Sony UBP-X700 4K UHD Blu-ray player

[Scorxpion]

Originally Posted by kashif

Last night Friday the 13th freeze during the climax boat scene. No buttons were working so had to switch off the plug and switch it back on and then it played well.

I wish Sony will find a solution for this incident, it happens with my Sony player too but not totally freezing it to unplug and plug again. I can eject the disc and resume the movie where the hiccups occured. Usually most of the discs work as it should be but as others said some BD100 do freeze.anyway will try the solution here and provide my experience later on.already have Panasonic players which are working perfectly the Sony player is a backup

[kashif]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu31

Don't you mean it uses more electricity when that option is turned on? That's what the set up screen says on my X700.

Yes he means that.

Originally Posted by Scorxpion

I wish Sony will find a solution for this incident, it happens with my Sony player too but not totally freezing it to unplug and plug again. I can eject the disc and resume the movie where the hiccups occured. Usually most of the discs work as it should be but as others said some BD100 do freeze.anyway will try the solution here and provide my experience later on.already have Panasonic players which are working perfectly the Sony player is a backup

For me its always the main switch off and on. Unable to eject disc or turn off player or anything. Some mild hiccups as you mentioned also happened to me where I was able to eject and insert the disc again and it plays fine. I have a PS5 but I never watch 4k Movies in it because even though it support atmos but they didn't include dolby vision which I think is a marketing tactic to sell PS5 Pro in future with dolby vision.

[Moviefan2k4]

I've just skimmed the last two pages of this thread, and if there's this many problems with this model then I'm skipping it. Its just not worth the headache.

[Nosferatu31]

Originally Posted by Moviefan2k4

I've just skimmed the last two pages of this thread, and if there's this many problems with this model then I'm skipping it. Its just not worth the headache.

I guess i got lucky with mine. Bought it just over 3 years ago from Walmart and it's be flawless. Only issue i had was it turned on by itself one day and i had to unplug it and change a setting. It's been a great player for me.

[hallowdrew]

Thanks, Darev. I've had this player for about 2.5 years and never had any freezing until the past few weeks (both new SF UHD discs, "The Fog" and the PC of "Halloween 6"). I reproduced the freeze on different days for the Producer's Cut of H6 (both occurred at the same time in the movie). So I thought, what the hell, I'll try these setting changes even though I can't imagine how they could possibly make a difference. Lo and behold both movies played from beginning to end with no freezes.

Originally Posted by Darev

I am just the "messenger" with these settings. Feel free to join that group and ask questions to the person who posted them in the first place. I'm not sure why he put some of these choices in his pictures, but this is what he offers as advice for people who have this player.

[hoejunter]

I changed the settings on my player too and everything has been great since. Discs are even loading quicker!

[Coryp81]

I just want to add on to say that this player is dog crap. I think maybe I got through a movie once without it freezing and having to reset the damn thing. It has completely turned me off to 4k discs. As I bought another player to replace it and that skips to. Combined with my crappy TCL tv flashing and ghosting, I have just given up on physical media. I remember a time when electronics would just work.

[Number_6]

I bought this player last year at Black Friday on sale from Amazon. I picked this player because 1) Sony products have been very good for me in the past and 2) the online reviews for this player were good.

But add me to the list of those for whom this player is a problem. Every single 4K movie no matter what the studio has locked up on me at some point in this player.

For Blu-rays it’s worked just fine…up until last night when I put in the Revenge/Creature Walks Blu-ray. The menu screen for the disc appeared and then dropped out to the TV stand-by screen. Had to shut the player off and turn it back on to get the disc menu to reappear again. First time that’s happened.

I’d be interested in the settings suggestions Darev posted but for some reason that post is showing up as a blank post for me.

I figured I’ll just have to put up with this player for a couple of years and then buy a new one that works properly.

Very frustrating as I’m not sure how to pick a player in the future if I can’t rely on reviews or past experience with a brand.

[stvn1974]

Decided to put Poltergeist UHD on last night for shits and giggles and of course it locked up. I was able to fix the problem...I watched the BD on my PS4 instead. Played flawlessly.

[kashif]

Originally Posted by Coryp81

I just want to add on to say that this player is dog crap. I think maybe I got through a movie once without it freezing and having to reset the damn thing. It has completely turned me off to 4k discs. As I bought another player to replace it and that skips to. Combined with my crappy TCL tv flashing and ghosting, I have just given up on physical media. I remember a time when electronics would just work.

Don't give up on physical media and do a one time investment for a good TV. Brands like TCL, Hisenese are a hit or miss. Not all TVs having the same panel. I was on a tight budget but I saved and bought a Sony 4k tv. I was almost going for Hisense but I found out in my research they are not good. You even get more nits in some of the models than Sony but you can never be sure you are getting a good panel inside your tv.

Also ghosting happens if your 4k tv doesn't support hdr but the player having hdr output set to auto. Turn hdr to off if tv doesn't support it. Just my suggestion.

[kashif]

Originally Posted by Darev

I am just the "messenger" with these settings. Feel free to join that group and ask questions to the person who posted them in the first place. I'm not sure why he put some of these choices in his pictures, but this is what he offers as advice for people who have this player.

Can you please re post these settings? Your post is showing as blank.

[Darev]

Originally Posted by kashif

Can you please re post these settings? Your post is showing as blank.

Just did.

Not sure why they stopped working.

[kashif]

Originally Posted by Darev

Just did.

Not sure why they stopped working.

Thanks a million bro. I saved them. Will apply these settings now. Did you notice any changes after changing to these settings?

[Coryp81]

Anyone have a fix for the UB420 Panasonic? That one freezes up on me to.

[Darev]

Originally Posted by kashif

Thanks a million bro. I saved them. Will apply these settings now. Did you notice any changes after changing to these settings?

I haven't had a disc freeze since then.

But I only watch 1 or 2 a week.
Sometimes not even that

[Coryp81]

Ugh..could someone repost the settings for this player. Mine freezes and I wanted to see if this actually works. But the post isn't showing them.

[Coryp81]

Originally Posted by Jonathan McLeod

Just buy a Panasonic. Given the price ratio between the players and the media for them, none of the 4K players are that expensive. I honestly don't understand why people continue subjecting themselves to the frustration of the Sony's which don't handle triple-layer discs properly.

I have a Panasonic and it has the same freezing issues.

[Conan The Barbarian]

Hello,

I’m having an issue with audio with this player.

I have a c2 and a lg spm7a soundbar. I have the soundbar connected to the tv via the earc input. I have an Xbox series x on port 3 and the Sony player on port 4. I can get atmos and audio from the Xbox perfectly fine. But no audio from the Sony player.

I did try to connect the Sony to the bar, but I don’t get a video signal from the arc port I out channel (2).

Any help is appreciated. Also, would I lose any picture quality by routing the 4k player through the soundbar?

[Coryp81]

Lol, how did this player get such good reviews?

[VirtuaBranson]

I’ve only had a problem with one disc this whole time I’ve had one with mine. Just watched the Thing and Ghostbusters with the player and it’s been fine. Just to add to the convo of issues or not.