Sony UBP-X800M2 4K UHD Blu-Ray Disc Player with 2 4K Ultra HD Movies

Oppo having decided to cease their universal player production has left me in lurch. Having had OPPO players all the way up to my BDP-95 I wanted a universal player that could also play UHD with DV. Unfortunately BDP-205 was way out of my reach and the current resale prices are insane. This Sony player fit the bill. Here are some observations: 1. Plays all the SACDs 2. Plays all the DVD Audios 3. Plays DSF files over network including MCH (need to use wired connection though) 4. DV works but needs to be manually enabled 5. SACD-R playback not supported, need to wear out my originals As far as UI goes, its barebones. Only 3 apps, all of which is not needed since every other display or video source has them. Noise is better than my other UHD player(LG UP970) but not as good as OPPO, the 95 had a thick chassis. Video quality is good, nothing fancy though at the end, it depends on your displays renderer. Price point is great for a universal player, comes with 2 free UHD discs. Thumbs up from me.

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If you’re looking for a state-of-the-art 4K/Blu-ray player look no farther than the Sony UBP-X800M2. This is an upgrade from Sony’s previous UDP-X800 player. Sony took what made this player great and finally added Dolby Vision processing. This makes color, contrast and brightness optimal for your TV, projector or mobile devices. They also updated the graphic interface that looked so cluttered on previous models. This player upgrades all discs to look like 4K. All the newer audio technologies are included: Dolby Atmos and DTS-X. To install this player into your system, just plug in your HDMI cable, upgrade the firmware, set up settings and you’re ready to go. This player does 3D movie processing. But to do it, you need to turn Dolby Vision to the “Off” position. My only complaint is that Sony only offers 3 streaming services: Netflix, Prime Video and YouTube. If you want to add additional streaming channels, just forget it. For now, Sony will not let you add any! Although this Sony 4K/Blu-ray player will provide an exceptional viewing experience, don’t pick it up if you opt for many different streaming channels.

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This is possibly the best UHD disc player you can currently buy for the money. It is, however, not a great streaming source. This unit does not include the same interface or streaming apps that its predecessor the UBP-X800 did. It only includes Netflix, Amazon, and Youtube -- no Hulu, HBO, or anything else. Also, of the three supported streaming apps, none of them include support for HDR or object-based audio like Dolby Atmos. There doesnt seem to be any public plans from Sony to add these in a future update. A real let-down of a streaming device in this age, if you ask me. Its an excellent buy if you intend to use it mostly as a UHD disc player though, and dont value the streaming quite as much. If, however, you intend to use this as your primary streaming device and want to enjoy HDR and Atmos from Netflix, keep looking.

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thank you peaple for the good product

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How this disc/file player performs: Pluses: + 4k discs look nothing short of amazing (on LG OLED C8 tv). This player mated with a good OLED 4k tv is the first technology to produce a better picture than even the best plasmas. + 108OP discs look almost as good as 4K discs, but without the HDR. Prior to getting this Sony, I tried out a Panasonic DP-UB820, which according to the “professional” reviews did the best job of making 1080P discs look like 4k discs; it looked absolutely no better than my old Samsung Blu-ray player. + 720/480 discs look a lot better than on a 1080P tv, but it isn’t a miracle worker. + SACD and DVD-Audio discs sound fantastic through Yamaha Aventage/Klipsch Ref7s based 5.1 system. If OPPO was still around this player would cause a problem with their price structure. The only real limitation here is that the DAC chip is only 24/96, so all your higher res audio will be limited by this. + 24/96+ Hi-res .flac/audio files played from USB thumb drive perform well, but again they will be limited by the 24/96 DAC. + Very fast booting on everything Minuses (as of the latest firmware update): - 24/96 DAC chip. This is the only problem that cannot be taken care of with a firmware update. - You cannot configure the remote to work with your tv. - As already documented, Dolby Vision does not auto detect. Sony will have to fix this; too many people have complained. - There are a total of three streaming apps: Netflix, Amazon Prime and Youtube. There is no way to add additional apps, so this will not be replacing your Nvidia Shield anytime soon. Firmware updates will fix most of the limitations of this player. Why Sony has made a hi-res audio disc player that plays all the hi-resolution discs, but they have mated it to a fairly low res DAC chip is something that only the accountants can answer. The 24/96 DAC will cover SACDs (a Sony technology), but it comes up short for DVD-A and Blu-ray audio discs. A 24/192 DAC chip would have made this disc player a giant killer. The Panasonic DP-UB820 has a 32/192 DAC, but it doesnt play SACD or DVD-A. I’m not a big Sony fan, but this disc player is a reasonable value if you listen to SACD/DVD-A discs. The ability to play these discs is the main reason to get this disc player. If you don’t listen to these discs, save yourself a few bucks and get the UBP-X700; visually it does everything this one does. If you want to be smart about this purchase, wait until Black Friday when Sony/Amazon do very serious price drops on these players.

