Sony UBP-X800 4K UHD Blu-ray player

[Aston_Martin_DB5]

Originally Posted by Blu-ray Neo

I just purchased this player (X800) along with the LG 65UJ6540 (65 inch) television. Got the HDR/4K certified cables and whatnot as well.

I began playing Alien Covenant on UHD and noticed this being displayed by the player.... (HDR -> SDR)



Why is it being downgraded from HDR to SDR or am I reading that wrong? Thanks!

Have you enabled hdmi ultra hd deep colour on the lg tv ?

[006]

Has any one had an issue with the player shutting off by itself during playback?

When ever i am watching LOST for instance, the player will just shut off out of no where.

I have not been able tonfind a solution formmy problem anywhere. Inwould really appreciate anyones suggestions. Thanks.

I am loving this player, however this problem i am having has been a complete mystery to me.

[LordoftheRings]

1. Unplug the player for two minutes and plug it back.
2. Perform a reset...page 26.

[MrF33n3y]

Apologies if this is the wrong thread to ask this question in - I'm not really sure where it belongs, because I'm not sure which unit in my home theater is causing the problem.

I have the UBP-X800, a Sony X850B TV, and a Sony BDV-E390 home theater in a box (I know that last component is seriously lacking, but it's leftover from before I started taking my home theater seriously, and it's still suited me fine until the present). Because the E390 doesn't have an HDMI in (Or really any inputs that help me here other than an optical in) the way I've got this all wired is the X800 into HDMI 2 on the TV, and an audio return channel between the E390 and the TV via HDMI 1 on the TV. Anytime I play a disc on the X800 (UHD, BD, or DVD - makes no difference) I only get 2.1 audio through the E390. However, if I'm playing anything streaming from the X800 (Netflix, Hulu, etc.) I'm getting the full 5.1 through the E390. So...what's going on here? I have tried just about everything I can to get 5.1 audio from the discs, and nothing seems to be working - no combination of settings between the three units will produce the surround audio, an optical cable instead of ARC doesn't do it, nothing. I finally broke down and called Sony on Friday for support - after two and a half hours on the phone with them, their answer was "Well, just turn on DTS Neo:6". I am getting 5.1 audio if I have DTS Neo: 6 turned on on the E390, but the audio just doesn't have any sort of power or channel independence like it should with the native surround audio track on the disc.

I'm getting to the point where I'm starting to think it may be some sort of physical limitation, but in that case I don't understand why I would get 5.1 audio from streaming on the X800, but not from a disc on the same unit. Am I just missing something really obvious here to get the proper audio to output?

[Blu-ray Neo]

Originally Posted by Aston_Martin_DB5

Have you enabled hdmi ultra hd deep colour on the lg tv ?

I just did and everything is working fine. Thanks so much Aston.

[ryanmcv]

Originally Posted by 006

Has any one had an issue with the player shutting off by itself during playback?

When ever i am watching LOST for instance, the player will just shut off out of no where.

I have not been able tonfind a solution formmy problem anywhere. Inwould really appreciate anyones suggestions. Thanks.

I am loving this player, however this problem i am having has been a complete mystery to me.

I had that problem once or twice when I first got the player last year, but it hasn't happened since then. I've had a couple of random lock-ups requiring me to unplug and reboot the player, but it hasn't shut itself off entirely in almost a year. Could be disc-specific. Are you running the latest firmware?

[LordoftheRings]

Here's a question to all X800's owners:
When you play a 4K Blu-ray disc, can you hear it spinning during silent passages?

...In a quiet room, like a bedroom.

Brief, do you find the 800 quiet or noisy? ...Say as compared to other 4K players, including the Oppos.

[eddievanhalen]

Originally Posted by LordoftheRings

Here's a question to all X800's owners:
When you play a 4K Blu-ray disc, can you hear it spinning during silent passages?

...In a quiet room, like a bedroom.

Brief, do you find the 800 quiet or noisy? ...Say as compared to other 4K players, including the Oppos.

I have my home theatre set up including a X-800 in my bedroom (I'm disabled from an accident/incident I had 6 years ago and I get a lousy pension from the Spanish goverment) and I can't hear my X-800 spinning a disc even on soft passages of movies or music. My bedroom is 9 square meters and the X-800 is around 1.10/1.20 meters from me, so it's very close.
Buy with confidence, it's a very silent player.

