Sony UBP-X800 4K UHD Blu-ray player

[Buckbeak]

I understand this model has Bluetooth capability. Has anyone used it with Apple Airpods? How did it go?

[Member-167298]

Had a few more days with the player now. Aside from not being able to get software updates via wi-fi (it worked with a USB though) the only issue I have experienced is that when I initially turn the player on there is a few seconds where what looks like a digital glitch flashes on the main Sony menu. Perhaps it is a handshake issue with my LG OLED? It seems like this glitch is only an issue upon initial boot up because I turned the player off and on multiplie times last night and it did not happen again.

Any insights? Suggestions?

[Nothing371]

First off, please forgive my ignorance. I just got my 4k setup. Bought this Sony player and the Sony 900e TV. The TV has Netflix and other apps built into it. Obviously, I also have Netflix on the X800 player. It's hooked up with a 4K HDMI cable.

Is there any reason to use one version of netflix over the other for better video quality? Can't I just stream Netflix 4K content from the app on my TV?

[LordoftheRings]

Thanksgiving is tomorrow and Black Friday the day after.
Can we see the Sony 800 on sale ... for say between roughly $99 and $139?

[LordoftheRings]

Originally Posted by Nothing371

First off, please forgive my ignorance. I just got my 4k setup. Bought this Sony player and the Sony 900e TV. The TV has Netflix and other apps built into it. Obviously, I also have Netflix on the X800 player. It's hooked up with a 4K HDMI cable.

Is there any reason to use one version of netflix over the other for better video quality? Can't I just stream Netflix 4K content from the app on my TV?

Compare them both, and see what picture you prefer. Some video adjustments might come handy.

[ChiefSequatchie]

Originally Posted by LordoftheRings

Thanksgiving is tomorrow and Black Friday the day after.
Can we see the Sony 800 on sale ... for say between roughly $99 and $139?

It is on sale in Best Buy's Black Friday Ad for $149.00.

[LordoftheRings]

Originally Posted by ChiefSequatchie

It is on sale in Best Buy's Black Friday Ad for $149.00.

Ah.

[mikesncc1701]

Bought this player last night and everything looked fine. Watching THE HITMAN'S BODY GUARD right now and I'm encountering a lot of jagged edges in the text and long shots. Any recommended settings I should change to resolve this?

[Tony208]

Originally Posted by Buckbeak

I understand this model has Bluetooth capability. Has anyone used it with Apple Airpods? How did it go?

There was lag when I used my Bluetooth headphones, not airpods.

[lord_hawk]

I just unboxed mine and played some Planet Earth 2 -I'm speechless. By the way, I didn't run into any problems doing the software updated via wireless connection.

[elwaylite]

The drone shots in PEII aren't so hot, but some of the closeups to animals, etc... are WOW.

[calebgzls101]

Thinking of grabbing this player to go with my Sony 930e but I wonder how much of a difference in PQ I will actually see compared to my Xbox S.

[cochon]

Originally Posted by mikesncc1701

Bought this player last night and everything looked fine. Watching THE HITMAN'S BODY GUARD right now and I'm encountering a lot of jagged edges in the text and long shots. Any recommended settings I should change to resolve this?

Is that the only movie causing it? Are your player settings still in factory mode of have you changed something? The movie is a 4k disc I pressume.

Originally Posted by calebgzls101

Thinking of grabbing this player to go with my Sony 930e but I wonder how much of a difference in PQ I will actually see compared to my Xbox S.

Apparently the way the xbox treats the colour signal causes some colour distortions, they may be subtle but you'll probably notice better colours straight away. There is a good youtube video talking about that.

I have the same tv and I can't imagine getting much better picture than what I get now. If you are thinking of changing must be because something doesn't seem right, is that so or you just want to try it?

[RustinCohle]

Originally Posted by calebgzls101

Thinking of grabbing this player to go with my Sony 930e but I wonder how much of a difference in PQ I will actually see compared to my Xbox S.

I picked this up Thursday night because I wanted a dedicated player instead of always using my Xbox One S and having to constantly switch the picture from Game to Cinema and then back to Game.

I had also heard reviews that the quality was superior to the Xbox and after watching the first ten minutes of The Revenant 4k on both and comparing, I can say that's correct. The quality is indeed better on the Sony player. Plus now my lazy ass can have the Xbox input always set to Game mode.

