See the unrivalled visual clarity of 4K UHD Blu-ray
Features Dolby Vision and HDR10 for incredible viewing detail and accuracy
Hear more detail with high-resolution audio, Dolby Atoms and DSEE HX
Anti-vibration construction for clearer sound
Play almost any Disc and file format
Stunning picture with 4K upscaling up to 60p
In the box: 2 4K Ultra HD movies (spider-man-into the spider-verse & Jumanji: Welcome To the Jungle), instructions manual, remote control (rmt-vb310u), batteries (Type AAA x 2), customer registration card, card
I dont mind having to manually activate or deactivate the Dolby Vision protocol; Im not that lazy. Both the 800M2 and the earlier X700 possessed and granted access to Dolby Vision in the same way. However, what I like the most about the X800M2 over the X700 is that the unit, being a way heavier and solid unit, runs quieter. If you have your equipment isolated in a soundproofed cabinet or off-site equipment closet, this may not be a problem, but if like my set up, the UHD Blu Ray player is right under the screen, when a 4K Blu Ray movie revs up you can hear the motor spinning furiously on the Sony X700. Its way quieter on the X800M2, nowhere near as distracting during quiet moments during a movie.
Barrie I.
5
Smaller in size than expected. Not so toughly built but strong enough. True to the advert it came with Jumanji and spider man... great picture quality. There were some picture lags with the Jumanji but I soon discovered it wasnt from the player when I played the Planet II/Earth II 4k uhd bluray disc i bought alongside it......awesome! Flawless.. HDR picture... dolby vision and atmos... set up was simple with online update...your good to go. So far...so good...
Rod G. Mcclaskey
5
Best value in a 4k DVD player at this time
John Werner
5
I have a collection of BD players that are showing some age. I even have that HD “soup to nuts” one by Samsung that could play both Blu-Ray and DVD-HD (Toshiba’s failed HD format). I have 2 Oppo Blu-Ray players and one ten year old Sony ES unit that was a kind of joint audiophile SACD player as well as BD player. I say this because I have had in my past a kind of sickness of buying and trying different A/V components. I had to put the brakes on my continual purchasing of more “stuff” finally as I was actually purchasing A/V components and never even using some of them (not the BD players though as I still use most all of these). I think this fact, more or less, explains the sickness part (lol). Sometime back I put myself on a big gadget diet as a solution to my sickness. This resulted in what I came to believe was a big mistake. I didn’t buy one of the last of the two Oppos (UDP-203 & UDP-205) 4K BD universal disc players. In the last year this has caused me to frequently cruise for a used one at or near it’s original price. They don’t exist except at wildly ridiculously expensive ask prices to which I simply will not pay. I sensibly figured to just give up and see what the market would bring out in the future. I think, for me, the future has arrived. Enter my chance to review the updated Sony UDP-X800 M2. The M2 adds Dolby Vision to the original BPD-800 unit. I’m particularly happy because this universal type disc player plays everything you can throw at except the almost non-existent home made SACD-R discs which I only have a couple and can play on my older Oppo BD players if I get the notion. I do understand Sony’s desire not to propagate the SACD-R thing as it’s their proprietary baby which they seek to keep uniformly consistent on pressed discs only. As far as playing my old DVDS (I have over a 1000 ) I have no gripes whatsoever. On my LG locally dimmed 1080p unit the discs look about as good as ever - a quick comparison with the older Oppo support this. The BD discs I have reproduce spectacularly well as expected. The included 4K discs down scaled look even better actually - so I can only imagine how nice they’d be on a true 4K display which I’ve yet to buy but will eventually do so. The sound seems spot-on high-end on my large system which features ESS AMT 1D speakers that have exception mid and high resolution. The added bonuses are a few streaming apps built in with more promised in future updates as I understand. Though very limited now the ones I wanted are here and it simply gives the player a little more versatility as if you have a display which doesn’t have streaming apps (rare these days plus the built in display apps usually load somewhat faster I’d say)l These just add a bit of extra value and versatility to which it’s hard to complain. One thing I really dig is the BT audio output. I can put on any of my BT cans (I have 3 Sony BT headphones) and listen privately with what seems to be quite good fidelity considering we’re talking BT here. I think I’m no longer wishing I’d bought a UHD Oppo player and certainly have no desire to do so at the insanely inflated prices the used ones are asking. This player does everything I could ask for and good enough to say this is the last physical disc player I feel I’ll ever need. Sure you can buy cheaper units that play UHD BD discs as well, but you can not get another universal one at this price. And the excellent build quality with sleek modern industrial design seems like a bargain at this price indeed. I do not mind navigating the menus for turning off the Dolby Vision (it seems to be the auto choice) and adjusting the audio output parameters for proper digital decoding by my preamp. I see this as a fine value in a over-achieving universal disc player which really should be, quite possibly, the last one I’ll ever want or need. I’ve heard some niggles about a bit of slow loading on 4K discs but that is so insignificant to me I only mention it in passing. This extremely well built deck with sleek modern industrial design is close to everything I could wish for. I truly believe this will be the last physical disc player I’ll ever need and if like me you missed out on getting one that handles UHD I will unreservedly recommend snapping this model up. It’s a stone bargain in my humble opinion.
