Walmart has Sony UBP-X700 Streaming 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Player on sale for $149. Shipping is free.
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Key Features:
Get more from your movies with 4K Ultra HD: Experience movies with four times the resolution of conventional Blu-ray (Full HD), with new 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray discs and 4K streaming services.
HDR10: An HDR 10 signal contains up to 100x the brightness of a standard (SDR) signal, massively increasing peak brightness while retaining deep and highly-detailed blacks, for an entirely new viewing experience.
DOLBY VISION: Bring scenes to life with striking highlights, deeper darks and vibrant colors. Dolby Vision is an HDR solution that creates an immersive, engaging cinematic experience in your home.
A richer picture on any screen: Watch 4K HDR films, even on non-HDR TVs, and enjoy additional shadow and highlight detail. Our HDR-SDR conversion intelligently scales HDRs ultra-wide brightness range into an SDR image, maintaining outstanding picture quality even with conventional SDR TVs.
The Way The Artists Truly Intended: Enjoy the subtlest nuances of studio-quality sound in higher than CD quality with High-Resolution Audio. Passion for music unites every component from signal to speaker so it feels like the artist is performing right in front of you.
Play anything: The UBP-X700's playing power goes far beyond 4K UHD Blu-ray discs. You can watch, listen to, and stream almost anything you like, including most high-definition video and audio formats, and content from a host of popular streaming services.6 The X700 also upscales content to the highest quality possible, so you?re always enjoying movies and shows in high resolution.
Ultimate disc drive: Play all your CD, DVD and Blu-ray collections conveniently with one universal player.
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Walmart has Sony UBP-X700 Streaming 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Player on sale for $149. Shipping is free.
Thanks to community member jmartin147 for finding this deal.
Key Features:
Get more from your movies with 4K Ultra HD: Experience movies with four times the resolution of conventional Blu-ray (Full HD), with new 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray discs and 4K streaming services.
HDR10: An HDR 10 signal contains up to 100x the brightness of a standard (SDR) signal, massively increasing peak brightness while retaining deep and highly-detailed blacks, for an entirely new viewing experience.
DOLBY VISION: Bring scenes to life with striking highlights, deeper darks and vibrant colors. Dolby Vision is an HDR solution that creates an immersive, engaging cinematic experience in your home.
A richer picture on any screen: Watch 4K HDR films, even on non-HDR TVs, and enjoy additional shadow and highlight detail. Our HDR-SDR conversion intelligently scales HDRs ultra-wide brightness range into an SDR image, maintaining outstanding picture quality even with conventional SDR TVs.
The Way The Artists Truly Intended: Enjoy the subtlest nuances of studio-quality sound in higher than CD quality with High-Resolution Audio. Passion for music unites every component from signal to speaker so it feels like the artist is performing right in front of you.
Play anything: The UBP-X700's playing power goes far beyond 4K UHD Blu-ray discs. You can watch, listen to, and stream almost anything you like, including most high-definition video and audio formats, and content from a host of popular streaming services.6 The X700 also upscales content to the highest quality possible, so you?re always enjoying movies and shows in high resolution.
Ultimate disc drive: Play all your CD, DVD and Blu-ray collections conveniently with one universal player.
Model: 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray™ Player With Dolby Atmos®, HDR, And Wi-Fi For Streaming Video UBP-X700
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YMMV, but we had an absolutely AWFUL experience with this player.
Constant freezing/skipping issues occurred on two different units.. even when using brand-new, perfectly-spotless 4K discs.
Never could just sit and enjoy a movie; always waiting for the skip or jump. Interface is like a Windows 95 program, and though we never used it for streaming, it seemed really overly simple and clunky.
Can't recommend enough that you look elsewhere for a budget player, or spend up for something a little more reliable.
Because they want to be sure to retain ownership of something they buy and to not have to pay for Internet to access it? Also, 4k from disk is often higher quality than from streaming. A 4k disk is often over 50GB of data compared to maybe 1/4 of that for streaming.
Same price as when I bought it last December, which probably isn't surprising given inflation. Very highly recommended if your TV supports Dolby Vision but is cheap and/or has a poor built-in upscaler.
I bought the $250 65" 4K Hisense TV from last year's Black Friday sale at Best Buy. My old Panasonic DMP-BD60 Blu-Ray player output at 1080p, with the Hisense doing the upscaling to (or in the case of DVD's, the rest of the way to) 4K. Swapped it out for this player, which of course does all of the upconverting to 4K by itself. Night and day difference in the video/picture quality between the two players on the same cheap TV.