[mikesncc1701]

Originally Posted by cochon

Is that the only movie causing it? Are your player settings still in factory mode of have you changed something? The movie is a 4k disc I pressume.

No it wasn't the only movie. And yes, it was a 4K disc. I had popped in FURY ROAD and STAR TREK (2009) when I first hooked it up and it looked fine after some tinkering. But watching THBG I noticed something seemed off so I started putting in disc after disc and changing settings for 4 hours straight. Text and long shots looked horrendously blocky and jagged. After screwing around with it for that long, I re-hooked up my Samsung K8500 and everything looked fantastic. Needless to say I took it back. Just my opinion obviously but this thing is a freakin' brick.

[cochon]

You might have got a faulty one, there are a few settings that might negatively affect the picture but it shouldn't be terrible.

Star trek has some very bad blocky, jagged edges on a fast moving scene near the beginning but I am sure that is caused by compression issues with the disc, the rest of the movie is fine. I don't have the other movies but certainly I haven't had any problems with text appearing jagged on my movies.

[XGEEKEDGERX]

Originally Posted by PrestonXI

Had a few more days with the player now. Aside from not being able to get software updates via wi-fi (it worked with a USB though) the only issue I have experienced is that when I initially turn the player on there is a few seconds where what looks like a digital glitch flashes on the main Sony menu. Perhaps it is a handshake issue with my LG OLED? It seems like this glitch is only an issue upon initial boot up because I turned the player off and on multiplie times last night and it did not happen again.

Any insights? Suggestions?

I've noticed similar on some occasions, only since getting my LG OLED. Sometimes it's just a quick digital glitch, sometimes the LG seems to lose the input altogether and the just tells me i'm not getting any input but if i pop a disc in and fire it up it kicks in again and is good as gold. I'm using high quality HDMI cables too. Never had this issue with my previous TV (Panny CX802) though. None of my other devices have the problem (Oppo, ATV4, Yamaha AV receiver), granted they aren't set to pump out HDR so I have HDMI Deep Colour turned off for their input on the LG. At the moment it's more of an annoyance than a case of me getting a different UHD player.

[JeffUSA]

I've had the Sony UBP-X800 for a few days now and for this being my first 4K player my intial thoughts think it is good. I can say it is quiet.

Only complaint I have on this player, is that when playing back a DVD it puts pillars on both sides of the screen instead of stretching the picture from the left edge to the right edge.

Trying to determine at this point if I can notice the difference between 4K and 1080p. The only movie I own across all formats right is now is Blade Runner which I have on DVD, Bluray, and 4K Bluray. Definitely can see the difference between the DVD and the other stuff (like you could on a 1080p TV). However, not so sure if I can detect the difference between 1080P and 4K on Blade Runner. I'm playing this on a Vizio 50" so perhaps I need a bigger TV but I have above average eyesight so I figured I would detect the difference in any case. Will have to do more testing.

[Leterface]

Originally Posted by JeffUSA

Only complaint I have on this player, is that when playing back a DVD it puts pillars on both sides of the screen instead of stretching the picture from the left edge to the right edge.

I think you should be able to change settings on the player how to show DVDs (pillarboxed or stretched).

[Member-167298]

Originally Posted by XGEEKEDGERX

I've noticed similar on some occasions, only since getting my LG OLED. Sometimes it's just a quick digital glitch, sometimes the LG seems to lose the input altogether and the just tells me i'm not getting any input but if i pop a disc in and fire it up it kicks in again and is good as gold. I'm using high quality HDMI cables too. Never had this issue with my previous TV (Panny CX802) though. None of my other devices have the problem (Oppo, ATV4, Yamaha AV receiver), granted they aren't set to pump out HDR so I have HDMI Deep Colour turned off for their input on the LG. At the moment it's more of an annoyance than a case of me getting a different UHD player.

I haven't had the glitch in a few days. However, I am currently marathoning the 4K UHD of the first season of Westworld and I have noticed one small issue. Every once in a while there will be a random flicker of a few thin white lines at the very top edge of the screen. When I rewind, the effect isn't there. I am not sure if it could be the player, my HDMI cable, or the TV.