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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Listening to my 60 collection .
I would listen to my old CD’s. So much fun singing out loud to the Bangles as your children roll their eyes and yell “Make her stop.”
watch Harry Potter marathon
I want to watch the Lord of the Rings movies
Criterion True Stories (1986) Blu-ray came out last month.
All Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit movies!
I would listen to all my Backstreet Boys CDs!
would love to revisit some classic 90s films of my childhood on this!
classic movies and classic tunes
All my Disney films in blu-ray! Like Wall-E and UP!
Star Wars IV-VI
I d love to listen to my moms cds.it would be like having her back again.
The Hobbit & Lord of The Rings
I have a few hundred DVD’s with some Bluray movies as well.
Re watching all of The games Of Thrones would be epic !
Christmas movies
Bringing the old classic music!!
Classic movies and my CD’s.
La série star wars au complet
Clint Eastwood is my favourite actor and my wife bought me a bunch of his movies, so I’d start with those. Thanks for the chance.
I would be excited to use it to stream movies on Netflix.
I’d love to do marathons of Star Wars and Harry Potter on this ASAP
I’d like to see what an upgraded 4K setup would look like!
Blueray movies would be a great source for this player.
We have 4 young grandsons, aged 7 and under. They can be extremely active for grandma and grandpa. It would be great to show a children’s movie to allow us to catch our breath. haha
leonard cohen
Les Miserable and anything broadway
Jurassik Park
chris cornell… all day everyday!
I am excited to have a blu-ray again. I have missed the ability to watch dvds.
I just picked up the 75900F from Best Buy Canada I would love to try out the Dolby Vision the two world look great together
Excited to play my Phil Collins and U2!
I would play of xmas dvds around the house
I’m a Harry Potter fanatic but my boyfriend has never seen any of the movies! Would need to marathon those!
I have lots of music from the 80’s and 90s I would play.
Would be awesome to watch movies on this Sony 4K Blue Ray Player.
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays.
Movies for the kids
Great old movies!
90’s collection gonna be lasted
My metal music
I’ve got a lot of old movies that I would like to play
J’aime de la nouveauté et ces un des articles que j’ai pas et que j’aimerais recevoir.
I’m looking forward to introducing my son to the entire Starwars catalog!
My kids love our old sony bluray for Netflix but it’s interface is painfully slow; like browsing 56k internet. So I would love to stream netflix for my kids on a newer machine
All my classic DVDs like National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation!
Love Christmas movies
My CDs from the ’80’s.
I’m looking forward to bringing out the old classic movies on DVD to watch
Good movies
my son loves watching children’s DVD’s he would love this prize! happy Holidays
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