Sony UBP-X800 4K UHD Blu-ray player

[Sooner_Blu]

Originally Posted by Bishop_99

That would be a bigger issue if you needed a modded version that made it region free and the USB update would break that mod.

Not sure if it happens to a lot of these players or just a few. Since it's only a minor inconvenience to me since I get the firmware through the computer, I haven't looked up on this issue much. I wasn't aware that there were a lot of comments about the player not being able to update over wi-fi or the Ethernet. Definitely something to consider if you are going to spend more money on a modded version.

It's strange, but that might be a possibility. Network setting show as working for me as well. I have a couple of other regular Sony Blu-ray players that have no issue updating or connecting to the Sony servers over the network, yet this player continues to give me that error message.

Radek_t doesn't have this issue on his player though, so it may be an issue with some X800 units?

Finally!!!
After getting up this morning I tried again to update the firmware, and it worked. So, it took about 3 days to get it to update. I did not make any changes in the Network Settings module, however last night I went through them just to re-check what each was showing. I then played parts of The Amazing Spiderman and Quantum of Solace regular Blu-rays just to tweak some picture settings.

Speaking of which: Audio and Picture Settings are my next task.
I have this hooked to a Samsung UN60KS8000 TV and an antique(by today's standards) HTiB, SONY HTSS2300. I am using the 2 HDMI outputs from the player: a 2.2 to the TV and an older HDMI to the Receiver.

If anyone has a similar setup and care to share settings, much appreciated!

[Optimus-Prime-Rox]

Got my Sony 4K UHD Bluray Player in today! Things looked washed out in HDR but that was to be expected since the tv doesn't have HDR but when I switched it to SDR things looked great while watching my 4K UHD Bluray of Wonder Woman. The remote conflicts with my other Sony Bluray player so I will either have to keep the sensor covered up when using the 4K UHD Bluray player or unplug it. I would unhook it completely and replace it with the 4K UHD Bluray player but I like to keep different movies in my players to switch back and forth on different days.

[Blu Balls]

Originally Posted by lotrswhouse1886

Mine was doing that when I initially hooked it up to a Pioneer VSX-53. The receiver would switch to TV and I’d lose audio. The problem I had turned out to be the receiver and not the player. It went away after I disabled the ARC function and hasn’t come back.

That's interesting. I am using a Pioneer VSX-1120K, maybe there is a correlation. How do you disable the ARC function?

[mysticwaterfall]

Originally Posted by slimdude

Buy a blu-ray player from Russia, France, Spain, etc and bring it to the U.S and see if it'll work, then you'll find out.

It would work fine if you had a voltage adapter and correct region blus.

[Bishop_99]

Originally Posted by Sooner_Blu

Finally!!!
After getting up this morning I tried again to update the firmware, and it worked. So, it took about 3 days to get it to update. I did not make any changes in the Network Settings module, however last night I went through them just to re-check what each was showing. I then played parts of The Amazing Spiderman and Quantum of Solace regular Blu-rays just to tweak some picture settings.

Speaking of which: Audio and Picture Settings are my next task.
I have this hooked to a Samsung UN60KS8000 TV and an antique(by today's standards) HTiB, SONY HTSS2300. I am using the 2 HDMI outputs from the player: a 2.2 to the TV and an older HDMI to the Receiver.

If anyone has a similar setup and care to share settings, much appreciated!

Great. Hopefully my player will do the same at some point.

I contacted Sony, went through some steps, nothing got it to work. They were willing exchange the player for me, but the USB updates work for me so it's not worth it. Hopefully it randomly works one day.

[lotrswhouse1886]

Originally Posted by Blu Balls

That's interesting. I am using a Pioneer VSX-1120K, maybe there is a correlation. How do you disable the ARC function?

I can double check this weekend, but I think I went into the GUI menu on the receiver, then system setup, and then HDMI setup. I can’t remember if there’s an option to just turn off the ARC function, but I think that’s the area to disable it. HDMI control off should do it if there aren’t any other options in that menu. Hope that helps.

