Sony UBP-X700 4K UHD Blu-ray player

[mikesncc1701]

I've been apprehensive about Sony anything the past few years but this player hasn't been so bad. Only hangup I've had was the third layer switch with TENET which apparently a lot of people had. Anyways, I have the Hisense U6G being delivered on Wednesday and I'll finally have a Dolby Vision capable set. I know one of the things with this player is Dolby Vision is either on or off and when HDR 10 is played, the TV still reads it as "Dolby Vision" when it's not. Does this affect the picture in any way? Do I need to go back and forth switching the feature off depending on discs?

[unberechenbar]

Originally Posted by mikesncc1701

I've been apprehensive about Sony anything the past few years but this player hasn't been so bad. Only hangup I've had was the third layer switch with TENET which apparently a lot of people had. Anyways, I have the Hisense U6G being delivered on Wednesday and I'll finally have a Dolby Vision capable set. I know one of the things with this player is Dolby Vision is either on or off and when HDR 10 is played, the TV still reads it as "Dolby Vision" when it's not. Does this affect the picture in any way? Do I need to go back and forth switching the feature off depending on discs?

Yes it does affect the picture so you should turn it on or off based on whether discs have Dolby Vision or not.

[halloween5309]

does the sony x700m have any improvements?

[Galactus123]

Originally Posted by unberechenbar

Yes it does affect the picture so you should turn it on or off based on whether discs have Dolby Vision or not.

Its annoying because all the cases have no mention of Dolby Vision in some countries. Its not always easy to know if the disc has DV.

[unberechenbar]

Originally Posted by Galactus123

Its annoying because all the cases have no mention on Dolby Vision.

True. I've noticed it labeled on a few but it's definitely inconsistent. A few weeks ago I watched The Dark Tower in HDR10 because it's from Sony and they usually don't do Dolby Vision only to find out later that that particular disc had Dolby Vision.

[Galactus123]

Originally Posted by unberechenbar

True. I've noticed it labeled on a few but it's definitely inconsistent. A few weeks ago I watched The Dark Tower in HDR10 because it's from Sony and they usually don't do Dolby Vision only to find out later that that particular disc had Dolby Vision.

I bought the nordic release of Tomb Raider (2018) and the case doesn't have DV logo. US release seems to have it.

[rroeder]

Originally Posted by mikesncc1701

I've been apprehensive about Sony anything the past few years but this player hasn't been so bad. Only hangup I've had was the third layer switch with TENET which apparently a lot of people had. Anyways, I have the Hisense U6G being delivered on Wednesday and I'll finally have a Dolby Vision capable set. I know one of the things with this player is Dolby Vision is either on or off and when HDR 10 is played, the TV still reads it as "Dolby Vision" when it's not. Does this affect the picture in any way? Do I need to go back and forth switching the feature off depending on discs?

One odd thing is that when you turn DV on it puts the TV into DV mode but if you look at the player info it reads "HDR" or "Dolby Vision" depending on disc, so it seems to be auto detecting at the player.

Mine has been solid but I've had a few snafus, for some reason one particular scene on the LOTR Two towers won't play, tried 2 diff sets, gonna try the Sony 800 model I think but it's been playing all the discs fine lately *knock knock*

[unberechenbar]

Was trying to watch Bumblebee last night but had trouble getting the menu to display on my TV so I unplugged the HDMI cable from my receiver and plugged it in again. That seemed to fix it but when I put in the Bumblebee UHD disc I got a blue screen with text in several different languages saying that the disc was optimized for playback on an HDR display or something. I checked the resolution of the content and it was 1080p or something.

I then went into the player settings and tried to force the output to be 4K, which worked for the menu but didn't change the output of the disc. When I set it back to auto detect resolution the disc played at 480p. Lol! On a whim I decided to change the HDMI cable and lo and behold that did the trick. Funny thing is I watched Cloverfield a few days ago without any problems and the HDMI cable that I changed to had previously given me problems. Funny how finicky these things can be.

[unberechenbar]

Just got the notice that an update is available. Not sure what it is for.

[cricepng]

Originally Posted by unberechenbar

Just got the notice that an update is available. Not sure what it is for.

[Show spoiler]

It's not available for download on the Sony site so no info there. Last one available for browser download is the M43.R.0277 version from March 2019.

[unberechenbar]

Originally Posted by cricepng

It's not available for download on the Sony site so no info there. Last one available for browser download is the M43.R.0277 version from March 2019.

More than two years since the last update? Quite a long time. It didn't say what was updated after I installed it, just that the update was successful.

[danny24]

Hopefully a miracle happens and Sony does a firmware update to fix having no auto Dolby Vision (just manual at the moment for X700, X800M2, X1100ES).

[Oniiz86]

It's listed on the Sony Asia & Europe/UK websites across all 4K UHD models, it claims to improve UHD Bluray disc compatibility, amazing that Sony remembered or actually care to update the players, hopefully it doesn't break anything

[danny24]

Originally Posted by Oniiz86

It's listed on the Sony Asia & Europe/UK websites across all 4K UHD models, it claims to improve UHD Bluray disc compatibility, amazing that Sony remembered or actually care to update the players, hopefully it doesn't break anything

I think it's safe to say the X700, X800M2, X1100ES will always have manual DV. I doubt Sony cares enough to ever change it. Still surprised by this firmware update even if it isn't the firmware update most or all users were hoping for.

[y2jman]

Originally Posted by danny24

Hopefully a miracle happens and Sony does a firmware update to fix having no auto Dolby Vision (just manual at the moment for X700, X800M2, X1100ES).

yes I just ended a movie netflix and I started another one It didn't work froze i unplug my song x800 4k bluray plug back up was surprise to see it saying new software update M36.R.0342

I thought player was done with software update haven't seen one in a long time

[Cortiz]

Have anyone tested if by any remote chance Sony added auto DV with this latest firmware?

[SML]

Originally Posted by Cortiz

Have anyone tested if by any remote chance Sony added auto DV with this latest firmware?

Just had a looksy, still only gives you the options 'on' or 'off' for Dolby Vision.
Put it on and inserted a Blu-ray and the TV registered it as a Dolby Vision disc, so that still ain't right.

[Alister_M]

Hopefully it at least does what it claims and improves stability. Not that I've had many issues, the only time I've had a total freeze-up was on Man of Steel (right at the beginning of the scene where he goes to surrender to the military) so maybe I'll give that a rewatch soon and see what happens.

[mikesncc1701]

Goddamn. 129 megs? That's a hefty update!

[cricepng]

Originally Posted by mikesncc1701

Goddamn. 129 megs? That's a hefty update!

It's a 4K player. 4x the resolution and download size of a standard 2K player.