Sony UBP-X800 4K UHD Blu-ray player

[hobgoblin]

Originally Posted by RustinCohle

I suppose I can look back through 146 pages to find answers, but has anyone that's currently reading this thread had playback issues? I'm talking with every single movie you've tried playing.

I think I may have gotten a bad player because every movie I have played has skipped, frozen, had audio cut out, or something. They're always minor issues that only last a couple seconds and can usually be fixed, but it happens all the time. I'll then try the disc in my Xbox and it will work fine.

Similar issue here. Bought back in October and first five 4k films I played in it worked fine. Bought Batman trilogy after Xmas and on both Begins and TDK, film froze 20ish mins from the end. Got IT yesterday, froze about 30mins from end. In both instances, I stopped and started film to get it progressed; it's like the player is having problems switching between layers. Have ordered new HDMI cable to see if that somehow makes a difference, if not I'll be returning to exchange it.

[Cortiz]

Originally Posted by hobgoblin

Similar issue here. Bought back in October and first five 4k films I played in it worked fine. Bought Batman trilogy after Xmas and on both Begins and TDK, film froze 20ish mins from the end. Got IT yesterday, froze about 30mins from end. In both instances, I stopped and started film to get it progressed; it's like the player is having problems switching between layers. Have ordered new HDMI cable to see if that somehow makes a difference, if not I'll be returning to exchange it.

Once again, if the player is connected to the internet, disconnect it. I was having the same issue and have not had any issues since disconnecting the player from the internet.


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[RustinCohle]

Originally Posted by Cortiz

Once again, if the player is connected to the internet, disconnect it. I was having the same issue and have not had any issues since disconnecting the player from the internet.


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Tried this and it didn’t work.

The main issue I have is the same movies keep freezing, muting, or skipping at the same exact time, every time. Put the disc in my Xbox and it works fine.

I’ve exchanged one of my trouble movies thinking it was the disc and it still skipped. Exchanged the whole player, still skipped. Disconnected from the internet, still skipped.

[Old Bones]

Originally Posted by Cortiz

Once again, if the player is connected to the internet, disconnect it. I was having the same issue and have not had any issues since disconnecting the player from the internet.


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As well wash each disk before the first play , I know it sounds dumb but even if it looks clean ya never know.

[Woochifer]

Originally Posted by RustinCohle

I suppose I can look back through 146 pages to find answers, but has anyone that's currently reading this thread had playback issues? I'm talking with every single movie you've tried playing.

I think I may have gotten a bad player because every movie I have played has skipped, frozen, had audio cut out, or something. They're always minor issues that only last a couple seconds and can usually be fixed, but it happens all the time. I'll then try the disc in my Xbox and it will work fine.

Bought mine back in December. The only freezing issue I've run into so far has come from the Amazon streaming app. Commonly reported issue. I was doing a lot of skipping around and backward searching, and the app froze. Had to unplug the player to restart.

A couple of other minor issues that cropped up so far.

Lost my network connection yesterday. I have all the devices in my home theater rack plugged into a wireless bridge via Ethernet. Tried the setup utility and it would not recognize the wired network connection. Tried unplugging and plugging the Ethernet cable, and that restored the connection.

Also, the player could not read the SACD layer on one of my hybrid discs (my old Denon universal DVD player does read it). Have yet to encounter this issue with the other SACDs I've tried so far.

I have a dedicated Sony CD/SACD changer as well that no longer reads any hybrid SACDs (apparently, it's a known issue with Sony's SACD players from a decade ago). Keeping my fingers crossed that the drive on the X800 has fixed those issues from Sony's older hybrid drives.

[Snikt]

Curious for input and opinions:

I love this Blu-ray player and own a Samsung UN55JU7100. Anybody have any recommendations for the Sharpness setting for this Blu-ray/TV combo?

Right now I have it set on 25 (range is 0-100).

[HDTV1080P]

These user reviews can take several days and hours to complete. After doing some more testing, I updated the user review and added information on the 24fps feature and mentioned the DVD-Audio auto play feature when a disc is first loaded.


https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...postcount=2900

[eddievanhalen]

Originally Posted by Old Bones

As well wash each disk before the first play , I know it sounds dumb but even if it looks clean ya never know.

I think I don't need to tell again what happened with the discs 1 and 2 of Westworld (all of them are 3 layer 100 Gig discs) and what happened with disc 3 which I cleaned with ammonia before playing it.
Last Friday I received Interstellar which is a 3 layer disc and I cleaned it before playing it, I whatched the movie in one go and no freezing.
Clean your discs before playing them, some of them may look spotless but they're not.

[Lee iley]

I have had my x800 since early last year and so far had no problems at all with 4k discs. The only skipping I had was on kingdom of heaven blueray for some reason.

[LordoftheRings]

Originally Posted by HDTV1080P

These user reviews can take several days and hours to complete. After doing some more testing, I updated the user review and added information on the 24fps feature and mentioned the DVD-Audio auto play feature when a disc is first loaded.

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...postcount=2900

Did you try the Pop Up/Menu while a 3D Blu-ray disc is playing?
Try it, do it several times and observe the onscreen image shifting.

