Sony UBP-X800 4K UHD Blu-ray player

[Leonidas King]

Guys, I'm really fresh to this player. But for Video Options I set it to Custom2 and adjusted the color/contrast/brightness to my liking.

Any tips on that? Also there are 2 options that are greyed out (Cinema and another I forgot about). Why is that?

[Optimus-Prime-Rox]

Does Amazon.com use a secondary box for shipping electronics or do they just slap a shipping label on the Manufacture's Box and send it that way?

[Leonidas King]

Originally Posted by Optimus-Prime-Rox

Does Amazon.com use a secondary box for shipping electronics or do they just slap a shipping label on the Manufacture's Box and send it that way?

They'll use a secondary box for shipping.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by Leonidas_King

Guys, I'm really fresh to this player. But for Video Options I set it to Custom2 and adjusted the color/contrast/brightness to my liking.

Any tips on that? Also there are 2 options that are greyed out (Cinema and another I forgot about). Why is that?

You shouldn't have to touch those settings, any of them. Stick it on Direct for the purest picture.

[Leonidas King]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

You shouldn't have to touch those settings, any of them. Stick it on Direct for the purest picture.

Personally its too dimmed and bland for my liking thats why Im toggling with Custom user settings.



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[PCFan]

I noticed that if I set 24p for network content to Auto on the Sony X800, Vudu was skipping frames during streaming an episodes of Little House on the Prairie. This happened 15 times during a whole episode. Disabling 24p for network content in the player's settings stopped the skipping frames during Vudu streaming. I don't have this issue with the Netflix app with 24p for network content on Auto. My TV supports 24 Hz. I didn't specifically buy this player for streaming anyways as I have another device for that purpose.

[HDTV1080P]

Perhaps the VUDU app needs a firmware update or maybe the streaming section of the player needs a firmware update. I know people that have a top of the line Roku Ultra that they paid $130 for ($99.99 is the latest 2017 price), and they cannot get the 4K Netflix app to display 4K movie titles do to a 4K Netflix app glitch. But the 4K VUDU app plays 4K movies fine. I know this is not the problem you described, but my point is all streaming devices on the market have bugs that need to be correctly with a firmware update.

[RyanMatthew]

Originally Posted by Leonidas_King

Personally its too dimmed and bland for my liking thats why Im toggling with Custom user settings.



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If that's the case, then your TV settings are dim and bland. You need to tweak the TV and leave the player on direct.

[Leonidas King]

Originally Posted by RyanMatthew

If that's the case, then your TV settings are dim and bland. You need to tweak the TV and leave the player on direct.

Its not the TV settings. They are perfectly fine, even have the Backlight is all the way up.


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[Geoff D]

The player is performing exactly as it should re: colour/contrast/brightness when set to Direct.

[Leonidas King]

Maybe I got so accustomed to tweaking the Picture Mode on the Sammy K8500 that now I have to adapt to Direct. Ill give the Direct option another try.


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[cochon]

Originally Posted by Optimus-Prime-Rox

Does Amazon.com use a secondary box for shipping electronics or do they just slap a shipping label on the Manufacture's Box and send it that way?

Don't count on it! Generally if they don't it will say something in the lines that the package will show what the contents are.
If they say that sometimes you can get around it by ticking the box "contain gift" then they will put an extra box.

I am still quite furious with them because they sent me something in the original box which was utterly obvious not suitable for shipping! Item arrived damaged and when I left feedback they censored my comment and did not allow me to post a truthful comment about what they did.

Additionally their packaging sucks most of the time with blurays on occasions exposed to fall out of their packaging.

I live in Australia and already have a zone B of this I am just about to buy another but zone A from Amazon because postage is a lot cheaper for me. But check BH photo. Price at the moment is the same $149 and They tend to pack light years better than amazon

[Neonxeon]

Originally Posted by Optimus-Prime-Rox

Does Amazon.com use a secondary box for shipping electronics or do they just slap a shipping label on the Manufacture's Box and send it that way?

Just got mine today from them in a secondary box.

[Snikt]

So I'm planning to pick this up before Christmas. I have a 4K HDTV and I have my current sony blu-ray player hooked up through a Samsung home theatre system (it's not a 4K system).

Will I need to change any settings once I get this? Because it will also be hooked up to Samsung home theatre system (HDMI), which is then connected to the 4K TV. I mean, will this cause any picture problems you think?

[gkolb]

Originally Posted by Snikt

So I'm planning to pick this up before Christmas. I have a 4K HDTV and I have my current sony blu-ray player hooked up through a Samsung home theatre system (it's not a 4K system).

Will I need to change any settings once I get this? Because it will also be hooked up to Samsung home theatre system (HDMI), which is then connected to the 4K TV. I mean, will this cause any picture problems you think?

You will most likely have to use the 2nd HDMI out for the audio to your HT.
It's just HDMI 1.4 so your current HDMI cable should work.

