact one and does its job as a 4K player, it's a little bit loud and barebones UI wise but otherwise pretty happy with it. I have a LG smart TV so I don't use the apps like RUclips or Netflix but would be nice to have more apps available like Disney/Prime etc.
Dolby vision output will force DV on everything even if you only have HDR10 discs. It will have to be turned on/off manually depending on the disc.
You have to turn Dolby Vision off when not playing Dolby Vision content.
They updated that you don't have to do that anymore
@@weldsmoke1 are you sure about that?
@@weldsmoke1 i Don't think so!!!
Before if you didn't turn it off and you watch HDR content it would the colors would look really washed out. But now even if I leave it on with HDR content I don't notice that anymore. I will do some more tests tonight and get back to you
@@weldsmoke1 Hi Sir.. What is your software version?
I picked this player up for $120 around Black Friday and have been VERY happy with this player! The only thing I prefer on my PS4 Pro is the blu-ray upscaling to 4K.
For my first 4k UHD player to go with my new x900h that replaced a 10+ year old Samsung plasma, I looked at this player, but landed on LG UBK90 due in part to complaints about manual switching.
The first thing I watched on it was the first 4k disc i received, Jaws. Just getting started with 4K media collection.
I got this player as a gift for my birthday. It is awesome! The upscaling looks great too. Some of my dvds that I have even look great on it
Hey great to hear that, are u using auto1 or auto2 for the upscaling settings and what tv are u using?
I bought this player 2 years ago and it’s great! I’ve only ever had issues with one disc skipping/ freezing and it was about 5 seconds of The Hobbit Battle of The Five Armies Extended Edition. Not sure if this was a disc malfunction or the player but other than that one specific instance I’ve never had a problem with this player and I’d recommend it to others
I had the same thing on my PS4! Was it right before the final battle starts?
Sony 4k players do have this problem. .sorry.. But I am going away from sony 4k player...and buying panasonic
Thank you! I didn’t know about the default setting for Dolby Vision.
I actually bought this 2 black Fridays ago and it's wonderful. Thanks for the info on the Dolby vision setting I thought it was automatic. Appreciate your videos and info.
AIUI it should TELL you if the disc is DV but you have to then turn it on manually (then off again for any non DV 4K any Blu or DVD)
Straight up back in August I saw this on KSL for $90 and I got it for $80 that is when I entered the world of collecting movies and begun watching your videos.
I have this player as well. It's a good option. But you should do some comparisons on your TV by playing an HDR 10 disk with the Dolby Vision settings set to on and off. If you activate the Dolby Vision mode on the X700, everything you play on the player is output to your TV behind a Dolby Vision flag. Even standard dynamic range HD Blu-rays and DVDs are presented to your TV as Dolby Vision sources. This triggers your TV to go into Dolby Vision playback mode, resulting in pictures that may look much brighter than they’re supposed to. My Vizio M658-G1 TV does show as playing Dolby Vision content when watch an HDR 10 movie. I did notice that playing an HDR 10 disk with Dolby Vision on did change the picture quality for me, something just looks off about it. This could vary TV by TV, but you might want to do some comparisons to see if anything looks different with the settings on and off.
I bought this 4k blu ray player for £100 here in England, 2nd hand, and ive had no issues so far.
Brilliant player.
Obviously i turn Dolby vision off unless im playing a movie disc that has it.
Also keep it on upscale Auto 2 for my standard blu rays.
It upscales great but so does my tv.
Love it.
Great info. Thank you 🙏🏼
Can I ask if it has slow-mo and frame step like the old Sony Blu players had?
Nice channel! Question. I have this particular Sony 4K player. When playing non 4K blu ray discs, is it better to have a separate 1080 blu ray player? Or use the 4K player and change settings? Thoughts?
I bought one of these early on to go with my LG C9 OLED and I had nothing but problems with it. Freezing during play refusal to load movies...soon it wouldn't do anything but turn on and open and close. I went to get another 4k player w/ Dolby Vision and to my horror they were $300 at the cheapest. So I did some research and sent my broken player back to Sony as I heard the newer models work well. This has been the case so far as my new player works so good I bought a second one for another TV. Both players are working flawlessly. At $150(on sale all the time) you can't beat this player now that the bugs are worked out of it.
