Lucas Petty
One of the main reasons I bought this was for the split audio/video HDMI so I could send video straight to the TV and bypass my non 4k receiver. It works great -sometimes. During BD playback if I pause the movie and come back theres a chance the screen will go back and I will only get audio until I reset the player. This also occurs randomly while streaming through Netflix even without pausing and I have yet to find a cause or solution, I have the latest firmware. Its hooked up to a brand new LG C9 which has been flawless and I only experience this issue with this BD player. The menu for Netflix is smooth and gorgeous on the LG and makes the Sony app look clunky and ugly and I find myself using the built it LG app with ARC even though I would get better audio through the Sony just due to ease of use and auto Dolby Vision detection on the LG. The lack of support for Dolby Digital Plus (eac3) support for USB playback is mind boggling. I really hope this gets fixed with a firmware update as its very disappointing since its such a widely used codec. Lastly, no auto-detection for Dolby Vision is extremely annoying, having to manually turn it on and off in the settings depending on what youre watching gets old real fast. I want to love this BD player I really do, it has everything it needs to be great but falls short in such meaningful ways in its execution that I couldnt recommend this player to anyone.