Sony UBP-X800 4K UHD Blu-ray player - Page 75 - Blu-ray Forum

Blu350z · 07-19-2017, 01:53 PM

If you buy one now then yes. Promo is until the end of September.

Wendell R. Breland · 07-19-2017, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by SlaughterX

Can you still get the free movies if you buy the "refurb from Best Buy?

Other posters have stated they got the movies if the serial number had not been used while others were refused because the serial had already been used.

movielover1069 · 07-19-2017, 08:53 PM

Once again, am I only one who thinks the picture from this looks better in SDR than it does in HDR? I've tried every possible setting but nothing I do seems to make any difference. I had the same problem last year with the Samsung 4K player and now with this and it's driving me crazy! At least the Sony gives you the option of turning off the HDR whereas the Samsung didn't and when I do turn it off and let the 4K disc play in SDR, the picture is so much brighter, colorful, and more dynamic than it looks in HDR. The HDMI settings on all the inputs on my Sony XBR55X930D 4K TV are all set on Enhanced so I know it's not the TV causing the problem. Any help with this will be greatly appreciated!

mzupeman · 07-19-2017, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by movielover1069

Once again, am I only one who thinks the picture from this looks better in SDR than it does in HDR? I've tried every possible setting but nothing I do seems to make any difference. I had the same problem last year with the Samsung 4K player and now with this and it's driving me crazy! At least the Sony gives you the option of turning off the HDR whereas the Samsung didn't and when I do turn it off and let the 4K disc play in SDR, the picture is so much brighter, colorful, and more dynamic than it looks in HDR. The HDMI settings on all the inputs on my Sony XBR55X930D 4K TV are all set on Enhanced so I know it's not the TV causing the problem. Any help with this will be greatly appreciated!

Yes, you are.

movielover1069 · 07-19-2017, 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by mzupeman

Yes, you are.

I very much doubt that and there's no need to be such a rude jerk about it.

StingingVelvet · 07-20-2017, 12:39 AM

SDR looked closer to normal when I had a poor HDR set. I thought we checked your set though and it had fine HDR, so no one has any idea why it looks bad to you.

eddievanhalen · 07-20-2017, 01:02 AM

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Originally Posted by StingingVelvet

SDR looked closer to normal when I had a poor HDR set. I thought we checked your set though and it had fine HDR, so no one has any idea why it looks bad to you.

Maybe it's just a matter of taste and it also may vary from movie to movie as some do a very agressive use of HDR and some others are more conservative at it.
Playing Pacific Rim on an average HDR performer set like my new Samsung is not the same than playing let's say Terminator Genisys that has great color, nice definition, clean picture, plenty of dark scenes with good low level detail but not many steroid-bright scenes that may look burned on an average HDR performer. I personally either with a great or average performer HDR set I don't like very agressive use of HDR with oversaturated colors and overblown highlights that make the movie look like a Christmas tree.

movielover1069 · 07-20-2017, 02:54 AM

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Originally Posted by StingingVelvet

SDR looked closer to normal when I had a poor HDR set. I thought we checked your set though and it had fine HDR, so no one has any idea why it looks bad to you.

Actually I think I might have figured it out finally, or rather someone else online figured it out for me. Apparently he was having the same problem but with his PS4. He said he changed the input setting on his TV "Picture and Display" from Full to Auto and it solved the problem. I just did the exact same thing and now the picture with HDR is absolutely gorgeous!!

Geoff D · 07-20-2017, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by movielover1069

Actually I think I might have figured it out finally, or rather someone else online figured it out for me. Apparently he was having the same problem but with his PS4. He said he changed the input setting on his TV "Picture and Display" from Full to Auto and it solved the problem. I just did the exact same thing and now the picture with HDR is absolutely gorgeous!!

Yeah..."Full" w/ref to HDMI settings does not mean what most people think it means. You're setting it to PC levels rather than 'legal' Video levels so any signal that's input with Video levels will look washed out to shit.

movielover1069 · 07-20-2017, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Geoff D

Yeah..."Full" w/ref to HDMI settings does not mean what most people think it means. You're setting it to PC levels rather than 'legal' Video levels so any signal that's input with Video levels will look washed out to shit.

Yes, I found that out finally!! They don't tell you that in the Owner's Manual!

Rhoq · 07-20-2017, 07:03 PM

I have to commend Sony for the incredibly fast shipping on the Free Movies Promo. I just bought the UBP-X800 on Saturday. Submitted my order late Saturday night and the movies were delivered today, only 5 days later.

Geoff D · 07-20-2017, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by movielover1069

Yes, I found that out finally!! They don't tell you that in the Owner's Manual!

Make sure you turn off BD Audio Mix and DRC in the audio settings too.

mzupeman · 07-20-2017, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by movielover1069

I very much doubt that and there's no need to be such a rude jerk about it.

You asked a question and I answered it as simply as I could. I have not seen a single person say the SDR mode looks better on their HDR sets. Thanks for calling me names, though. And wouldn't you know, you didn't have your settings right!

movielover1069 · 07-20-2017, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Geoff D

Make sure you turn off BD Audio Mix and DRC in the audio settings too.

Okay, thanks Geoff!!

movielover1069 · 07-20-2017, 11:42 PM

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Originally Posted by mzupeman

You asked a question and I answered it as simply as I could. I have not seen a single person say the SDR mode looks better on their HDR sets. Thanks for calling me names, though. And wouldn't you know, you didn't have your settings right!