[Lucy Diamond]

Hi guys,

I'm new to the thread and I'm considering this player and I need odd information that I can't seem to find anywhere.

Does this player have an A-B Repeat function?

I can't find a list of the "options" menu and no one on youtube has covered it.

It seems like a trivial feature but I'm a guitar player and A-B Repeat makes learning parts a million times easier.

Thanks to anyone in advance.

Take care,

~LD

[radek_t]

Originally Posted by lotrswhouse1886

I can double check this weekend, but I think I went into the GUI menu on the receiver, then system setup, and then HDMI setup. I can’t remember if there’s an option to just turn off the ARC function, but I think that’s the area to disable it. HDMI control off should do it if there aren’t any other options in that menu. Hope that helps.

This is correct, there's no single option to just turn on/off ARC function, it's all part of the "HDMI control". Setting HDMI Control to off, will disable the ARC function as well as the random HDMI port switching, etc...

[radek_t]

Originally Posted by Lucy Diamond

Hi guys,

I'm new to the thread and I'm considering this player and I need odd information that I can't seem to find anywhere.

Does this player have an A-B Repeat function?

I can't find a list of the "options" menu and no one on youtube has covered it.

It seems like a trivial feature but I'm a guitar player and A-B Repeat makes learning parts a million times easier.

Thanks to anyone in advance.

Take care,

~LD

The player does have a repeat function but I'm not sure if it has an A-B repeat function as in letting you set starting and ending point for it to repeat.

I just tested this out on a video file (I didn't have any audio files handy to test this on audio file) but during the playback of a video file, when you press OPTIONS button a side menu appears and it has "Repeat Setting". Clicking on it it gives me 4 options, "Off", "All", "Folder", "File".

Again I don't know if those options would be different if it was stricly an audio file...

I looked through the manual and I don't see any reference specifically to A-B repeat function.

[Cole 46]

Originally Posted by HDTV1080P

The Sony website is now showing a list price of $299.99 today instead of $149.99. Also on the Abit Electronics website and the B and H photo website, they claim this $149.99 sale price with free shipping ends on November 11th at 11:59PM eastern time. Does this mean the player is going back up to $299.99 on November 12th or will the player see the same sale renewed at $149.99 or lower, I really do not know.

As of today, 11/17...Best Buy and Amazon still have it on sale for $149.99

[Blu Balls]

Comparing Goodfellas 4K on the UBP X800 to the 25th Anniversary blu ray on my PS3 Slim, and I'm having the same issue I have noted previously. 4K UHD looks lifeless with low contrast when compared to the blu ray. I just don't get it. I have the player running directly to my tv (LG B6) for video, and audio running to my receiver (Pioneer VSX 1120K) because it does not have 4K pass through. The HDMI used for video is new, and is supposed to be capable of delivering 4k. So why does it look like shit compared to a blu ray played on a PS3?

[Optimus-Prime-Rox]

My Wonder Woman 4K UHD Bluray froze up during the Aries & Wonder Woman battle for a few seconds but after running it back a scene or so it played fine afterwards. The only other 4K UHD Bluray that I've played so far has been the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out Of The Shadows 4K UHD Bluray, that movie played fine. The cgi characters looked more natural compared to the regular bluray, while some of the human characters looked too white or washed out.

[mar3o]

Originally Posted by Blu Balls

Comparing Goodfellas 4K on the UBP X800 to the 25th Anniversary blu ray on my PS3 Slim, and I'm having the same issue I have noted previously. 4K UHD looks lifeless with low contrast when compared to the blu ray. I just don't get it. I have the player running directly to my tv (LG B6) for video, and audio running to my receiver (Pioneer VSX 1120K) because it does not have 4K pass through. The HDMI used for video is new, and is supposed to be capable of delivering 4k. So why does it look like shit compared to a blu ray played on a PS3?