Very user friendly and affordable for a 4K player. Haven’t regretted my purchase so far🙏🏻
I have the same player. Never thought about removing apps to make it faster. That tip makes sense. Thank you. BTW I only experienced disc stuttering with 4k Godzilla. Everything else ran fine. Must be the disc.
Great review! I have the exact same player with my projector. I use output video resolution on 4K and turn off 4K upscaling. I’ll try your settings and see if it improves.
Great review I'm looking forward to purchasing this very soon thanks again
Thanks. Just bought this last week at Walmart for $149.99 (they dropped the price by 30 bucks). Wish you had mentioned what great sound this player puts out. It will make all your other discs sound awesome as well. Cheers.
I just grabbed this player. It still out shines a lot to the newer players.
I Love this player. Nice and decent for the price. Just installed a region free upgrade chip the other month and its all set.
Hey jeff i have same player and just for kicks, turn off the dolby vision and play with the video settings (this menu is only available when dolby vision is turned off) and see how u like ur picture when uve customized it this way. With DV off hit "options" button while movie is playing and ull see "video settings" is available. Play with it a bit and see if u like ur pic better than what DV offers. I prefer this method. Good luck
I've owned this player for 10 months (purchased secondhand) and at first I had freezing problems with all disc types constantly, things improved after i moved it away from my other components where I could keep it cool and I sat it on some foculpods to get more air under the unit, after doing this it only froze on standard blu ray and DVD and a lot less often, now after 10 months of updates from Sony it only freezes on DVD and only every now and then. I also purchased the Panasonic UB450EB to replace the Sony but the combined with the lack of features i felt the picture wasn't quite as good, not far off but not quite
I had this player and sold it for the sony ubpx800m2 the newer x800 and has dolby vision and to be honest the x800m2 4k player is alot better from picture quality to build quality id like to hear your own thoughts on if a review can be done on the x800m2 im sure you will absolutely love the player
I have 3 of these. Just bought the third one Tuesday at Best Buy for my TCL QLED 50" Roku tv. Already had two for my Samsung 4K sets. Haven't had any trouble at all with them, played flawlessly. Watched my Blu-ray of John Wayne's The Searchers last week and was blown away by the PQ. The best I've ever seen it displayed on tv.
So since I just got into the collecting game (early 2019) I was looking for a good affordable 4K player to kick off the fun, so I sorta did some homework and found out about this one, and decided to go with it, and ever since it arrived I was kinda worried that I didn't pick a good player, but through time I start to hear more about it from others, and now just hearing it from you was the cherry on top! And since I live in the middle east, I also got it so that I could play region A movies. The only thing I messed though was that I read it was a region free player, but I guess that only applied to 4K discs, and it just plays region A stuff.
Anyway sorry about my little rant here, I just wanted to say I'm lucky to have picked that player even though I was still pretty new at this and didn't know much about the whole 4K HDR and Dolby Vision. Thanks for the review and keep up the great work Jeff.
You can buy it region free modified (even on Amazon) BUT I have a suspicion the mod has stopped the DV firmware update working properly as it doesn't tell me when a disc has DV when I know it does (I know I have to swich manually but I was told the player would at least *tell* me in the on screen)
Question: Do regular dvds look less than great on this? I still have a few of those and there doesn’t seem to be any upscaling involved and so so far, there are ragged edges to people. Pixelation, if you will. Or is this simply an issue of standard vision disks on 4K TVs?
Thank you so much,i'm looking for a 4k player to get myself and this was really helpful :)
I went shopping for a DVD player and accidentally picked up that one not knowing it was a Blu-ray player but it also plays DVDs. I had no idea whatsoever how amazing this thing is. I bought a 4K TV a year ago I never used it because I could never see the difference with my regular DVD player I love this piece of equipment. Would you recommend the Sony Sound Bar I found it on RUclips today but you can't always tell by listening to something on RUclips. I don't have a lot of room I have electric fireplace in the corner of my music studio where I keep my 4K TV and my movies. I just wanted to Soundbar would be a great add-on I didn't look at the price of how much they were but I need something compact it's going to take up a lot of room I can just sit right underneath my TV. I already have my room which is like 30 by 30 filled with music gear
Thanks for the enlightening video, Jeff. Can you tell me if it recognizes DTS and Dolby audio (both in 5.1) through MP4 and MKV files through the usb connection? Thank you very much in advance.