Sorry, but you WERE being rude. As it turns out, I wasn't the only one who was experiencing the same problem. After a Google search I found out that there are tons of others having problems with it. That's when I discovered the article by this guy who told about how he managed to fix his. I never said that I was an expert who knew everything and as far as I knew, I DID have all the settings set correctly. It never ever occurred to me to switch from Full to Auto as anyone would expect that Full meant best picture quality so once again, there's no need to be sarcastic about it. I thought I had all the settings set correctly but I was wrong. I'm not perfect. Instead of saying "Yes you are" which in my mind is just plain rude, you could have been a lot more friendly and just said something like "Sorry, I just don't know why you are having this problem", or nothing at all. I thought we were all here to help each other, not to make rude comments or to make the other person feel like some kind of idiot.

mzupeman · 07-21-2017, 12:14 AM

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Originally Posted by movielover1069

Sorry, but you WERE being rude. As it turns out, I wasn't the only one who was experiencing the same problem. After a Google search I found out that there are tons of others having problems with it. That's when I discovered the article by this guy who told about how he managed to fix his. I never said that I was an expert who knew everything and as far as I knew, I DID have all the settings set correctly. It never ever occurred to me to switch from Full to Auto as anyone would expect that Full meant best picture quality so once again, there's no need to be sarcastic about it. I thought I had all the settings set correctly but I was wrong. I'm not perfect. Instead of saying "Yes you are" which in my mind is just plain rude, you could have been a lot more friendly and just said something like "Sorry, I just don't know why you are having this problem", or nothing at all. I thought we were all here to help each other, not to make rude comments or to make the other person feel like some kind of idiot.

Well sorry if it made you feel that way but that wasn't my intent.

movielover1069 · 07-21-2017, 12:19 AM

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Originally Posted by mzupeman

Well sorry if it made you feel that way but that wasn't my intent.

Okay, thank you.

UberMensch · 07-25-2017, 09:52 PM

What are the movies you can get for free if you buy this?

eddievanhalen · 07-26-2017, 01:18 AM

I don't know why the European version of this player doesn't have the Amazon Video app, and it doesn't seem there's a way to download it.

StingingVelvet · 07-27-2017, 02:26 AM

Well I've got an interesting problem. My X800 no longer reads 4k discs. It reads DVD and BD just find, but every time I put a UHD in it says the disc cannot be read, check for scratches, disc "might not be finalized." Anyone ever have this problem?

P.S. You might remember I had a frame skipping issue months ago but that ended up being a TV firmware update thing and isn't related.

07-19-2017, 01:53 PM	#1481
Blu350z Power Member Member since:Feb 2008 Location:Berkeley, CA Blu-ray collection:150 Trading Score:13	If you buy one now then yes. Promo is until the end of September.

07-19-2017, 08:53 PM	#1483
movielover1069 Expert Member Member since:Jul 2010 4K collection:72 Blu-ray collection:364 DVD collection:13 MA collection:24 Digital collection:190 iTunes collection:104 Prime collection:39	Once again, am I only one who thinks the picture from this looks better in SDR than it does in HDR? I've tried every possible setting but nothing I do seems to make any difference. I had the same problem last year with the Samsung 4K player and now with this and it's driving me crazy! At least the Sony gives you the option of turning off the HDR whereas the Samsung didn't and when I do turn it off and let the 4K disc play in SDR, the picture is so much brighter, colorful, and more dynamic than it looks in HDR. The HDMI settings on all the inputs on my Sony XBR55X930D 4K TV are all set on Enhanced so I know it's not the TV causing the problem. Any help with this will be greatly appreciated!

07-20-2017, 12:39 AM	#1486
StingingVelvet Blu-ray Grand Duke Member since:Jan 2014 Location:Philadelphia, PA 4K collection:852 Blu-ray collection:2331 DVD collection:111 Digital collection:12 Trading Score:69	SDR looked closer to normal when I had a poor HDR set. I thought we checked your set though and it had fine HDR, so no one has any idea why it looks bad to you.

07-20-2017, 07:03 PM	#1491
Rhoq Expert Member Top contributor Member since:Feb 2008 Location:Philadelphia, PA 4K collection:262 Blu-ray collection:1605 DVD collection:3 Blu-ray reviews: 3 Trading Score:2	I have to commend Sony for the incredibly fast shipping on the Free Movies Promo. I just bought the UBP-X800 on Saturday. Submitted my order late Saturday night and the movies were delivered today, only 5 days later.

07-25-2017, 09:52 PM	#1498
UberMensch Active Member Member since:Jun 2017	What are the movies you can get for free if you buy this?

07-26-2017, 01:18 AM	#1499
eddievanhalen Blu-ray Guru Member since:Mar 2008 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:9	I don't know why the European version of this player doesn't have the Amazon Video app, and it doesn't seem there's a way to download it.

07-27-2017, 02:26 AM	#1500
StingingVelvet Blu-ray Grand Duke Member since:Jan 2014 Location:Philadelphia, PA 4K collection:852 Blu-ray collection:2331 DVD collection:111 Digital collection:12 Trading Score:69	Well I've got an interesting problem. My X800 no longer reads 4k discs. It reads DVD and BD just find, but every time I put a UHD in it says the disc cannot be read, check for scratches, disc "might not be finalized." Anyone ever have this problem? P.S. You might remember I had a frame skipping issue months ago but that ended up being a TV firmware update thing and isn't related.

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