Not too long ago, family movie night meant a trip to a movie rental store and watching standard definition content. Now we have the technology to stream movies and watch Ultra HD content from the comfort of our own home. There are so many devices designed to bring you media, but for an all-in-one content solution the Sony 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray player is pretty hard to beat. It supports a huge variety of content formats, as well as streaming in 4K Ultra HD definition. We have one Sony Blu-ray player to give away, so read on to find out how you could win your way into a better entertainment experience.
A Blu-ray player for the modern consumer
Remember family trips to the movie rental store? My family and I would pile in the car and make the trek to the nearest Rogers Video (how Canadian, eh?) Upon arrival, the next 15 minutes (if we were lucky) to 45 minutes would be spent debating about what movie to rent. And then of course, the best part: finding out there were no more copies left of the chosen movie. That was then followed by another lengthy movie debate and later, the eventual late fees when we forgot to return the movie on time.
The next iteration of media saw streaming begin to take over physical discs, but that led to a proliferation of devices in the home: one for Blu-rays, one for DVDs, a bulky CD player, another device for streaming…you get the idea.
The Sony UBP-X700 solves all the aforementioned media woes by putting everything in one place. A Blu-ray player for the modern and discerning media buff, it offers the newest technology with 4K resolution, HDR10, and Dolby Vision, but it doesn’t leave your older content to gather dust in the drawers of your media console. It supports multiple DVD, CD, and Blu-ray formats, plus a whole whack of video codecs too many to list here. It even supports 3D video. This means that you can listen to your Alanis Morisette CD, watch Gladiator on DVD, fire up a season of Game of Thrones on Blu-ray, and start a Netflix binge-fest all from a single device.
Access 4K Ultra HD content and high resolution audio
In his review, Darren notes how modern the UBP-X700 is—it’s not like the bulky DVD and Blu-ray players of yore. Instead, it’s small and sleek and will easily fit in any entertainment cabinet. And rather than a complicated set-up that clutters your entertainment centre with cords, Sony has opted for a minimalist approach to ports. It has a USB port, a power jack, an ethernet jack, a digital coaxial out, and 2 HDMI outputs, and is Wi-Fi enabled. This allows you play movies via USB or over your home network with ease.
With the UBP-X700 you can even watch 4K HDR films on non-HDR televisions. SDR-HDR conversion scales HDR’s ultra-wide brightness range into an SDR image, which maintains a brilliant image quality, even on Standard Definition television. Upscaling up to 60p, HDR10, and Dolby Vision both lend a hand to deliver electric colours and deeper darks. Similarly, the high resolution audio delivers an immersive experience that lets music be heard the way it was intended. The UBP-X700 is easily paired with a sound bar or receiver so you can take full advantage of its audio capabilities.
To find out even more about the tech specs and finer details of the UBP-X700, give Darren’s enthusiastic review of the product a read. You can also watch his video review right here:
HOW TO ENTER:
You can only submit one entry for this contest. In a comment below this article, tell us what content you are most excited to play on the Sony UBP-X700. I would personally be excited to be able to listen my many old CDs; it’s time my very 90s CD collection had a chance to be appreciated once again. Spice Girls and Sublime go together, right?
WHAT YOU CAN WIN:
We will randomly draw one winner from all eligible entries, and that winner will win a Sony 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray player.
This contest runs from December 21st until January 4th
Remember, you can enter only once. However, I bet you know a few people who would love to start the new year with an upgraded home entertainment centre, so share this contest with them!
Good luck!
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it can play almost any format of digital audio or video
My old cd’s and movies
Game of Thrones
I would love to listen to all my old CD’s again!!
Love to listen to my old CD’s and watch my DVD’s in my collection
Watching Photo CD’s.
i would greatly enjoy viewing some 4k movies on my new lg 4k tv from bestbuy
on the Sony UBP-X700.
Enjoy watching movies in even more detail!
My top music hits from the 80s
I would definitely most excited for some choice concerts on the Sony UBP-X700.
I would like to get the Farscape Anniversary Edition
I like watching the classic Christmas movies.
I would like to listen to my Christmas Cds.
I would so love to listen to my old CD’s!!!!! I spent so much money on CD’s back in the day and would to use them again… Or watch some of my old Buffy DVD’s!!!!
4K/HDR movies with the family
I like watching the classic Christmas movies.
We are going to watch all the Marvel 4K movies.
I have home movies just waiting for this.
I would love to stream doo wop music.
I would look forward to playing Christmas movie classics every holiday.
My music!!!!! And also my top classics movies…
80’s collection!
I will have to take out my Garth Brooks collection
I will watch my wedding video from 2004.
Harry Potter again and again.
Black and white old movies
watch the star wars movies again
I love to watch and listen to all of my old stuff. From music to movies, and old photo cds too. Also all of the new movies that I know have better a sound and graphics than what I currently see.
Lord of the Rings in 4K
I would love to be able to break out all my old CD’s! Pink Floyd and Gorillaz to name a few.
Lord of the Rings in 4K!
I would love to watch my movies such as Shazam and listen to CD’s such as Back Street Boys
I would love to listen to my 80’s CD’s and watch my DVD’s in my collection
I am most excited to watch any and all of my DVD’s in my collection especially my Blu Rays and it ks convenient that I can also listen to CD’s especially Cher thank you
would love to watch in 4k all My movies on it!
Ohhhh, My old blues CDs and DVDs are just waiting for this!
My old cd’s and movies
Christmas movies! 😛
My old blues CDs and classic rock concert dvds
All my movies collecting dust on my shelves!
My Farscape dvds!
I have a cupboard full of CDs that could sure use a dusting off.
I would watch my star wars series again
I would love to watch 4k Disney movies on it!
I hope to use it to watch all the 4ks i’m gradually buying.
I’d breakout my Lost series on DVD…upscale away…
I would like to get the Farscape Anniversary Edition.
I’d have to break out my Nirvana cds
Upconverting DVD’s and Blu-rays
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