Customer Ratings & Reviews

I've had this player for several months now and have had an opportunity to watch various 4K UHD discs as well as 1080p Blu-Rays. The player is worth the extra cost over lesser players. The difference is apparent in performance and the upscaling is excellent. Since there are no 4K discs yet of the original Star Trek movies I was curious as to how Star Trek: The Motion Picture would look...in a word, amazing. I was shocked at how well the picture was upscaled by the player and by my Sony 75" 900 series TV. I would definitely recommend the extra cost of this player. It is solidly made and not cheap plastic. After getting a 4K TV and 4K content, you owe it to yourself to play them (and your existing 1080p discs) on a high-end player.

I upgraded to this model after owning the previous model (UBP-800, the M2 was added to the model numberfor this model). Form factor wise it looks identical on the outside to the previous model. It actually comes with the same remote as the previous model. The older model only supported HDR but this one supports Dolby Vision. This newer model also supports HDR. Some people say they cannot tell the difference between the two formats. I must be one of the few who can. I can absolutely tell the difference. There is a lot more color depth with Dolby Vision. My wife and Father-in-law have said they couldn’t tell the difference between the old player and the newer one. It also runs very quiet (no loud noises like planes taking off) Note you do have to enable Dolby Vision manually through the settings menu to turn it on. It is not enabled by default. Having read all the reviews I could find, I knew this ahead of time when I made the purchase. There is also a firmware update that should be made to add more support for discs. You can do the update over the internet by plugging the unit into your WiFi router via Ethernet or connecting it to your wireless network. This player does amazing playing music CDs too. A great player overall. The previous model was great too except it didn’t have Dolby Vision support.

This is an easy to navigate and control 4k UHD Blu-ray player that delivers excellent picture quality. There has been much said about having to toggle the Dolby Vision setting on or off depending on the UHD disc to be played...but since many 4k discs also include a digital code for streaming this seems like a nit picky criticism. I haven't had a chance to optimize and tweak the picture settings further for even sharper detail but the default upscaling of Blu-ray discs performs quite well and displays very crisp images. Mechanically, the UBP-X800M2 is quite fast and responsive and loads disc content very quickly. I've had no issues with the player and it has integrated well with my Sony X950H television.

Much better than the lesser 700 model. Heavy quality construction. Haven't tried all the audio discs this thing can play but optimistic. So far great with 4k surround system. Kinda wish it had a display on front.

The Sony UBP-X800M2 4K UHD Bly-ray player is a very good buy. It met all my expectations. It plays all my disk in my collection. I was upgrading from a Samsung unit and wanted Dolby Vision. And what a difference it makes with Dolby Vision & Dolby Atmos. Picture is much better then the Samsung unit. As everyone else stated, the only one minus is you have to manually switch to Dolby Vision. To do that automatically, you have to spend twice as much on a Panasonic model. Everything else about this model is great.

Great upscaling, solid build, Dolby Vision and Atmos makes this a perfect compliment for any 4K TV. The only downside I can see is a lack of a Optical audio output my older AV receiver. A Best Buy for me! ; )

Good value! I purchased this open box item at an affordable price. It didn’t come with a remote, but that’s an easy fix. I’ve been getting a lot of use out of this product for the 10 months I’ve owned it. Still works flawlessly given how old the product is. Love its sleek look and minimal user interface.

Extremely pleased with the build, quality and performance of this unit thus far. I've used a lot in the 3 months since purchase - everything from the 4K-UHD movies to standard definition cds and especially high performing Hybrid 5.1 SACDs. Stellar performance. Quick start-up, easy operation in a well built model. I highly recommend.

I love this product. Its fast and plays bluray discs with precision. It has impeccable quality for the price. I looked at many different players and read countless reviews and Im glad I chose this one. My main purpose for this particular purchase of this player was that it can handle both dolby vision and dolby atmos. Its a perfect addition to my personal Sony tech lineup with my 85in sony tv w/ imax visual settings and my ps5

Works great but you need the high speed hdmi cables to get the best sound and picture. Only thing missing from this player is the ability to update and add new streaming services.

