Sony UBP-X700 4K UHD Blu-ray player

[Camellott89]

Just started experiencing audio dropout with 5.1 tracks

Any tips?

[LanceL]

If those aren't firmware updates, what are they? Explain, please.

[Pieter V]

Originally Posted by LanceL

If those aren't firmware updates, what are they? Explain, please.

App updates. All those apps are Linux based btw.

[Member-897784]

I just received my region-free player from 220-Electronics and am happy to report it is working great with my 4Ks and Region B locked blu-ray discs so far. Order was processed quickly and packed very nicely and cleanly. An instructions sheet for switching regions was included and very easy to follow.

I turned the 4K upscaling off in the settings to let my LG CX handle that, and I also set the picture quality mode to direct in the in-movie options after getting my first disc playing. I didn't see any other settings that looked like they needed changing.

Great player so far and the controller is a lot more responsive than my old SANYO FWBP807FP's which is nice. That player is still going strong after five years, so between the two players I think I'm good until whatever supercedes 4k players comes out (if anything). I did keep all the packing materials as 220-Electronics instructed in case there are any future issues.

I'm very happy with the purchase. Now on to collecting more Region B/C discs .

[EinCB128]

How accurate or good is the 4K up scaling from the UBP-x700?

I've been watching Better Call Saul on the Blu-ray discs and it looks super good.

I have a Hisense U6G.

Thank you.

[stvn1974]

I pretty much just use this POS for SACD playback and last night I started getting a message that the player wouldn't play the format of the disc I put in. It was the Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here SACD. I unplugged it and tried it again and it worked. This machine really is junk.

[DraculaHasRisen]

My player recently started having a playback "issue" where the picture kind of goes "slo-mo" for a few seconds and then glitches back to normal. Can anyone tell me if the laser just needs cleaned or is this thing dying? I've only had it since beginning of 2020 and it's had...moderate to semi-heavy use.

[Geode]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu31

May of 2022 was the last update.

In looking in system information my player doesn't give a date, it tells me:

Software Version: M43.R.0277

[Hardback247]

Can this player play burned BDXL discs?

[UFAlien]

Originally Posted by Hardback247

Can this player play burned BDXL discs?

The manual specifically says BDXL is not supported.

[tobz]

Hey folks,

Anyone have thoughts on the UBP-X700's 4K upscaling for regular Blu-rays? Just got this player and debating whether to let the player do the work or leverage the upscaling on my TCL C745 or Sony STR-AN1000 receiver. Curious to hear your experiences!

[Nosferatu31]

Originally Posted by tobz

Hey folks,

Anyone have thoughts on the UBP-X700's 4K upscaling for regular Blu-rays? Just got this player and debating whether to let the player do the work or leverage the upscaling on my TCL C745 or Sony STR-AN1000 receiver. Curious to hear your experiences!

I don't notice a difference either way but i prefer to let my Sony tv do the upscale.

[sapiendut]

Originally Posted by tobz

Hey folks,

Anyone have thoughts on the UBP-X700's 4K upscaling for regular Blu-rays? Just got this player and debating whether to let the player do the work or leverage the upscaling on my TCL C745 or Sony STR-AN1000 receiver. Curious to hear your experiences!

If you use the player’s upscaling the player will freeze at times.

[Croweyes1121]

Has anyone ever found a fix for large m2ts files via USB only allowing play and pause on this player? Any workaround?

[mx77]

Originally Posted by UFAlien

The manual specifically says BDXL is not supported.

It does, but as far as I know, this is the most reliable player regarding bdxl discs, as long as the size of the disc doesn't exceed 66gb. If there is more data on the disc, it will not play at all.

[HDTV1080P]

Originally Posted by UFAlien

The manual specifically says BDXL is not supported.

Originally Posted by mx77

It does, but as far as I know, this is the most reliable player regarding bdxl discs, as long as the size of the disc doesn't exceed 66gb. If there is more data on the disc, it will not play at all.

BDXL discs are designed for computer data backup using a official BD-R drive that has the BDXL logo. BDXL discs are recordable discs only and are only offered in 100GB and 128GB sizes. The 4K Blu-ray format uses 100% stamped (pressed) discs in 66GB and 100GB sizes since recordable 4K Blu-ray discs do not exist. Big difference between a 128GB BDXL disc and a 100GB 4K Blu-ray disc.

Most the time BDXL discs will not work in a standalone 4K Blu-ray player, and that is why they do not play in a standard 4K Blu-ray players.

[Hardback247]

Originally Posted by HDTV1080P

BDXL discs are designed for computer data backup using a official BD-R drive that has the BDXL logo. BDXL discs are recordable discs only and are only offered in 100GB and 128GB sizes. The 4K Blu-ray format uses 100% stamped (pressed) discs in 66GB and 100GB sizes since recordable 4K Blu-ray discs do not exist. Big difference between a 128GB BDXL disc and a 100GB 4K Blu-ray disc.

So it's best to just play a 4K HDR video file I own from a USB flash drive instead of burning it to a disc?

[mx77]

Originally Posted by HDTV1080P

BDXL discs are designed for computer data backup using a official BD-R drive that has the BDXL logo. BDXL discs are recordable discs only and are only offered in 100GB and 128GB sizes. The 4K Blu-ray format uses 100% stamped (pressed) discs in 66GB and 100GB sizes since recordable 4K Blu-ray discs do not exist. Big difference between a 128GB BDXL disc and a 100GB 4K Blu-ray disc.

Most the time BDXL discs will not work in a standalone 4K Blu-ray player, and that is why they do not play in a standard 4K Blu-ray players.

I don't get the last sentence, but anyway... Like I said, Sony X700 - and probably other Sony models also - will play BDXL discs without an issue, as long as the data on the disc doesn't exceed 66gb. That means that only two layers is used. I don't know what kind of a media file you have, but it has to be encoded to comply with 4k uhd standard - if it isn't already. H265 Main 10@L5.1@High is the codec/profile for the disc, if you want to play it in a standalone 4k uhd player. Oh and the resolution needs to be 3840x2160 exactly.

[mx77]

Originally Posted by Hardback247

So it's best to just play a 4K HDR video file I own from a USB flash drive instead of burning it to a disc?

I don't know about the Sony, but most of the 4k uhd players (Panasonic) are pretty close to useless regarding usb media playback. I would say that it's better to mux the video in an mkv container, and burn the mkv file to disc. The playback from (bd-r) disc has much less restrictions than playing a file from a usb-media. For example, if your 4k HDR file happens to be a "backup of a uhd disc", no lossless audio is supported via usb.

[HDTV1080P]

A long time ago I verified that both the year 2016 OPPO UDP-203 and year 2017 Sony UBP-X800 work great with USB sticks and powered USB hard drives. I was able to playback 4K 3840 x 2160P family camcorder files using the MPEG-4/AVC codec (the better quality HEVC codec is used by 4K Blu-ray discs). Both Sony and OPPO support all resolution playback between 480i to 2160P (codec needs to be VC-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4/AVC, MPEG-4/MVC, or HEVC). Massive amount of lossy and lossless audio formats are supported.

Both the OPPO and Sony 4K Blu-ray players support the same video and audio codecs and it does not matter if the media being played back is an optical disc or a 128GB to 1TB USB sticks. 4K Blu-ray players basically playback almost any type of video and audio media regardless if it’s a USB stick or a optical disc. I have connected a powered USB 3.0 22TB hard drive to the OPPO UDP-203 and it works fine, in theory should work on the Sony 4K Blu-ray players also.