Sony UBP-X700 4K UHD Blu-ray player

[LettuceJUMP]

Kaonashi
That was a known issue with lg oleds. If it goes from an extreme cut scene to scene from bright to dark etc, it does like an auto dim/brighten. I had it with my b6 oled for all dolby vision, and even some standard hdr. It’s an automatic setting not adjustable. As far as I was told.

[Kaonashi]

I haven’t noticed in cuts between dark and bright shots, there’s a scene like this in Homecoming when tony is in India and spidey’s by the river but the cuts are clean. There are non-adjustable ABL settings on all LG OLEDs which gradually dim the screen when on prolonged dark content to prevent burn in and tend to snap back to normal brightness with a bit of a delay but this isn’t that issue.

This happens when cutting between two bright shots, and it’s not dimming or anything, it just spikes in brightness on the cut itself and then returns to normal after it, it makes it look like the image flashes on. It also completely disappears when I eject and reload the disc.

[Bladerunner5375]

Here's a problem I noticed when using this player with Vizio TV's:

The Vizio TV's themselves have a setting for each input, where one has to turn on the advanced HRD color setting.

When one does this, the ux700's menu will no longer appear on your screen. You have to keep this setting "off" if you want to see the x700's menu. The film will still play if you hit "play", but the player's X700 menu itself will not appear on screen. the screen will be blank.

i'm wondering if not being able to engage this setting on the tv keeps you from getting the best HDR settings and 4:4:4, etc.

Anyone know the answer ?

[rroeder]

I have no idea why it's doing that but can't you turn on the advanced color setting after your done in the menu?, so the movie is right. It comes up till I load the movie then i don't use it again.

Sounds like a setting you do want on tho

[avs commenter]

Originally Posted by Bladerunner5375

Here's a problem I noticed when using this player with Vizio TV's:

The Vizio TV's themselves have a setting for each input, where one has to turn on the advanced HRD color setting.

When one does this, the ux700's menu will no longer appear on your screen. You have to keep this setting "off" if you want to see the x700's menu. The film will still play if you hit "play", but the player's X700 menu itself will not appear on screen. the screen will be blank.

i'm wondering if not being able to engage this setting on the tv keeps you from getting the best HDR settings and 4:4:4, etc.

Anyone know the answer ?

Why are using 4:4:4 for watching movies?

[Bladerunner5375]

I’m actually not, I was just using it as a general UHD HDR term, I don’t even know if I’m sure what 4:4:4 is lol. It doesn’t seem like I’m NOT getting HDR, and the “info” button says I am, but it makes you wonder. I also can’t wngage the “enhanced format” selection for the input on my Sony 1080 AVR , or the same thing happens. Strange. I may just give up and get the LG since I can’t afford the Panasonic. 🙄

[chas speed]

I haven't gone through all 70 pages of this thread but I just bought the Sony UBP X700 4K Region free player from 220 Electronics and everything plays perfect except the 4K discs. The 4K discs play way too dark on my new 4K JVC 55" TV. When the disc starts to play the FBI warning it shows up bright for 1 second and then goes darker and the rest of the disc just plays way too dark. I tried the 4K Sony player on my brothers non 4K TV and it looked fine. I don't get it. It's like there must be a 4K switch on the player or TV remote that I am not pushing. Like I said, all the non 4K Blu-rays and DVD's look great. My TV and Blu-ray player have broken down in less then a month and I was hoping this would go well, but my bad luck keeps holding. The guy at 220 Electronics says he has never heard of the problem before.

[sapiendut]

JVC sells TV?

[DVD Josh]

Originally Posted by chas speed

I haven't gone through all 70 pages of this thread but I just bought the Sony UBP X700 4K Region free player from 220 Electronics and everything plays perfect except the 4K discs. The 4K discs play way too dark on my new 4K JVC 55" TV. When the disc starts to play the FBI warning it shows up bright for 1 second and then goes darker and the rest of the disc just plays way too dark. I tried the 4K Sony player on my brothers non 4K TV and it looked fine. I don't get it. It's like there must be a 4K switch on the player or TV remote that I am not pushing. Like I said, all the non 4K Blu-rays and DVD's look great. My TV and Blu-ray player have broken down in less then a month and I was hoping this would go well, but my bad luck keeps holding. The guy at 220 Electronics says he has never heard of the problem before.

Are you using the dedicated HDMI video out from your player direct to the TV or going through pass through on the receiver to the TV?