I have a few problems, anyone who knows the solution can help? The RUclips app sometimes has problems with some videos. The Netflix app doesn't support Dolby Atmos. The app store is very poor. And I think sony has cut the support. No updates have been posted for a long time. There is a "free area code" version of this player, I wish I had seen it before I had it. Do you use "4k uspcale" for dvd and Blu-ray?
Do you have any idea why the "Accessibility settings" is missing from my menu?
Is it a firmware regional difference? (I'm from europe).
Also, Do you have in your system settings, "closed captions"?(I'm missing that too).
I bought this repackaged from a store which used it as a display piece. Is there a "demo" mode for stores which this might have been left on?
How do you connect this to your TV and RXR? Ex... do you go single hdmi calbe: player-to-RXR-toTV, or two hdmi cables: player-to-TV and player-to-RXR for audio?
The fact that only one or two players utilize all four HDR formats is maddening. Add to that that HDR 10+ Adaptive is incoming and Dolby Vision IQ, not to mention Hdmi 2.1 and it makes my head hurt (and wallet) just thinking about it. As thankful as I am that they're making these though for folks who prefer physical can't help but think it's a concerted push towards the "digital future." Nice review though!
Thanks for the review and expert advice because I intend to buy a 4K Bluray player this year.
With regard to skips/freezing , this might be people not having high enough specification HDMI cables - with data transfer rates exceeding the cable capabilities.
I've heard about that. That Sony's 4K players have more skipping and freezing issues compared to there standard blu-ray players. That why I went through Panasonic UB-420 4K Blu-ray player instead. It works very well with Sony X90J 4K TV.
If you set HDR and Dolby Vision Output to off, does that mean when you’re streaming stuff from apps HDR and Dolby Vision will be turned off as well? Or do those settings only apply to 4K Blu-rays? Thanks.
My X800 has been great, also check out the audio settings because bitstream was not the default
Also you might want to try the two HDMI outs, 1 to TV and 2 to AVR
I have this particular 4K player with the JBL 9.1 soundbar. I just purchased the Vizio 75 inch P-series quantum 75 inch 4K TV. How do I enable Dolby Atmos? When I use the TV audio through the soundbar it says Dolby Atmos Multi Channel sound but when I use the 4K player it says Dolby Atmos TrueHD. what am I doing wrong?
I bought this in 2017. Great disc player and video player via USB. Supports DTS-HD from MKV if you switch audio settings to DTS. If you enable Dolby Vision, it plays all blu-rays in DV which is kind of weird. Downside with Sony such as this and PS4, Wifi only detects 2.6ghz and not 5ghz signal.
If you bought this in 2017 it may be the 700 model. According to a Sony Rep, the 700m model came out in 2021.
Thank you for your videos... plz keep them coming.💯👍🏽
You are like ME, loving FILMS, into the latest tech, I bought this player 4 months ago OPEN BOX $125.00 on eBay, and I love it! And we're in Massachusetts! Go Pats and Tom Brady! :D
Just last week I got a LG - Streaming 4K Ultra HD UBK90 from Best Buy. I had it for 1 day and returned it the next day. The menu was terrible , The operating system that ran it was so stripped down that it felt more like a $50 player instead of a $199 player. I returned it and Got the Sony UBP-X700. I thought about the X800 but the only real difference was it had Bluetooth. I new I should have went with the Sony in the first place, My old one was a Sony and it lasted about 5 years. It was getting prone to freezing up if you paused it for more then a few min and the only way to recover from it was unplug it and plug it back in, even the power button on the player didn't respond.
Anyway, Yeah, The SONY UBP-X700 is worth the money. I'd recommend it in a heart beat.
