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!
Enter this contest for a chance to win a Sony 4K Blu-ray player and streamer Rules and Regulations
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Any of my Blu-ray concerts.
family videos
I will be watching my next series on Netflix
Well gotta have something to watch the 4k movies I buy!
Would give it to watch hid old dvds agains
Streaming Netflix without freezing would be awesome! I currently need to reboot my Blu Ray player to stop freezing. Kind of spoils the experience.
Modern movies in 4K HDR, of course!
I would watch some classic movies!
Test out my lg 75 inch tv that i bought from best buy
I’d listen to some East Coast Music!
I would get some use out of my old CD’s again.
Watch all my classic movies
Family videos and old cd’s!
My old CDs and family videos.
I would love to listen to Motown music on this blu ray
I would love this to watch old movies
Would watch a few musicals like Chicago, Mamma Mia.
Pour écouter mes séries télé
Love to watch old movie on it.
I would be excited to watch (and listen to) classical concerts, including the likes of Andrea Boccelli, of course!
I would be excited to be able to listen my many old CDs too.
I would watch old movies of the 50’s .
love the old westerns
I would watch Big Trouble in Little China because that’s the all time greatest movie such awesome special effects.
I would watch classic movies from the 80’s
Oh I have Dvds that need my attention and yes to listening to older music! This would be awesome!
I would like to watch some movies and also listen to some music cd’s. Thank you.
I would watch a bunch of Blurays I haven’t seen but been collecting.
I would watch some home movie DVDs!
Old CD’s and movies!
To watch all of my favourite mvoies and listen to my old CD’s I haven’t listened to in years!
All our old home movies that were painstakingly transferred to DVD from VHS!
All my Classic movies and music from the 60s and 70s in improved quality.
I would play old CD’s.
I’d like to watch some 4K Ultra High definition streamed movies.
Play video games with the kids
So great for old movies!!
I would also watch my home movies – plus some favourites like Pretty Woman, Dirty Dancing, etc…
I want to play my Star Wars DVD series.
I would watch some home movie DVDs!
I would like to check out my star wars dvds
We got the Die Hard Blu-ray set for Christmas! Would love to play the movies on this unit!
Old home movies.
a netflix binge and old cd’s
Great idea. I’d bust out the old CDs.
I have never had a blu-ray and would love to watch all my movies on one
Old CDs and Netflix (since the our Wii will no longer stream Netflix).
My 90’s CD’S
My 70’s CD’S
My 80’s CD’S
I would watch some movies
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