Also, on a 3D BR rolling credits @ the end, with white titles appearing and disappearing, the black level is changing/pulsating from dark black to grey to dark black and so on.
That was from 'Assassin's Creed'.

[Cortiz]

Originally Posted by RustinCohle

Tried this and it didn’t work.

The main issue I have is the same movies keep freezing, muting, or skipping at the same exact time, every time. Put the disc in my Xbox and it works fine.

I’ve exchanged one of my trouble movies thinking it was the disc and it still skipped. Exchanged the whole player, still skipped. Disconnected from the internet, still skipped.

What is the disc in question?

[RustinCohle]

Originally Posted by Cortiz

What is the disc in question?

It’s happened with a few movies, but most recently, and the one I’ve been testing it on (since I watched it last) is Brawl in Cell Block 99. Somewhere around the 1:12 mark the audio cuts out for about three seconds, but only on the Sony. Plays fine on my Xbox. I’ve exchanged the disc and player, tried a new hdmi cable, tried a different input, disconnected the player from the internet, and it still happens.

I don’t care about this movie THAT much, but at this point I’m really curious why this is happening. I could maybe understand if it was at a different point in the movie every time I put it in, but it’s bizarre that it keeps happening at the same exact time and only when pairing this specific disc with this specific player..

[Leonidas King]

I have a concern and would appreciate the feedback but do you think its recomended I turn off Deep Color or leave it in Auto? When Im dealing with banding I just think thats a reason to play with Deep Color. Please anyone advise me on this.

[Snikt]

This may be a weird comment, but I feel like I have a sharper image for my Blu-rays if I set the 4K Upscaling to off. I don't know why, but the image seems almost blurry when I set it Auto2.

Not sure I can tell a difference with Auto1 either.

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by Snikt

This may be a weird comment, but I feel like I have a sharper image for my Blu-rays if I set the 4K Upscaling to off. I don't know why, but the image seems almost blurry when I set it Auto2.

Not sure I can tell a difference with Auto1 either.

I have used Auto2 from the start per recommended settings on various sites and it seems fine.

[eddievanhalen]

Originally Posted by Snikt

This may be a weird comment, but I feel like I have a sharper image for my Blu-rays if I set the 4K Upscaling to off. I don't know why, but the image seems almost blurry when I set it Auto2.

Not sure I can tell a difference with Auto1 either.

I first set my X-800 to 4K and Auto2 when I got it 8 months ago. A couple of months later while playing the Arrow BD of Ronin I tested switching the X-800 to Original Resolution and discovered that my 49" Samsung TV set did a better job at upscaling to 4K than the X-800, which felt like if it was appliying some kind of DNR when upconverting 1080p to 4K.

[Snikt]

Originally Posted by eddievanhalen

I first set my X-800 to 4K and Auto2 when I got it 8 months ago. A couple of months later while playing the Arrow BD of Ronin I tested switching the X-800 to Original Resolution and discovered that my 49" Samsung TV set did a better job at upscaling to 4K than the X-800, which felt like if it was appliying some kind of DNR when upconverting 1080p to 4K.

Ok. See, i feel the same way. Like it looks smeared almost. I thought something was wrong with my eyes. Maybe I should just put resolution at auto and turn 4K upscaling off.

It almost makes me feel like I can’t focus...ever

[Cortiz]

Has anyone found a small enough USB Flash drive yet and able to close that little compartment door? I really do not want a flash drive sticking out with the inability to close that lid covering the USB drive port. Was looking online but can't seem to find anything that would fit with the lid close. The Ulra Cruzer is real small but the cap is bulky and will prevent the lid from closing. I thought about trying to remove the cap but that probably will damage it. Damn you Sony for removing that USB port from the back of the player.

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by Cortiz

Has anyone found a small enough USB Flash drive yet and able to close that little compartment door? I really do not want a flash drive sticking out with the inability to close that lid covering the USB drive port. Was looking online but can't seem to find anything that would fit with the lid close. The Ulra Cruzer is real small but the cap is bulky and will prevent the lid from closing. I thought about trying to remove the cap but that probably will damage it. Damn you Sony for removing that USB port from the back of the player.

I don't really care where the port is. What I do care about is that this player tells me the name of the .mkv files on my many external hard drives. My older Sony BD player don't do that. They would just say their original file name such as Main Feature #1. The X800 shows the actual title that I have changed the original name to.

[LordoftheRings]

Originally Posted by Snikt

Curious for input and opinions:

I love this Blu-ray player and own a Samsung UN55JU7100. Anybody have any recommendations for the Sharpness setting for this Blu-ray/TV combo?

Right now I have it set on 25 (range is 0-100).

It's very tough because you pause a film to a certain frame, a face for example, and select 25 for the sharpness control, which is a good number in my opinion, anything between 5 and 25, between 10 and 20, ...and if you pause the film on another frame it can vary.
And it varies also from one film to another film. ....And with each viewer's set of eyes. ...And for each display.

There was a time where zero on the sharpness control, was the recommended setting.
Today we watch DVD, Blu-ray 2D, Blu-ray 3D, 4K UHD Blu-ray, Blu-ray streaming, 4K streaming, ...

For 4K Blu-ray, the correct setting is the one you experimented with and that you prefer, in overall average. There are two custom picture settings, options...that's nice. Theater is nice, very.