[chas speed]

Originally Posted by DVD Josh

Are you using the dedicated HDMI video out from your player direct to the TV or going through pass through on the receiver to the TV?

I'm putting the HDMI video from my player direct to the TV. I think it's odd that the FBI warning looks bright for 1 second and then gets darker. The 4K disc is Game of Thrones Season One, but I don't think that's to blame as I tried all 4 discs. I also tried changing cables and outlets with no luck. The sad thing is that this is going to put me off 4K discs for life. The whole idea that I spent 200 extra dollars for a format that looks like crap for no apparent reason is making me angry. I have no idea if it's the new TV or the new 4K player, but I'm not going through this again to find out. I think I will just sell the 4K player on Ebay since it seems to look ok on my brother's TV.

[sapiendut]

Oh come on. One bad experience and you’re throwing the entire format out? SMH

[sapiendut]

PS: I just checked that JVC TVs are not even made by JVC, they are made by a Chinese company who license JVC name. So yeah, most probably the problem is with your TV as no one ever heard of that problem with major TV brands before.

[chas speed]

Originally Posted by sapiendut

Oh come on. One bad experience and you’re throwing the entire format out? SMH

I am not going to buy another brand new TV on the off chance that my 4K discs might play better. It's a 4K TV and it should work. I have never heard that JVC TV's can't play 4K discs.

[sapiendut]

Let me get this straight: TV is of low quality and it doesn’t work properly and you’re blaming the entire format? Have you tried other disc? Have you tried using your player/disc on another TV.

Whatever, your mind is already made up anyway. Gotta love when people buy cheaper stuff and it doesn’t work fabulously and blame the format. You get what you paid for. The 700 is known to have problems (although the problem is usually not recognizing discs), the TV is made by an unknown Tv company with JVC brand slapped on it. Do whatever you want.

[sapiendut]

PS: “it’s a 4K Tv and it should work”. It doesn’t work that way. If all TVs are created equal, there is no cheap TV vs mid-priced Tv vs high-end TV.

[chas speed]

Originally Posted by sapiendut

Let me get this straight: TV is of low quality and it doesn’t work properly and you’re blaming the entire format? Have you tried other disc? Have you tried using your player/disc on another TV.

Whatever, your mind is already made up anyway. Gotta love when people buy cheaper stuff and it doesn’t work fabulously and blame the format. You get what you paid for. The 700 is known to have problems (although the problem is usually not recognizing discs), the TV is made by an unknown Tv company with JVC brand slapped on it. Do whatever you want.

I think if you read my thread you could answer all those questions. The TV has worked perfectly for everything, but 4K discs and the 4K player is new. I have tried other discs and TV's. I'm sorry that I am fed up with buying a new TV and a new 4K player in the same month, but I am not made of money. I thought somebody might be able to give me some idea what the problem was, but I have only heard that it can't be a problem with 4K and how dare I not shell out another 500 bucks for a state of the art TV. No wonder people aren't buying this crap.

[DVD Josh]

Originally Posted by chas speed

I think if you read my thread you could answer all those questions. The TV has worked perfectly for everything, but 4K discs and the 4K player is new. I have tried other discs and TV's. I'm sorry that I am fed up with buying a new TV and a new 4K player in the same month, but I am not made of money. I thought somebody might be able to give me some idea what the problem was, but I have only heard that it can't be a problem with 4K and how dare I not shell out another 500 bucks for a state of the art TV. No wonder people aren't buying this crap.

I understand your frustration my friend, but I can tell you that 4K UHD is a phenomenal format with monumental benefits.

Let's do this - let's start with the model # of your TV first and then I would like you to post ALL of the picture settings from both your TV and player. Maybe its an issue of a setting or calibration that we can work on adjusting to see if it will work out better.

The fact that you are experiencing a bright to dark shift makes me think there is something in the TV that is auto-dimming the brightness/contrast and if we can figure this out, you may see what we all see.

As you can see, I own this player so I know what its capable of.

[sigma1914]

Had my first issue with the player... couldn't get it to read a brand new Avengers Age of Ultron 4k disc. No scratches or fingerprints. The BR loaded fine. Any advice?

[sapiendut]

This is the problem I keep getting from my 700. Usually it can be remedied by cleaning the disc under room-temp water.

[sigma1914]

Originally Posted by sapiendut

This is the problem I keep getting from my 700. Usually it can be remedied by cleaning the disc under room-temp water.

Thanks - I'll try that next. Originally used a microfiber cloth.