Just got this today, $148 Amazon ordered on cyber Monday, the M model, my first ever blu ray player, and I bought it per this review, thank you! Bought last day of sale on cyber Monday and it's already back at $178. Question, and forgive my ignorance: When playing discs (waiting for my first ever blu ray to arrive soon) does my tv (Roku TCL 4k 6 series) retain all the picture settings that I carefully tweaked already, or do I have to readjust picture settings (color, contrast, etc) all over again with the player's remote? In video you suggest to leave all picture settings in player's menu to auto mostly, so I'm thinking prior tv settings with Roku remote will stay the same. Thanks for great tip below where you contacted Sony and verified it's best to turn off Dolby Vision when playing non DV content.
I’ve heard that with this player and the other X820s2 that if you turn Dolby vision, it’s great for when the disk supports DV, but if the disk doesn’t support DV, it still applies the codec but now the colors and whatnot will jot be as the director intended? Is that correct?
Thanks for the review. Without connecting to screen, how can I know what track it is playing when playing CD? Cause now I am using projector, and it will be nice to play music without turning on the projector.
Question! I have this same player but I have a TCL 6 series R635. When playing standard blu-rays on my 4k tv should I have the player upscale and output the 4k resolution or have my tv do it?
The player will upscale it but standard blu-ray will never be 4k
I have this player too, it’s great! Although I’ve had some Lionsgate discs skip and freeze.
I think the HDR features on the Panasonic’s are a game changer. Loving my UB-820. Sony is pretty solid but the ability to change the HDR specs made it a no brainer for me. More expensive for sure though. Big downside at $499 but got mine during Black Friday for $349. Great video, keep them up!
Yep, for somebody who knows what they're doing, the Panny's are a powerful tool.
For people who basically set it and forget it and don't want to learn about HDR settings, something like the Sony will fit the bill nicely
I have this player and think its great. It has a much smaller footprint than a lot of more expensive players which was a big plus for me and the picture quality is excellent
Just the review I was looking for! 👍👍
One question: how do you make the 4K player play 3-D blu rays on the 4K TV?
Hi, What's the difference between Auto 1 and Auto 2 for the 4K Upscale setting ? Thank you
Hey that is the one I own! Plus, I was so excited opening and seeing it for the first time
hey love your videos man. Just got my sony ubp x700 in the mail last week and tested out for a couple of days. One thing I noticed is that the picture on this blu-ray player looks darker when compared to my ps4 pro when playing standard blu-rays. Ive set the video settings to auto on the blu-ray player and tried tweaking the custom settings to match with the brightness of the ps4 pro. However, Im afraid i would'nt have the most accurate picture or even make the picture worse as Im not a professional in adjusting the contrast/brightness. fyi ive hooked up both of this devices to the same amp (through hdmi hdcp 2.2) that is connected to the tv. I would really appreciate if you could help me with this problem.
Hi, Can it play content from a USB backup? especially I am interested to know if it will retain the menus if they are properly backed up ..- thanks!
Thinking bout getting this. Have a hisense r6 series. Is upgrading the hdmi really necessary?
Just recently got the Panasonic UB820. Was using the Xbox One X and the Xbox Series X as my 4k player. There's definitely a difference an I'm glad I spent the extra money for a dedicated player.
Hi…need some help. My machine just arbitrarily stopped operating! I can turn it on/off. And open the DVD door, but that’s it. When I press any other button, I get nothing. Its not reading the DVD(yes, the DVD is good) And I keep getting a “No signal” message. I have it connected to a Home projector. I’ve done enough trouble shooting to know it’s not the projector. And I can’t get to the reset menu. I’ve only had this unit for 2 months. Can someone help? Thank you!
Love this 4k player bought on Black Friday last year for 128.
I know this is an old video but I have my Dolby vision off in the settings but it still says it's on when I boot up a disc am I missing something?
Is it easy to setup surround sound wireless headphones to this 4k/blu ray player?
What uhd Blu ray player you recommend for someone who always had a Samsung blu ray player
It makes a loud humming noise now when plays a 4k disc but doesn't when play a standard blu ray disc???
I have a new x95j bravia TV, will the TV remote be able to control this blue ray player so I don't have to shuffle remotes around?