This is my second X800M2; the first one died after 2 years (be smart and purchase the extended GS warranty with this). Great audio and video quality from this player - it can't be beat for the price ! I set the upscaling to 4K and all my MP4s, Blurays and DVDs look great in 4K. HDR and DolbyVision are amazing. Both players have crashed every 2-3 weeks and require unplugging and then re-connecting to the wireless network. Be sure to have easy access to to the power cable ! Only three apps for this unit , but I only use 2, so that's fine. Set up is intuitive and east to understand. Don't worry about manually turning off/on DV, it's easy to do.

Limited streaming apps. A big reason I bought this one was for internet streaming services as well as bluray. It's for the "other" TV that's a bit older and doesn't have builtin streaming services. Unfortunately it only supports Netflix, Amazon, and Youtube (which I don't use). NOT Hulu or HBO. And probably never will. Picture looks good on blurays, but doesn't meet my needs.

I took the 4k plunge recently and I’m glad I did! Not only is it a great 4k player, it also will play SACD and DVD-A! No complaints about the player at all. The interface is simple, but easy to use and navigate and also very responsive. The remote is a simple Sony remote akin to the same type of remotes packaged with previous blu-ray players, but I use my same universal remote anyway so that didn’t matter to me. I haven’t honestly even tried the streaming features since I strictly use my Roku for that.

looking to upgrade from older technology to newer is always a hassle, ie Component to HDMI connectors, HDMI 1.1 to 1.4 etc. What is great about this player is it has two HDMI outputs, which can be setup to route audio to one and video to the other. Whatever you situation, HTR cannot process 4K of do not want the amplifier to process video, direct connect to TV, projector, etc, this player allow the flexibility to do this until your ready to upgrade or separate audio and video. The player is a great HDR player and works well with an Epson projector and Yamaha HTR (separate connections) and the price point is not a killer.

This is really a great 4k player pretty much plays everything! Looks amazing great picture and audio quality. I actually love the limited apps it has Netflix, Amazon and Youtube. Also you can cast from any device, Music, video. I do not like that this has a bluetooth transmitter but not a reciever. I have no use for a bluetooth transmitter. I do not have bluetooth speakers or headphones so this is just a useless feature for me. But if you do have those things I can see the point.lastly and worst of all is the media server. This is complete garbage I can only manage to play music on it no video or music? My network is set correct and so are my computers but it just does not work! Terrible! You cannot even use Plex with this. This is why I went 4 stars and not 5. I mainly bought this for 4k ultra discs and this unit sure delivers with those! Im using wifi and I have great speed and signal. So all in all I am pretty happy with the npurchase.

Great 4K player. We paired it with the Sony A8H OLED TV and the picture looks awesome. Easy to use, and the blu ray discs look great as well.

I got this player for about month. Only watch one movie on it that is 4k ultra. I have one time condition where disc freeze, also when watching movie can't see confirmation that watching in 4k, i got notification uhd disk or something like that, i do have 4k tv it is xr90k by sony. Other than that i think that this 4k player is really good and can bring you good viewing experience.

A very good product meets all of my expectations at a good price for a brand-new model (cheaper than some used advertised at). Also nice that it actually contained a user manual which is a bonus nowadays. The only very minimal downside was that the package didn't contain the batteries for the remote control.

I bought this player because it includes Dolby Vision HDR which provides a significant improvement in picture quality to my 4K UHD Blu-ray disks. I like that it adds Dolby Vision to pictures that did not include this in the original program content. A minor issue is that for video streaming, the player only includes apps for Netflix and two other services for which I am not a current subscriber. Neither the owners manual nor the Sony website provide useful information for subscribing to a different service.

My expensive Oppo ceased playing blurays after just six years, even with multiple interior cleanings. It was time for a new one and despite not having a 4K tv yet, I knew I had to go with a Sony player. I am blown away by this one. I feel like the Oppo was actually holding back my home theater set up. The sound was immediately more powerful and livelier. The picture quality stunned, too. The colors are more vibrant and the details are sharper than they were before, by far. Netflix on it is amazing. The Animals docuseries almost hurt my eyes, the detail was so incredible. The Bluetooth headphones feature is a huge plus for me, too. It works so well with my Sony headphones. The quality is so much better than when I use them with my dinky random Amazon transmitter. I only have one 4k disc but it is so cool that I can watch it now, downscaled to 1080p. The color was off but I didn't mess around with that setting yet. It will play 4K files off of my external hard drive, too, and they look perfect. That's really cool and convenient. It plays DVDs perfectly, too! I am nuts about this player. Sony was my very first DVD player in 1999. It feels good to have one again.