Sony UBPX1000ES 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray Disc Player

The Sony UHD player is super fast on disc loading and Youtube access. The picture quality is excellent. I owned a OPPO BD player. The Sony UBPX1000ES player is faster than OPPO UDP-203.For Dolby HD & DTS Master Audio signal, the player's Audio Settings need to be changed:BD Audio MIX setting: OFF; 48KHz/96KHz/192KHz PCM: 96KHz.Downmix: Surround.PRO:1. APP - with Amazon Prime Video, Youtube, Netflex, etc2. The software update process ran flawlessly.3. The picture quality is excellent.CON1. no play or pause functions at front panel, only available on remote control2. Repeat function does exist in OPTION Menu. But the MENU has errors showing Bluetooth Output > Title Repeat, Bluetooth Device > Chapter Repeat. Software typo issues. :-)

Things that are great:1) Has access to many streaming services, including Netflix, Vudu, and YouTube.2) When you install the optional app, you can also access a media server on your private home network with this device.3) Apps load and respond quickly. Much more so than any previous player I've ever owned.4) Disks also load and respond very quickly.5) You can plug this player into a standard 1080P TV and still watch 4K disks. Naturally, the player is downgrading the signal in this case, but if you're trying to make the case on whether to purchase an expensive 4K TV or a new 4K player first, the backwards compatibility may help with that decision.Things to keep in mind:1) Be sure to immediately check for updates when you setup this machine.2) While you can play a High Dynamic Range disk with this player, if it's hooked to a TV that isn't High Dynamic Range the video won't look too good (not horrible, but obviously not quality).3) While the default output resolution is set to "AUTO", I noticed this player tended to default to 480P. I suspect this is because it is connected to a receiver instead of being directly connect to the TV, and so was unable to properly detect what the TV was capable of handling. This can be easily resolved by changing "AUTO" to the specific resolution you intend the TV to accept. Player allows you to specifically choose any resolution out there (480 720 1080 2160, both I and P).Something not so great:While watching a 4K disk, about 2/3's into the movie it appeared to have a tracking issue causing it to skip a minute or two of the movie. I could rewind and replay the same area without a problem, only to have it happen again a couple minutes later. Examination of the disk showed no visible imperfections. Upon resuming the movie, I had no further problems, though in retrospect I remember I had lowered the volume a bit. I haven't experimented with it, but I suspect the issue was the center speaker which is sitting on the same shelf right next to the 4K player. The part of the movie having the tracking issue was a particularly intense action sequence, and I think the amount of vibration produced by the center speaker was enough to prevent the laser from reading properly. If this is true, it's the first time any player I've owned has had that issue. I'll probably move the player to a different shelf to see if that helps, but that will take some time to think out given how many devices I have connected to my receiver. This blemished what would have otherwise been a 5 star review.

This product developed serious issues. The applications such as YouTube, Netflix, Amazon prime, etc. don’t work at all. Even after resetting the system nothing works. The system will not play a Blu-ray anymore either. I’ve contacted the manufacturer and no response. Very frustrating to say the least. This was expensive.

I purchased this to replace a Sony Blu-ray player that didn't support 4K. The unit arrived in a damaged exterior box. This delivery was entirely handled by Amazon. Even the Sony box was damaged, but the unit itself was undamaged. The thing that distinguishes this unit from it's cheaper Sony cousin is that it has a front display and you should be able to hook it up no matter what your A/V system requires. The unit is very sturdy and it strikes you as well made. I have the unit on a glass shelf and the rubber feet act like suction cups and you have to provide considerable force to unstick it. The unit has a flawless picture and the sound is excellent. The interface is a big improvement over my last Sony Blu-ray.Now for the bad. The Netflix app will fairly frequently hang the system. You have to unplug the unit to restore operability. I also noticed that the setup menus will at times flicker and that makes setting options just about impossible. I wasn't sure if this was a hardware or a software problem so I'm returning the unit. I'm going to repurchase this model as soon as I receive a credit for the previous unit. If the problems clear up, then the hardware was probably damaged. If not, then it is probably a software glitch which Sony has been pretty good at fixing in the past. .

Mikee likes it. Easy start up; has connections for just about everything. Picture is superb and audio is fantastic. The remote is user friendly. I'm hoping this will last me a long time.

I returned this unit.The Good: The hardware is good, and married well with my audiophile home 7.2 entertainment system. I could play high-def Blu-ray 3d movies, and had superb sound quality from my audio collection on my Synology NAS.The Bad: Streaming movies from Netflix or videos from Hulu and YouTube were choppy and sometimes froze. I have a gigabit fiber connection to the internet, and CAT 6 Ethernet cabling throughout, so the blame could not be in my network.The Ugly: The user interface is just plain terrible. The remote ignores the "return" command, and often gets no response from the player. I tried to configure my Harmony One remote, but that failed miserably on so many dimensions.Bottom line: Life is too short to be bothered by badly engineered products.