[DJR662]

I also have my X800 in the bedroom and it's also very close to me, about 1,5 meters I would say. There I mostly watch movies in the middle of the night so I have to keep the volume down considerably. Luckily the X800 is real quiet, I can barely hear it spinning even with low volume when watching a movie.

[LordoftheRings]

Thanks to both of you. I too have a X800 and I hear nothing, even on silent passages, from roughly 7-8 feet away. I'll do a test tonight; from few inches away and compared to an Oppo 205.

Anyone else?

[clevice]

Hello

What is your opinion about,

the best HDMI cable for a Sony X800

Monster or another?

thank you

.

[Ernest Rister]

Originally Posted by clevice

Hello

What is your opinion about,

the best HDMI cable for a Sony X800

Monster or another?

thank you

.

Got mine - a six foot run - for $16 at Target. Monster cable is a bit of a scam.

[Ernest Rister]

Originally Posted by LordoftheRings

Here's a question to all X800's owners:
When you play a 4K Blu-ray disc, can you hear it spinning during silent passages?

...In a quiet room, like a bedroom.

Brief, do you find the 800 quiet or noisy? ...Say as compared to other 4K players, including the Oppos.

I'm about seven feet away from it, haven't heard any noise at all.

[Geoff D]

Yep, my X800's been whisper quiet. Makes a change from the multitude of previous Sony players I had that sounded like they were gonna fly apart at any given moment.

[DJR662]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

Yep, my X800's been whisper quiet. Makes a change from the multitude of previous Sony players I had that sounded like they were gonna fly apart at any given moment.

Indeed, like the S590 and S790 for example. They were horribly designed and cheap looking too (though I still kept my 790 due to it being region free).

[clevice]

Originally Posted by Ernest Rister

Got mine - a six foot run - for $16 at Target. Monster cable is a bit of a scam.

Hello

I have the HDMI cable Monster Black Platinum 1.5 m

I have the Sony X-800

it is silent

is the second Sony X-800 the first broke down, did not receive information from the command, nor turned off the on / off button

De, Lisboa - P O R T U G A L

Thank you

.

[Iain-]

Originally Posted by clevice

Hello

What is your opinion about,

the best HDMI cable for a Sony X800

Monster or another?

thank you

.

Sounds as if you're new to digital.

With HDMI if a cable is compliant with all relevant 4K specification requirements, use that one. It will be fine.

Cable construction is another matter entirely. That said, I prefer Blue Jean Cables for their top-end and budget HDMI cables. All well made.

Stay away from monster cable if you don't want to get ripped-off.

[clevice]

Originally Posted by Iain-

Sounds as if you're new to digital.

With HDMI if a cable is compliant with all relevant 4K specification requirements, use that one. It will be fine.

Cable construction is another matter entirely. That said, I prefer Blue Jean Cables for their top-end and budget HDMI cables. All well made.

Stay away from monster cable if you don't want to get ripped-off.

Hello

Yes, I'm new to digital.

I do not know this brand, Blue Jean Cables, I'll search it

I think that in Portugal there is no Blue Jean Cables

thank you so much

De PORTUGAL,

[Ernest Rister]

Originally Posted by clevice

Hello

I have the HDMI cable Monster Black Platinum 1.5 m

I have the Sony X-800

it is silent

is the second Sony X-800 the first broke down, did not receive information from the command, nor turned off the on / off button

De, Lisboa - P O R T U G A L

Thank you

.

Bem vinda!

[Iain-]

Originally Posted by Iain-

Sounds as if you're new to digital.

With HDMI if a cable is compliant with all relevant 4K specification requirements, use that one. It will be fine.

Cable construction is another matter entirely. That said, I prefer Blue Jean Cables for their top-end and budget HDMI cables. All well made.

Stay away from monster cable if you don't want to get ripped-off.

Originally Posted by clevice

Hello

Yes, I'm new to digital.

I do not know this brand, Blue Jean Cables, I'll search it

I think that in Portugal there is no Blue Jean Cables

thank you so much

De PORTUGAL,

BJC are in Seattle, Washington in America and they do export services. That how I get mine.

http://www.bluejeanscable.com/