That makes sense. Most TVs will almost always do a better job "upscaling," which is why I'm not fond of the gimmicky sales-points touting upscalers on players and especially receivers.
Isn't there a setting there to turn the upscaler off on this Sony?
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Yes, I have the player, if I leave DV on and play a non DV content, there is a greenish hue added to the screen. At least it was this way when I first got the player
It's not so bad cause you only have to turn it on one time. It's not like the settings reset each time you put a new movie in.
Well, I turn it off when the disc I'm watching doesn't have DV in case it messes up the picture, but I'm not sure that's necessary. Otherwise, it's not that big of a deal. It plays discs really well and the PQ is excellent! I think it even upscales really well.
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Is there a benefit I'm unaware of by using this over say a new Xbox?
xbox series x, or any of them for that matter, don't support dolby vision. not sure if they'll add it in the future as they just added dv to select games. fingers crossed!
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Is there a benefit I'm unaware of by using this over say a new Xbox?
Personally, I don't think so. But to some extent, it depends on the individual. Both PS5 and XBox Series X do not support Dolby Vision or HDR10+ for 4K-Blu-ray playback. If (a) you have a large collection of 4K Blu-ray's, (b) not having access to those HDR formats is a problem for you, AND (c) you can afford it; then you might consider buying a standalone player. But for most people it's not worth it. If you own a new gen console anyway, then just make the best of that.
Both XBox Series X and PS5 support the latest audio codecs. However only XBox Series X supports Dolby vision for streaming apps. Like I said, neither supports it for Blu-ray playback. Purists believe that PS5 otherwise makes for a better 4K blu-ray player, but personally I think that's a wash. Enthusiasts often show comparative screenshots. The difference is usually minor to non-existent and not worth any real consideration.
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YMMV, but we had an absolutely AWFUL experience with this player.
Constant freezing/skipping issues occurred on two different units.. even when using brand-new, perfectly-spotless 4K discs.
Never could just sit and enjoy a movie; always waiting for the skip or jump. Interface is like a Windows 95 program, and though we never used it for streaming, it seemed really overly simple and clunky.
Can't recommend enough that you look elsewhere for a budget player, or spend up for something a little more reliable.
I got this player 2-3 years ago at below $120. It is an okay player. The interface is not very well designed and it is on the slow side in response. I was surprised to receive a software update on it recently. It seems they are still selling this as a current model. It has a second HDMI port for audio output. You don't need optical cable for audio. Indeed, optical is outdated technology as it does not carry Atmos.
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Constant freezing/skipping issues occurred on two different units.. even when using brand-new, perfectly-spotless 4K discs.
Never could just sit and enjoy a movie; always waiting for the skip or jump. Interface is like a Windows 95 program, and though we never used it for streaming, it seemed really overly simple and clunky.
Can't recommend enough that you look elsewhere for a budget player, or spend up for something a little more reliable.
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I bought the $250 65" 4K Hisense TV from last year's Black Friday sale at Best Buy. My old Panasonic DMP-BD60 Blu-Ray player output at 1080p, with the Hisense doing the upscaling to (or in the case of DVD's, the rest of the way to) 4K. Swapped it out for this player, which of course does all of the upconverting to 4K by itself. Night and day difference in the video/picture quality between the two players on the same cheap TV.
Isn't there a setting there to turn the upscaler off on this Sony?
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Both XBox Series X and PS5 support the latest audio codecs. However only XBox Series X supports Dolby vision for streaming apps. Like I said, neither supports it for Blu-ray playback. Purists believe that PS5 otherwise makes for a better 4K blu-ray player, but personally I think that's a wash. Enthusiasts often show comparative screenshots. The difference is usually minor to non-existent and not worth any real consideration.
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Recent reviews seem mostly bad:
https://www.amazon.com/Sony-UBP-X...tBy=recent
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Constant freezing/skipping issues occurred on two different units.. even when using brand-new, perfectly-spotless 4K discs.
Never could just sit and enjoy a movie; always waiting for the skip or jump. Interface is like a Windows 95 program, and though we never used it for streaming, it seemed really overly simple and clunky.
Can't recommend enough that you look elsewhere for a budget player, or spend up for something a little more reliable.
This is one of the lowest-priced 4K players (for a reason).
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For streaming, there are many better choices.
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