Pioneer BDR-XD06J-UHD Ultra HD 4K Blu-ray Portakble USB External Drive

[irascian]

Has anybody purchased/got experience of this player?

It's got a ton of 5 star reviews on Amazon UK, albeit with the proviso that it needs a really fast Kelby Lake i7 processor (ie laptop needs to be this year's model) and lots of warnings that the manual is only in Japanese.

Some background: I've got a laptop with a 4K screen, as well as a desktop with a couple of true 4K monitors from Samsung. I've been buying 4K discs in prep for upgrading my home cinema system, and have an Oppo 205 UHD player, but am put off buying new TV at this stage until the dust has settled a bit more. The lack of 3D and Dolby Vision on my preferred 77" Panasonic set is off-putting, so am holding off probably for annother year, but I want to be able to check the discs before then.

This seems a cost-effective (£153) short-term solution, but would like to hear some "real world" stories about it first.