Sony UBP-X800 4K UHD Blu-ray player

[Realist01]

Should auto 2 be put on for bd upscale as well as output settings to auto?

Do you keep HDMI deep color on or off?

[HDTV1080P]

Originally Posted by Nothing371

So you're in the wrong thread?

I am not in the wrong thread. A couple of family members own two Sony UBP-X800 that I setup and spent many weeks running tests on.


My point is since the OPPO players are now out of production, a lot more people that are looking for SACD and DVD-Audio support from a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray player are most likely now going to purchase the Sony UBP-X800.

After the Sony UBP-X800 is no longer available, there is no more Blu-ray players on the market that support both SACD's and DVD-Audio discs. The new Sony UBP-X700 that replaces the UBP-X800 does not support DVD-Audio discs.

[Clark Kent]

It's a good point. I think Sony will continue including SACD capability as long as they are in the player business. But Oppo's death is likely the end of seeing DVD-Audio capability on new players.

[Iain-]

Originally Posted by Clark Kent

It's a good point. I think Sony will continue including SACD capability as long as they are in the player business. But Oppo's death is likely the end of seeing DVD-Audio capability on new players.

Beginning with the BDP-S770 in 2010, Sony have always supported SA-CD. What attracted me with the S770, was the higher resolution DSD decimation of 24/176.4 PCM v 24/88.2 PCM for everyone else.

[LordoftheRings]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

The Sony is an excellent player.

The Sony X800 is a sweet player with a sweet price value with sweet features and sweet performance; I concur.
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[LordoftheRings]

Originally Posted by Nothing371

So you're in the wrong thread?

You should apply @ AVS Forum for a job as a moderator; you'd fit right in.

[LordoftheRings]

Originally Posted by Clark Kent

It's a good point. I think Sony will continue including SACD capability as long as they are in the player business. But Oppo's death is likely the end of seeing DVD-Audio capability on new players.

Originally Posted by Iain-

Beginning with the BDP-S770 in 2010, Sony have always supported SA-CD. What attracted me with the S770, was the higher resolution DSD decimation of 24/176.4 PCM v 24/88.2 PCM for everyone else.

Sony and SACD go hand in hand; CD players, DVD players, Blu-ray players, UHD players, ...

* I have that model too (S770), plus few more...all with SACD playability.

** The X800 with DVD-Audio playback support was truly a tour-de-force from Sony. ...Magic!

[Scarriere]

Originally Posted by LordoftheRings

Sony and SACD go hand in hand; CD players, DVD players, Blu-ray players, UHD players, ...

* I have that model too (S770), plus few more...all with SACD playability.

** The X800 with DVD-Audio playback support was truly a tour-de-force from Sony. ...Magic!

You have comments throughout this thread and elsewhere, telling people to “Get Oppo”, rather than this X800.
Now that Oppo is no more, Sony is good all of a sudden?

[LordoftheRings]

Originally Posted by Scarriere

You have comments throughout this thread and elsewhere, telling people to “Get Oppo”, rather than this X800.
Now that Oppo is no more, Sony is good all of a sudden?

Please, don't reply to any of my posts, ever. Thank you very much for your cooperation.

[Scarriere]

Originally Posted by LordoftheRings

Please, don't reply to any of my posts, ever. Thank you very much for your cooperation.

I will comply.
Except if you give bad advice, like cleaning 4K discs with dish soap.
Then I’ll be compelled.

[LordoftheRings]

Originally Posted by Scarriere

I will comply.
Except if you give bad advice, like cleaning 4K discs with dish soap.
Then I’ll be compelled.

Lol, that's what Bob Pariseau and many Oppo beta testers recommend when discs won't play or freeze with their Oppo players.

If someone here encounters a similar issue with his Sony X800 player I sure will suggest it as an option. Because those new 4K discs are not all created equal and not going under quality control, no way, just no way. They stack the discs together, they get scratched, some have a foggy cloud of residues on their surface, the laser lenses have to go thru, some laser mechanisms are sensitive, we also have BD100s with three layers.

This affair means business, business is money, revenues, and down the expenses for paying extra for quality control. We live in the year 2018, that's the reality.

* I don't mind @ all that you reply like you just did here, because it's worth it to hear what people experience on this issue. We know for a fact that it works with Oppo players, not all the time but it did for many people.

If a new 4K disc doesn't play, or freezes with the Sony X800 player, we like to know the solutions, and that includes dish soap. We are not the only two people who use an 800, we are millions of us...all across.

[Scarriere]

Originally Posted by LordoftheRings

Lol, that's what Bob Pariseau and many Oppo beta testers recommend when discs won't play or freeze with their Oppo players.

If someone here encounters a similar issue with his Sony X800 player I sure will suggest it as an option. Because those new 4K discs are not all created equal and not going under quality control, no way, just no way. They stack the discs together, they get scratched, some have a foggy cloud of residues on their surface, the laser lenses have to go thru, some laser mechanisms are sensitive, we also have BD100s with three layers.

This affair means business, business is money, revenues, and down the expenses for paying extra for quality control. We live in the year 2018, that's the reality.

* I don't mind @ all that you reply like you just did here, because it's worth it to hear what people experience on this issue. We know for a fact that it works with Oppo players, not all the time but it did for many people.