I don't think it's the player. You may want to enable Dynamic Contrast on your TV since you own an LG. I created a specific thread for this here:

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=298423

Not everyone will agree with my findings and that's fine but I urge you to try it. Some if not all LG sets currently have their HDR modes tied directly into their dynamic contrast setting, which I would normally advise keeping disabled for SDR viewing. However, on LG sets, having dynamic contrast disabled results in a dim, dull image. I have paid particular attention to black crushing and blown highlights on my LG and I see neither with dynamic contrast on low or med. Med gives a bit more life and I believe it's because it allows the TV to achieve it's full potential in HDR. Avoid high as it's a bit much to my eyes, but at any rate, give it a try. In the thread I created I linked to some discussion on another site that breaks down this issue with LG sets.

[Madcity]

Does anyone know if the UBP-X800 has undefeatable noise reduction, as I've heard the BDP-S6500 does and want to make sure that was just an issue for that model or if it affects all Sony's Blu-ray players?

[Blu Balls]

Originally Posted by mar3o

I don't think it's the player. You may want to enable Dynamic Contrast on your TV since you own an LG. I created a specific thread for this here:

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=298423

Not everyone will agree with my findings and that's fine but I urge you to try it. Some if not all LG sets currently have their HDR modes tied directly into their dynamic contrast setting, which I would normally advise keeping disabled for SDR viewing. However, on LG sets, having dynamic contrast disabled results in a dim, dull image. I have paid particular attention to black crushing and blown highlights on my LG and I see neither with dynamic contrast on low or med. Med gives a bit more life and I believe it's because it allows the TV to achieve it's full potential in HDR. Avoid high as it's a bit much to my eyes, but at any rate, give it a try. In the thread I created I linked to some discussion on another site that breaks down this issue with LG sets.

I always have Dynamic Contrast set to Low, as that looks best to my eyes. The issue with the picture is exclusive to 4K UHD discs played on the UBP X800. I can play a standard blu ray on it with great results, but pop in a UHD disc, and it looks dull and murky. It's not that I'm used to a bright LED panel or that I use vivid, it just (for whatever reason) looks dull. I'm tempted to buy a different player to see if it looks right, but that wouldn't solve the problems with my current player.

[cochon]

Hi,

I have the Ps3 too and in my case I find the x800 has better picture.

A couple of things I suggest to check (on the player): 1)that you are not converting the signal to SDR, If you have that on while playing press the option button there is an HDR conversion (4k disc only) setting that depending where it is can make it very dull. If your TV is HDR you should not enable conversion anyway which will make this choice disappear. 2)also through the option button -while playing -try direct on the video setting.

For last on the TV I don't know with LG but I have a Sony from this year and it took me a while to discover that the advance picture settings are memorized independently according to the input/signal you are using and if your tv is the same as mine that may be causing you issues because you'll need to adjust picture specifically for that particular source.

[dmartinez]

Quick question! Can this player support Atmos on Netflix? Vudu 4k with Atmos?

[epicfilmguys]

I have a question I hope a number of you can answer. I have been using the XBOX One S for the last year or so for my UHD 4K Blu-ray player. I am debating on upgrading to the X800 due to the price being so low. Those that have witness both players, is there any significant difference in picture quality or HDR? I want an all around better player, but I just need some insight from someone that can provide details.

Thanks!

[Sooner_Blu]

Originally Posted by Bishop_99

Great. Hopefully my player will do the same at some point.

I contacted Sony, went through some steps, nothing got it to work. They were willing exchange the player for me, but the USB updates work for me so it's not worth it. Hopefully it randomly works one day.

I hope yours updates soon also.

[Vogmudet]

Originally Posted by Blu Balls

Comparing Goodfellas 4K on the UBP X800 to the 25th Anniversary blu ray on my PS3 Slim, and I'm having the same issue I have noted previously. 4K UHD looks lifeless with low contrast when compared to the blu ray. I just don't get it. I have the player running directly to my tv (LG B6) for video, and audio running to my receiver (Pioneer VSX 1120K) because it does not have 4K pass through. The HDMI used for video is new, and is supposed to be capable of delivering 4k. So why does it look like shit compared to a blu ray played on a PS3?

Do you have Deep Color enabled?