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Review on Sony UBP X700 Blu Ray Player Vision by Micha Kaczmarczyk ᠌

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Satisfied with the product, I recommend it to everyone.

Sony's universal and all-purpose player that lacks copywriting restrictions. Included but not limited to support for all contemporary CD, DVD, Blu-Ray, 4K Ultra HD, and SACD formats. It plays a wide variety of music formats, including FLAC and DSD files without any issues, as well as any MP4 or AVI or MKV or H.264 or H.265 (HDR) file that is ripped from a flash drive. Both the S/PDIF-coax output and the HDMI output produce unrestricted 24 bit/192 khz sound. The player is quite audiophile in this regard; nevertheless, it is no longer feasible to say the same thing about the sound output. The player can play any format, but it is optimized for video more so than sound.

Pros
  • One of the very few kinds of player that comes equipped with two HDMI outputs! One for the video signal, and the other for the audio signal to be sent to the receiver. Because of this, it is possible to keep the receiver turned off and not drive video through it while it is in journey to the TV without worrying about causing any damage to the image. This is an exceptionally convenient feature. Alternately, you might use an older receiver that does not support Dolby Atmos or DTS:X as a standalone device. Since the player is able to output audio in a decoded PCM format to the HDMI port, it is compatible with any older receiver that supports HDMI or S/PDIF Coaxial connections. This means that everything will function, even if your receiver only has codecs for DVD discs. The amazing video image processor that is included in this player is the primary selling point; it is the same processor that is included in OPPO's flagship High-End players. It's not merely an interpolation of DVD and Blu-ray resolutions to 4K for today's televisions. DVD quality is brought up to the level of 1080P by internal image processing algorithms, while Blu-Ray quality that has a good bit rate is almost as good as 4K resolution. The vast majority of inexpensive players do not possess any sort of excellent video processor. If you have a 4K television, the player will work wonderfully for you. On the other hand, an older DVD collection will still look fantastic when played on a normal Full HD TV.
Cons
  • There is no output in the optical form. Wi-Fi antenna inside. The built-in 220v is a nice feature of the remote power supply. It is quite inconvenient because the connector for the flash drive is sunken into the front panel of the device. There is no USB connector on the back of the device, therefore you cannot attach a USB flash drive to it via an extension cable. Extremely strong jitter while playing back audio using either HDMI or S/PDIF. The output has a dreadful crumpled chewed sound, just like the majority of players, despite all of the openness and compatibility with music and Hi-Res. When watching movies, this is irrelevant because the level of jitter that occurs there is already set by the jitter that occurs in the receiver and the decoder or DSP processor that it contains. But there is no sound produced when the signal is fed into a S/PDIF-DAC or receiver that does not have built-in DSP processing. The sole and youngest player produced by Sony that is available for purchase in the year 2022. I would want to see more models added to the lineup, particularly one that sounds like the Oppo-205.