If a new 4K disc doesn't play, or freezes with the Sony X800 player, we like to know the solutions, and that includes dish soap. We are not the only two people who use an 800, we are millions of us...all across.

That’s what bugged me when you recommended doing that. You didn’t have actual first hand experience doing it. Why tell someone to potentially wreck their $30 discs, without knowing wether it works or not?

You’re not supposed to wash your vehicle with $3 bottles of dish soap because it will tarnish the paint. If dish soap isn’t good for something as durable as vehicle paint, what’s it gonna do to a disc?

All I’m saying is, have firsthand knowledge.

[EManT2200]

Originally Posted by LordoftheRings

Lol, that's what Bob Pariseau and many Oppo beta testers recommend when discs won't play or freeze with their Oppo players.

If someone here encounters a similar issue with his Sony X800 player I sure will suggest it as an option. Because those new 4K discs are not all created equal and not going under quality control, no way, just no way. They stack the discs together, they get scratched, some have a foggy cloud of residues on their surface, the laser lenses have to go thru, some laser mechanisms are sensitive, we also have BD100s with three layers.

This affair means business, business is money, revenues, and down the expenses for paying extra for quality control. We live in the year 2018, that's the reality.

* I don't mind @ all that you reply like you just did here, because it's worth it to hear what people experience on this issue. We know for a fact that it works with Oppo players, not all the time but it did for many people.

If a new 4K disc doesn't play, or freezes with the Sony X800 player, we like to know the solutions, and that includes dish soap. We are not the only two people who use an 800, we are millions of us...all across.

I have washed cd's and dvd's with dish soap for years. If I had problems and could not see any scratches on the disc, then straight to the kitchen sink I would go. It worked probably 90% of the time. I still do it when a disc jumps or locks up, although I don't need to do it very often, it works well enough that it is always the first thing I try with a problem disc ! BTW, I have first hand knowledge here !

[EManT2200]

Originally Posted by EManT2200

I have washed cd's and dvd's with dish soap for years. If I had problems and could not see any scratches on the disc, then straight to the kitchen sink I would go. It worked probably 90% of the time. I still do it when a disc jumps or locks up, although I don't need to do it very often, it works well enough that it is always the first thing I try with a problem disc ! BTW, I have first hand knowledge here !

WAIT !, lol perhaps I should have stated that I have not needed to try this with my X800 yet, but, would not be surprised at all if it works with that too !

[Nothing371]

what's wrong with the original CD cleaners that people had to resort to using dish soap??

[LordoftheRings]

Originally Posted by EManT2200

I have washed cd's and dvd's with dish soap for years. If I had problems and could not see any scratches on the disc, then straight to the kitchen sink I would go. It worked probably 90% of the time. I still do it when a disc jumps or locks up, although I don't need to do it very often, it works well enough that it is always the first thing I try with a problem disc ! BTEW, I have first hand knowledge here !

And you are not the only one. I clean my CDs 50/50 of the time, with a cleaning solution. I have no problem using dish soap if I run out of my own mix, none whatsoever.

Some Sony X800 owners here had success with dish soap on 4K discs that weren't playing, or freezing. I did not encounter this situation yet, I only have 70 4K discs. I'm brand new @ this. With another 4K BR player from a different manufacturer the couple brief glitches I encountered are not even worth mentioning, easily resolved with a clean wipe.

4K is a different ball game, it's a pretty picture and it's a little fussy @ times, different video adjustments too, and not all 4K discs are flamboyant, some are somber, like the catacombs of Jakarta.

[Scarriere]

It seems that people are cleaning their 4K discs with dish soap and having success.
Consensus then? Maybe I stand corrected.
It isn’t something I would ever do, but to each their own.

[LordoftheRings]

Originally Posted by Scarriere

That’s what bugged me when you recommended doing that. You didn’t have actual first hand experience doing it. Why tell someone to potentially wreck their $30 discs, without knowing wether it works or not?

You’re not supposed to wash your vehicle with $3 bottles of dish soap because it will tarnish the paint. If dish soap isn’t good for something as durable as vehicle paint, what’s it gonna do to a disc?

All I’m saying is, have firsthand knowledge.

Listen, you are not here to help me help others, you are here because you have hatred in your heart. It's best to let go and move forward, towards a better destination.

If you think dish soap is bad for you just don't use it.
If you think I have no knowledge, no experience with dish soap and 5-inch discs, it's best you forget all about it and put your energy somewhere else.

This is my last reply to you because I can predict that you just won't quit contradicting me. And I just don't want to argue, I'm just not in the mode to argue, with nobody.

I'm sure you understand that.

[LordoftheRings]

Originally Posted by Nothing371

what's wrong with the original CD cleaners that people had to resort to using dish soap??

That's good stuff too, I use one of those. I even posted few models before, right here too. ...And many other places for the last fifteen plus years.

But, many folks don't have one of those. That's where dish soap comes up with a dry clean wipe after; a gentle chamois if you have, or something similar...soft and that don't leave any residues.

[Scarriere]

It’s a good thing that I didn’t “get the Oppo” like you suggested so many times in these threads.
I have a Sony X800 and don’t have to wash my discs, lol.

Okay Bob. It’s been an experience.