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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DVD’s in my treasured collection.
a lot of old dvds
All my Blu-Rays
Exploring 4k Blu-Ray’s. Haven’t had the chance to try that technology out yet.
watching videos
My Blue Ray DVD’s!
For sure all my dvd stuff
Would really like to be able to watch all my videos from different formats e.g. dvds, blueray, or other storage media on one player connected to my home theatre
Watching movies
oh boy, I can’t wait to play all my blu ray dvds
All my Matrix dvds
Blu ray dvds for sure
I would love to listen to books on CD while I relax or clean. Guess which 😉
I have these Blu-ray DVDs about Canada, which I’ve never watched. I’d watch those to start with.
I’d watch Avatar
I would watch my boxset of the Back To The Future DVD’s.
I have a lot of old DVDs I’d like to watch.
I would love to watch older DVDs and listen to my CDs.
Watching my old DVDs
watching videos
I would love to watch some old DVDs
I have already purchased several 4K Ultra combo discs in anticipation of a new 4K television and would love to.have this player in order to finally be able to watch the 4K Ultra versions of the film’s.
I’d love to try this out with my 4k Sony 900e! First I’d watch revenant! And then whatever other 4k movies I could get my hands on!
My Girls would watch all of the their Cartoons
Is love to watch A Christmas Story
All my favorite DVDs
I would love to watch some 1980s classic DVDs
Would love to play die hard 4k on my new Samsung 55NU8000 TV, sadly my PS4 pro is not a 4K enabled Blu-ray player
I just bought a new soundbar and subwoofer for my TV. So I would watch some of my favourite HiDef DVDs and crank up the volume.
Top gun classic from buying first stereo in 80s
I would love to watch some DVDs
Movies
We would have to play Disney movies for my little one to enjoy.
I really need one to share my favorite movies with my family.
I will give this to my dad who needs a dvd player
I would use this to play the large collection of DVDs and Blu-ray movies l already have with my family especially on vacation.
Christmas movies, so if I won, my excitement would be quite temperate until December 2019.
Definitely watch Game Of Thrones series.
Movies
game of thrones and homeland series
Play the large collection of DVD and Blu-ray movies I have.
Star Wars!!
I would watch my old DVDs again.
Old Star Wars for me
Yes old CDs Smile
Star Wars!
Old movies shawhank , preditor
I would use this to watch Game of Thrones.
Sci-fi Schtuff!
Lots of movies!!
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