Sony UBP-X700 4K UHD Blu-ray player

[mar3o]

Originally Posted by sigma1914

I really wish that there was another affordable player like this one with less disc issues and automatic DV HDR switching.

If this player ever gets an update for auto Dolby Vision switching, they better allow that to be disabled to force HDR10 if desired. My 2016 LG TV is broken with Dolby Vision due to firmware issues they have no intention of fixing. Any player that forces Dolby Vision is unusable to me. I need to be able to select which signal to send - HDR10 or Dolby Vision.

This is why I did not buy a Philips or some other models - they allowed no way to force HDR10. If Dolby Vision is found on the disc, it forces it and you can't override this setting. That's a major deal-breaker.

Settings should be:

- Auto switch to Dolby Vision if Dolby Vision is found on disc
- Disable Dolby Vision, even if found on disc

[sapiendut]

Sorry to beat a dead horse but Panasonic allows you to do disable DV

[Sky_Captain]

So does the Sony....

[andantelise]

Can anyone please describe what their original manafacturer's power cord states as it's input and output? I have to get a new one.

[sapiendut]

Just any cable will do

[Rodney-2187]

I watched Blade Runner and Alien when I first got this player. Both looked awesome. I watched The Last Jedi and it didn't look as great. Went in and turned on Dolby Vision and The Last Jedi looked as good as Blade Runner and Alien the night before.

Would Blade Runner and Alien benefit from having Dolby Vision turned on? I only see HDR10 mentioned on those discs. Would they look worse unless I turned Dolby Vision back off?

Should I just turn on Dolby Vision and leave it? Why would I want to turn it off? If I play a disc without Dolby Vision, would it just default to HDR10? Is Dolby Vision superior to HDR10?

Sorry if this has all been discussed already, this is a huge thread.

[benderisgreat]

Originally Posted by Rodney-2187

I watched Blade Runner and Alien when I first got this player. Both looked awesome. I watched The Last Jedi and it didn't look as great. Went in and turned on Dolby Vision and The Last Jedi looked as good as Blade Runner and Alien the night before.

Would Blade Runner and Alien benefit from having Dolby Vision turned on? I only see HDR10 mentioned on those discs. Would they look worse unless I turned Dolby Vision back off?

Should I just turn on Dolby Vision and leave it? Why would I want to turn it off? If I play a disc without Dolby Vision, would it just default to HDR10? Is Dolby Vision superior to HDR10?

Sorry if this has all been discussed already, this is a huge thread.

I have this player as well and I have been leaving Dolby Vision on for all UHDs and I think it looks great. But I am curious as well if leaving DV on for HDR10 titles is taking away from the quality. To my eyes I havent seen any issues, but I havent done a very thorough comparison. As Far as leaving DV on for standard blu ray, it definatley makes the picture worse from what I have seen. I would definatley recommend turning it off for SDR material.

[Nitroboy]

I'm curious too! I've watched a couple of titles with the DV setting left on, without noticing any anomalies

[sapiendut]

For Sony players, if you are watching HDR10 with DV turned on, the player is sending a wrong signal to the TV so you won’t get accurate picture.

[tcripe]

Originally Posted by Rodney-2187

I watched Blade Runner and Alien when I first got this player. Both looked awesome. I watched The Last Jedi and it didn't look as great. Went in and turned on Dolby Vision and The Last Jedi looked as good as Blade Runner and Alien the night before.

Would Blade Runner and Alien benefit from having Dolby Vision turned on? I only see HDR10 mentioned on those discs. Would they look worse unless I turned Dolby Vision back off?

Should I just turn on Dolby Vision and leave it? Why would I want to turn it off? If I play a disc without Dolby Vision, would it just default to HDR10? Is Dolby Vision superior to HDR10?

Sorry if this has all been discussed already, this is a huge thread.

Well the Last Jedi is a DV disk the other two films you mentioned are not.

[Sky_Captain]

Originally Posted by Nitroboy

I'm curious too! I've watched a couple of titles with the DV setting left on, without noticing any anomalies

Same here. I'm of the opinion that DV doing anything negative to HDR10 encoded sources is bullshit of the highest order.

[sapiendut]

Just measure the CMS points when using HDR content in DV, there are differences.

[avs commenter]

I've noticed a difference leaving DV on for HDR10 content.

I still like leaving DV on though for SDR bluray. It makes the content much closer to it's UHD version.

[rroeder]

Originally Posted by sapiendut

For Sony players, if you are watching HDR10 with DV turned on, the player is sending a wrong signal to the TV so you won’t get accurate picture.

The player still shows it as HDR10 tho, only DV titles show up as DV on the player, so is it sending the wrong signal? My TV will go into DV mode if it's turned on but I don't see much if any difference

[rroeder]

What I'm wondering does the player actually send the correct signal based on the disc even tho DV is turned on?

Of course if the tv goes into DV mode then the picture will look different, altho mine does not I don't really notice much diff between DV discs and HDR10 discs

[Voltaire53]

Originally Posted by rroeder

The player still shows it as HDR10 tho, only DV titles show up as DV on the player

I've asked here before but still can't find it on my system; where do I look on the player to know what it thinks the disc has... I've put in HDR10 discs and DV discs and on the 'Display' they both come up as just HDR in the spot where it either says SDR or HDR.

My concern is that even though I'v done the DV update and have the option to turn DV on, befause the player has been modified to play all regions of Blu-rays that mod means it can't 'see' the DV layer...

Thanks for any help.

[sapiendut]

Originally Posted by rroeder

The player still shows it as HDR10 tho, only DV titles show up as DV on the player, so is it sending the wrong signal? My TV will go into DV mode if it's turned on but I don't see much if any difference

I haven’t had that player anymore since November last year. Perhaps the firmware already fixed the way the player works? IIRC it used to say DV on TV regardless what I put in when DV is turned on.

[rroeder]

Originally Posted by Voltaire53

I've asked here before but still can't find it on my system; where do I look on the player to know what it thinks the disc has... I've put in HDR10 discs and DV discs and on the 'Display' they both come up as just HDR in the spot where it either says SDR or HDR.

My concern is that even though I'v done the DV update and have the option to turn DV on, befause the player has been modified to play all regions of Blu-rays that mod means it can't 'see' the DV layer...

Thanks for any help.

Gotcha, yeah when I turn on DV at the player and play a DV disc it says Dolby Vision in same spot, think it also says HDR but it def says Dolby Vision too.
**If I play an HDR10 disc with DV turned on it does not say Dolby Vision**

My tv goes into DV mode whenever it's turned on at player but unless the player says Dolby Vision in the display screen I don't think the player is sending a DV signal. Confusing

[weberrygt]

If you set your x700 to screen settings > Dolby Vision > On, then it will play as if you are watching a DV disc. My OLED flashes the DV icon (top right), and if I hit info during the movie it will say DV. This applies to UHD and BD, and I would assume DVD. I played a BD disc and forgot to turn off DV and the icon appeared. Oops.

If you set your screen settings > DV > OFF, then it will only play HDR. There is not an auto-detect feature for DV. (I hope that will change at some point so none of this will matter.)

[weberrygt]

Originally Posted by rroeder

The player still shows it as HDR10 tho, only DV titles show up as DV on the player, so is it sending the wrong signal? My TV will go into DV mode if it's turned on but I don't see much if any difference

Maybe that is the first step of Sony fixing it, an auto-detect feature only if you have a sony to sony set-up. I don't know, just speculating since I have an LG (OLED), and not a sony.