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i got the “launch” edition with a couple of movies, which makes up for the cost difference between the X800 and the X800M2. Some cool features include Bluetooth support so that you can listen with headphones, and a dedicated audio-only HDMI-out in case you want to send your audio somewhere other than where your video will go. The bluetooth option is VERY cool if there’s a night owl in your family, as dedicated wireless TV headphones are expensive for what they are, while there is a Bluetooth for everyone. You can also play from a media server or use the usb input hidden behind a small panel in the front. It’s a big (17”) heavy player at just under 10 lbs, which is supposed to help quell microvibrations. Who knows, but it’s cool to not have a flimsy little video disc player. Sony seems to have improved it’s UI. It’s not yet up to Roku or Apple standards, but it fits in with my theater setup a lot better than my other Sony disc player did.

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This is a really nice 4K Blu-ray disc player. It plays almost every type of disc, video format, and audio format available. You can connect to a local media server you can play from a USB stick and you can connect to streaming services. It has one coax output and an HDMI output. So I upgraded to this 4K Blu-ray player from a DVD player... I cant say how it compares to other 4K devices or even Blu-ray devices in general. All I can do is compare it to my previous DVD player. My previous player was also Sony but not a smart player and it was only able to connect using either coax or RCA cables. It couldnt connect using HDMI at all. When I tested them both together using the same DVD, the Sony UBP-X800 is able to provide a better picture from DVDs than my old player. I love that I can finally play all the blu-ray discs that came in Blu-ray/DVD combo packs and that they look great. Obviously coming up from a DVD player connected by RCA cables everything looks a lot better no matter what for me. Sound is pretty good but I dont have any special sound system set up. Its just through the speakers on my older Sony Bravia TV. I know if I had a surround sound system of some type it would probably work really well with that, maybe sometime in the future. Im usually the last person to get on board with buying new players (hence why I still only had a very basic DVD player) so it feels kind of nice to be a little ahead of the game for once. Now I can play all of the latest formats well, except the newer 8K thats probably going to be growing... at least Im only 1 step behind the newest trend so I should be able to use this for quite a while before I need a new upgraded machine. I love that I can control both the player and the TV with both remotes (just like my last Sony player). I love that it has an HDMI connection now instead of my previous RCA connections. I lovee that I can now play all my previously unwatchable Blu-rays as well as my larger collection of older DVDs and the now 2 4k movies (the ones that come with this set). Im not particularly impressed with the players UI, its okay but not great. I find the fact that it only has two physical buttons, power and eject, to be an odd choice. My old player also had a play button. Anyone with kids probably has experienced the lost remote phenomenon, anytime my kids lost the remote we could still push the physical "play/stop" button. Thats not an option with this player so if they lose the remote (which Im sure they will) we wont be able to play discs or access other features. Im also not in love with the size. Its twice the size of my DVD player and about 1.5 times the height. Its profile on my entertainment stand is much larger. It has a nice clean look but it still visually takes up much more space. Im also a little disappointed by the included streaming apps. It only has Netflix, Amazon, and Youtube. No Hulu, no VUDU, nothing else. I have almost 1000 movies and dozens of TV series on VUDU so thats my preference for streaming content and since its not available on this device thats really disappointing. Thanks to movies anywhere I can still access most of those through Amazon but this unfortunately wont be my go to place for streaming content since I cant connect my Hulu account or VUDU or a number of other services that I use. Ill just keep using my Roku for streaming that but it only does 1080p so being able to potentially stream items that redeemed or were purchased in 4K resolution through the Blu-ray player would have been really awesome. As far as playing other more obscure types of discs I dont think this is needed by most people but its nice to know I probably could pop just about anything in and play it... unfortunately its still only able to play region 1 discs though. It seems to me that at this price range and considering all the types and formats it already lays that they should have just made this a universal player that could play all regions as well, that would have been more useful in my opinion. This is an expensive machine so if you dont need to play all of those extra disc types and formats (i.e. you only will be playing standard DVD/BD/4K movies) you would be better off buying one of Sonys other models and saving some money. If you need a player that will play all those extra types then this could be the best choice for you.

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I had exited the physical disc life for a while, having traded in a lot of my physical discs for digital conversions that existed some years ago. Recently my TV failed and I ended up with a 4K unit, while even my home theater received is not 4K, Ive been able to make my way into 4K content by splitting audio and video outputs, with video direct to the TV and audio to the receiver. This player helped me live that dream again with with dual HDMI outputs-- one for audio only and the other for video-- for use with my Sony XBR65X850F 65-Inch 4K UHD Smart LED TV. It does a great job upscaling-- I threw in some old Six Feet Under DVDs, one of my favorite old shows and it looks really really good upscaled! There is really only one reason I rated this 4 stars instead of 5, and a software update could fix it: The User Interface is super super barebones. Software update screen looks like a Receiver from the early 2000s. It needs updated, but it does offer seamless uninterrupted 4K goodness. The player can do a whole lot more than Im doing with it, but what it does do for me Im very very pleased. Ill be honest, I was shocked at how well made it is when I first opened the box. Its been a long time since I opened a product with a smile on my face.

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