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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I will play my old CD’s and DVD’s on the DVD player. I’ve recently discovered a case of older DVD’s.
my movie collection
Listening to 80’s music is the very good choice, I’d do the same, too !
I have been dying to have a super hero movie marathon!!!
I agree… it would be amazing to play my old CDs again! I would rock on the bruce springsteen and tracy chapman and enjoy them just as much as i used to!
I would love this to set up in my new condo. It would go well with my modern decor- technology
I would be most excited to play the blu Ray Love Actually on the Sony UBP-X700
I am most excited to play my collection of U2 cds on the Sony UBP-X700
probably nature docs like blue planet.
We love to watch ELF
It’s been a while since we watched the Lord if the rings trilogy. We’ll start with that.
Action movie with a lot of noise like Terminator
I would enjoy a Lord of the Rings marathon!
Lord of the rings I would start there
all the musicals I own
All of my Star Wars Movies
the entire harry potter collection
I would run out and get a 4K copy of my favorite movie, Apocalypse Now with it’s great sound track etc and stunning visuals..
The Lord of the Rings trilogy (extended edition, of course!)
Movies like the Harry Potter set
I would love to play so many of my old CDs and old DVDs. I would probably start with the Harry Potter Collection and play my John Denver’s Greatest hits CD
Definitely Lord of the Rings!
Transformers
BBC documentaries narrated by David Attenborough. I LOVE THAT man’s voice.
watch movies
Avatar
musicals
I’d listen to all my Country music albums plus a lot of the old ones that have been sitting idle for a while that I have not listen to in a long time…. I have a big collection. Some great oldies!! I’d also like to watch some old movies, and new, that I haven’t seen for a while. Even ones that have been recorded while on holidays.
I have the blue ray movie that my daughter gave me three years ago. Cannot watch It especially since my daughter passed away three years ag from lung cancer is why I would like to watch it
I have won a few 4k movies I never watch as I don’t have a 4k reader. The avengers must amazing in 4k. That would be exciting!
apocalypse now
J’aimerai ca gagner je regarderais mes films et j’écouterai de la musiques
I would enjoy a star wars marathon
I’d like to watch my Alien box set!
I’m excited to see the look on my kids faces as they watch their favourite movies. Smiles all around!
I’d like to listen to my CDs as well!
I would like to have something for my Netflix, as my Wii won’t be supporting it any more 😉
I’d watch my collection of James Bond movies!!
I would love to watch my new Blu-Ray copy of Avengers: Infinity War.
I would watch movies, but it’ll mean buying new 4K versions. Sigh.
Watch home movies
To watch movies of course!
I would use it to watch movies
I would use my BlueRay player to watch movies.
I would watch the complete Dexter Series.
I am most excited to play all of my Disney movies on the Sony UBP-X700.
I would use it for Netflix
Home Movies
I would love to play DVD’s and CD’s
Well… I wore out my PS3 for watching movies so this would be absolutely perfect to watch my Blu-ray movie collection again such as Lawrence of Arabia or the Kill Bill series.
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