Grant Waara
5
This is my first 4K player. Ive preferred Blu-ray as opposed to DVD (some companies Ive noticed have released their films on DVD and not Blu-ray Ive noticed lately, a disturbing trend). But now the industry is focusing on 4K Blu-ray so hopefully well see more 4K movies released and with it, a drop in price. Right now, 4K is expensive and not entirely in my budget, but we know that theyll come down in price with time. This player is excellent and the picture crisp and as clear as one could hope. I wont be replacing my old DVDs or Blu-rays with 4K, the cost is prohibitive. That said, I might buy a few films on 4K. But films made before 1990, I doubt Ill buy on 4K. I have Captain America Civil War and Im very impressed with the picture quality. The only hiccup in the system Ive noticed is that for some reason it wont connect directly to the internet. Im figuring on chalking it up to user error rather than the product. Still, if you want to upgrade your Blu-ray or DVD player to 4K, this is an excellent player to have.
S. Lionel
5
The Sony UBP-X800M2 replaced a Sony BDP-6700 in my setup. 6700 is a tiny thing, less than half the size of the X800 and much lighter. Unlike the 6700, which upconverts to 4K, the X800 is a native 4K BluRay player and the picture quality from UltraHD BluRays was fantastic, even on my non-4K Panasonic 65VT50 plasma TV. I could really see a difference compared to "regular" BluRay discs. (The X800 supports HDR from Dolby Vision, HDR10 and HLG - my TV doesnt support these so I could not test them.) The X800 also has 3D (which I tested), and a setting I had never seen before for 3D display size. In addition to playing most types of 5-inch disc, including DVD-Audio (but not HD-DVD), it will play from a USB drive or a network share. It easily found my Synology NAS and played videos from it either from Synologys own server or from Plex. Network-wise, the X800 supports 2.4 and 5GHz WiFi as well as Ethernet. A minor annoyance also found on the 6700 is that if you try to access WiFi soon after power on, it will complain that there is no network. Sometimes it took two or even three tries before it admitted there was a connection. The X800 also supports playing from streaming services - as long as its Netflix, Amazon Prime or YouTube. The 6700 supported well over a hundred different services, so it was a bit strange to see the X800 limited to just these three. For me this was not a problem, as Amazon Prime is the only one I use, but if youre a Hulu or Crackle (for example) user youll need to find another solution (Roku, etc.) On the audio front, the X800 supports Dolby Atmos and DTX:X, and I could definitely hear the difference when played through a receiver that supports these (I ended up replacing my ancient Pioneer Elite receiver with a Sony STR-DN1080, which I love.) I chose to enable the power-saving option that has the player completely shut down when not in use, though this lengthens the startup time (and may contribute to my WiFi complaint above.) If you have a setup that uses CEC or HDMI control to turn the player on and off, youll want to leave this option at the default, which consumes some more power at idle.
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