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.Â
This contest runs from December 21st until January 4thÂ
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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First upgrade my set to 4k. Second buy – The Good, The Bad & The Ugly (4k/Combo disk). Third watch for the 108 time.
I have a bunch of old music CD’s I would like to listen to again.
something to watch HD clarity of movies like Mamma Mia
I have the complete remastered collection of the Beatles’ discography. It would be Beatlemania all over again!
Stream safarilive videos.
old CD’s
I would watch all my special edition Best Buy Exclusive Steelbook Marvel movies that I bought, in the hopes that I would eventually have a 4K player!
Harry Potter
perfect for watching old movies
this would be great to watch my Christmas movies
I would watch a Netflix binge.
Terminator 2
A marathon of all of the Harry Potter movies 🙂
Definitely Game of Thrones – especially now that they’ve released the first season in 4K!
Disney movies with my kids!
My movie collection – especially the Jason Bourne collection.
There are alot of movies we haven’t watched and we do not own a Blu-ray player-Netflix and some movies our kids have that we could not watch
I would watch many movies- it would give me the opportunity to buy 4K Blu-rays.
I would watch some of my old movies.
I can’t wait to watch all seasons of Fringe all over again and all my other movies especially Back to the Future which I haven’t watched in years
i love to watch movies there fun to do
I will finally be able to watch Blu-rays and 3D at home.
I would watch Game of Thrones on Blue Ray
I would watch old classic movies remastered
I would load Netflix as it is insanely fast to load, grab a drink and some chips and catch up some of my shows and maybe even check out a few new ones.
4K HDR Blu-Ray’s
Netflix binge starting with The Crown
I would watch a Netflix binge of ‘The Crown’. Can’t wait for season 3.
I’d play some old CD’s
My old cd’s
this would be great to watch my xmas movies
Would love to watch anything 4K and also old family videos
I would love to watch old family movies that have been transferred to dvd on the Sony UBP-X700.
I’d like to watch any 4K Ultra High definition streamed action movie.
Oh gosh – I’d love to play some of my old CDs – they’re all just in a box lol
merci
Classis Horror movies
I would watch my family DVD video
I would watch some old home movies.
Movies, CD’s etc………I want to do it all!
I would watch my disney collection
it would be nice to have this to watch all movies .
First off, miss, YES! Spice Girls and Sublime! I found out recently that my friend’s daughter(s) haven’t yet seen Spice World? I mean – what?
Anyways, for me, I would probably get some new games for my XBOX One, or upgrade my Netflix to a more HD experience. That would so darn cool!
I would have to blow the dust of my cds and give them a listen. an new movies
4k blurays it is for me…
I can start purchasing 4K Blu Ray movies.
Sony 4K Blu-ray player and streamer would be a dream for me. It will go with my 4k tv I have at home 🙂 ….. thank you
I can’t wait to have something to watch all my movies on!
Being able to listen to my favourite CD’s
Old CD’s and movies!
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