Sony UBP-X700M 4K Ultra HD Home Theater Streaming Blu-ray DVD Player with Wi-Fi, 4K upscaling, HDR10, Hi Res Audio, Dolby Digital TrueHD/DTS, Dolby Vision, and included HDMI cable

I've had a Sony "Ultra-Blu-Ray" player since ultra blu-ray became available. Unfortunately, lasers in these players eventually wear out. Mine started being unable to play blu-ray writable discs (it still played DVD's) so I figured the writing was on the wall - I needed a new player. Hence this purchase. Set up was trivial - unplugged the old, plugged in the new and I was good to go. Movies look beautiful and I'm able to play those write once dvd's again.

I'm using this player with my 4K TV and Dolby Atmos surround receiver. It plays my 4K UHD movies great. And as an added bonus, implements HDMI-CEC very well. I can control disc playback from my (Sony) TV remove, and I can use the BD player to control my receiver's audio volume.

I recently switched from console gaming to PC gaming exclusively. While from a gaming aspect, I'm doing fine, one loss with me getting rid of my consoles however is I no longer have a 4k Blu-Ray player to play my 4k Blu-Ray discs. After doing a little research I was drawn to the Sony UBP-X700M. While ultimately it's not the 4k Blu-Ray player for me, for a lot of other people this would be an excellent choice.The setup for the device was rather simple. I don't have a crazy audio setup, so it was HDMI to TV, and a power cord to plug. The device comes with an HDMI 2.1 cord, which, a lot of others do not. For those with great sound systems, the Sony UBP-X700M has a separate HDMI port for just audio, as well as coaxial output.The design of the device is...plain, as most of the devices in this field are. I do like the design of the remote. specifically, the ability to change inputs on my TV with it. While my TV changes input when I power on a device, the ability to switch to the HDMI the Sony UBP-X700M is on, as well as switch out of it, is perfect. Outside of that, the remote gives all the functionality you'd expect and want.While the device touts its support for 4k streaming apps, I wouldn't be looking to this for that. If you bought a 4k Blu-Ray player you're buying it for physical media. When It comes to playing physical media, my experience was great! While I've seen reviews (after I purchased it) speak to skipping during long movies, after watching multiple films, I've yet to experience it. The picture quality is phenomenal! My hangup however is that while the device supports Dolby Vision, my TV doesn't. My Samsung OLED TV supports HDR 10+, but not Dolby Vision. This Blu-Ray player supports Dolby Vision, but not HDR 10+, so all of my films defaulted to HDR 10. While HDR 10+ isn't as widely accepted as Dolby Vision, not having a player that supports the form of HDR my TV supports.Overall, the Sony UBP-X700M is a great 4k Blu-Ray player. For those with sets that support Dolby Vision, it's a great choice at a price lower than a lot of it's competition. For those with HDR 10+ devices (ahem, Samsung devices) however, going with a device that either supports HDR 10+, or, offers some form of HDR optimization might be the better option.

I have a pretty decent home theater setup, 8k Denon receiver and Samsung 63" TV along with some great speakers and a good sub. I've been wanting to take the 4K Blu-ray splurge and have been looking for the prices to drop and picked this player up for around $150 which was a sweet deal. Not much to choose from besides Sony and Panasonic. I didn't want to spend $500 for a player either. So.. I figured I would give this one a try. Some of the negative reviews make no sense?? Unless you have a seperate 4k receiver with good speakers (5.1) there's not much sense in buying one of these. Plus, you need to make sure you are using high speed HDMI cables especially between the player to the receiver and to the TV or you will have problems. Nice that Sony included a high speed HDMI cable which was smart to avoid typical returns. Complaints with buffering is typically related to incompatible equipment and cables. Most do not understand that streaming 4K from Netflix or Amazon is lower grade and mostly Dolby Digital Plus audio for the most part so that most can use it with no problems. 75% of the soundbars sold can't decode anything above DD Plus. Your audio needs to be able to play Dolby Digital True HD or DTS HD Master or better like ATMOS. Just trying to help others understand :-). Okay, enough of that! This player serves its basic purpose! I have zero problems playing any 4K Blu-Ray movie and most are triple layer discs. I don't have a Dolby Vision compatible TV so I turned that feature off in my settings. From what I understand, that's where some issues arise with triple layer discs. Maybe in a few years, I'll upgrade to that and I don't have the room for a 7.2 audio system either. If and when I do upgrade, I'll get a more expensive Blu-ray player. My only gripe is that this is an older product that doesn't support the newer HDR plus and the new HDMI standard. But so far, everything works fine for me. Other gripes include a very basic UI and no adjustment for how long you can pause for along with only 100 meg ethernet and only basic wi-fi "N" speeds but I would not use this to watch Netflix for sure. Other than that, this is a solid player and a great buy for the money!

This is a great Sony HD Blu-ray player. I only have a couple of High Definition shows, but all of my disks look better with this.This player is wider than the LG player it replaced, but the same as my other Sony player. The remote looks and works just like my other Sony remote so I am already used to how to use it.I did buy a longer 8K cable because the cable that comes with the player is only about 3' long. I needed over 6', so I bought a 10' cable.I have this connected to both my Wi-Fi and plugged into my Internet. The apps work fine on both.