Get a new Certified Premium HDMI cable for the video signal. 18 gbs or higher. Monoprice can be bought from their website or Amazon. Under $10 AND Premium Certified. Wal-mart might have a Premium Certified cable for sale in their store if you have one local. Premium Certified cables have a tag and logo.

[Snikt]

Originally Posted by gkolb

You will most likely have to use the 2nd HDMI out for the audio to your HT.
It's just HDMI 1.4 so your current HDMI cable should work.

Get a new Certified Premium HDMI cable for the video signal. 18 gbs or higher. Monoprice can be bought from their website or Amazon. Under $10 AND Premium Certified. Wal-mart might have a Premium Certified cable for sale in their store if you have one local. Premium Certified cables have a tag and logo.

Thank you! Ok, so 1 HDMI cable from the player to the TV, then the 2nd HDMI cable from the player to the Samsung receiver?

As for HDMI cables, what about Amazon Basic? They have an HDMI cable 2-pack (certified for 3D, 4K and Ethernet) for $7.96

[eddievanhalen]

Someone here talked about downloading apps for this player which I've owned for over 6 months. My EU version of it bought in Spain (where I live) states Amazon Video out in the box but the app is not on player, and Amazon Video is available in Spain. I'm an Amazon Prime member and I've been watching Amazon Video on my Samsung 4K HDR set which I got around 5 months ago, but I really dislike ARC, and no matter how I configure the Samsung T.V., all I get from Amazon Video is plain old Dolby Digital while the English tracks are on Dolby Digital Plus. The same happens with HBO, the Samsung T.V. set has the HBO app and I was really dissapointed when I suscribed a couple of months ago and all I got from the English tracks was Dolby Digital but they are also Dolby Digital +, the Samsung T.V. shows audio is on Dolby Digital + with both Amazon Video and HBO. No matter how I set the T.V. set, setting output to "Bitstream" should output Dolby Digital +, and of course my Pioneer Elite series A/V receiver from 2012 decodes Dolby Digital. Is this common or am I doing something wrong?
Is there a way to download more apps for the X-800?

Changing the subject, I really don't see the point of the video preset "Auto", I've tried it and changed between this and Direct and I don't see a difference. Maybe it's intended to work when matched with a Sony T.V.set.

[gkolb]

Originally Posted by Snikt

Thank you! Ok, so 1 HDMI cable from the player to the TV, then the 2nd HDMI cable from the player to the Samsung receiver?

As for HDMI cables, what about Amazon Basic? They have an HDMI cable 2-pack (certified for 3D, 4K and Ethernet) for $7.96

Get Premium Certified cables (it's not a brand).
Monoprice or others are brand name. Under $10 for shorter lengths on Amazon.
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[Snikt]

Originally Posted by gkolb

Get Premium Certified cables (it's not a brand).
Monoprice or others are brand name. Under $10 for shorter lengths on Amazon.
(Sent from my phone).

Thanks again. Getting monoprice!

[DIY_HD]

Originally Posted by eddievanhalen

Someone here talked about downloading apps for this player which I've owned for over 6 months. My EU version of it bought in Spain (where I live) states Amazon Video out in the box but the app is not on player, and Amazon Video is available in Spain. I'm an Amazon Prime member and I've been watching Amazon Video on my Samsung 4K HDR set which I got around 5 months ago, but I really dislike ARC, and no matter how I configure the Samsung T.V., all I get from Amazon Video is plain old Dolby Digital while the English tracks are on Dolby Digital Plus. The same happens with HBO, the Samsung T.V. set has the HBO app and I was really dissapointed when I suscribed a couple of months ago and all I got from the English tracks was Dolby Digital but they are also Dolby Digital +, the Samsung T.V. shows audio is on Dolby Digital + with both Amazon Video and HBO. No matter how I set the T.V. set, setting output to "Bitstream" should output Dolby Digital +, and of course my Pioneer Elite series A/V receiver from 2012 decodes Dolby Digital. Is this common or am I doing something wrong?
Is there a way to download more apps for the X-800?

Changing the subject, I really don't see the point of the video preset "Auto", I've tried it and changed between this and Direct and I don't see a difference. Maybe it's intended to work when matched with a Sony T.V.set.

Sony TVs and players use the Android TV operating system from Google. In order to download apps you need to have a Google (Gmail) account. You then can log into the Google app store to download available apps.

Audio CoDecs (Coder/Decoder) seem to be advancing more rapidly than ever before. This necessitates more frequent upgrades to newer receivers. This problem is made worse when mixing products from different manufacturers. Mixing tends to get you into finger-pointing territory. Each manufacturer will blame the other for the problem which leaves you stuck in the middle. That's why I went all Sony. Plus I have always had good service from Sony products. I hope you can resolve your audio issues by modifying your settings, input, etc. You might try writing down all the settings for each component and then resetting them all back to Factory defaults. Then change each setting one at a time until you observe the problem. It's time-consuming, but cheaper than an upgrade.