Sony - UBP-X800M2 - Streaming 4K Ultra HD Hi-Res Audio Wi-Fi Built-In Blu-Ray Player - Black

This is no ordinary 4k bluray player, this is beyond that. The Sony ubp-x800m2 4k UHD bluray player is superb in all facets of 4k and more. It is a great addition to any entertainment system and will perform amazing 4k upscaling. The picture produced by the Sony x800m2 4k player is pretty much flawless and the sound has two options including a second audio HDMI. Of course it has built in Wifi and an Ethernet connections for additional options. • Here is the list of 4K movies I have watched so far on the Sony x800m2: X-men Days of Future Past, Avengers Infinity War, Mission Impossible Fallout, Spiderman Homecoming, Matrix and Spiderman into the Spider-Verse. I really wanted to get a feel for how the Sony x800m2 lays out how good/bad films on a 4k HDR picture, sound and overall movie experience. • When I held the Sony x800m2 in its packaging, it was on the heavy side for sure. It was about 10 lbs. Then I unpacked the 4k player and found it to be heavier (8.4 lbs) than previous 4k players and bluray that I have had. That is great sign of quality because the 4k player is built with a special “frame and beam” construction to it. This is why the weight is significant. The rigid frame helps to eliminate even the least bit of playback noise including the actual 4k disc drive (which is specially built getting rid of vibration). I was impressed as none of the movies I watched produced any vibration or noise. A big plus when watching a movie because no one wants to hear the disc spin or any other slight mechanical movement. • This Sony x800m2 is pretty big. It is the biggest I have ever owned. The opening for the shelf is 17 1/4 inches, which is pretty standard on shelf openings in my experience. The Sony 4k player just fits (17 inches). But the large 4k player is probably as big as it is because it helps to disperse the weight and balance. The dimensions are Height: 2.25inches, Width: 17inches and Depth: 10.5inches. It should fit most shelf units. • The connections on the back of the Sony 4k x800m2 are a follows: Coaxial digital out, two HDMI 4k connections (one dedicated for audio), and ethernet connection and it is also has Wifi. One missing connection I believe is a Digital Optical out. Most media components will accept Digital Optical ports so I wonder why Sony didn’t include it on the 4k player? Well they did include the Coaxial Digital out which is nice because they didn’t have the Digital Optical connection. The dedicated audio HDMI is great to produce better sound. When both HDMI ports are plugged in, the HDMI connect to video and the other to audio. Does this make a difference? Absolutely the sound improves. Do you have to do it? No, the sound still has great playback from the HDMI cable for the one slot labeled video/audio. I am very happy with the sound range of the Sony x800m2 just through the one HDMI connection. • The picture on the Sony x800m2 is outstanding with HDR! The HDR options are HDR10 and Dolby Vision. The HDR10 option is 100x brighter than a picture without it. It really releases colors that are brilliant and enjoyable to watch. The Dolby Vision option has deeper darks and explosive highlights and rich color. If I had to choose one or the other, I would choose Dolby Vision because it really brings to life the picture quality that is hard to match. (The 4k HDR TV needs to have Dolby Vision option too). I uploaded a picture of Doc Octopus from Spiderman into the Spider-verse in Dolby Vision. The picture doesn't do it justice, but in person the picture is honestly amazing. • Now the Sony 4k x800m2 has amazing upscaling on regular blurays. The picture is upscaled to about 4k level with the bluray. The picture really does look great and sounds great too. 24p true cinema and 4k 60p help the upscaling go to another level. The upscaling on this 4k player is the best I have seen. I was really surprised it looked so good. • Bluetooth is available on the 4K player for Bluetooth Headphones and/or Bluetooth speakers. When you want to watch a movie and keep the sound at a minimum, use the Bluetooth feature that allows you to hook up your Bluetooth Headphones. You alone can listen to the 4k movie playing. Also if you have Bluetooth speakers, you can hook up them to the 4k player with Bluetooth. There is also a feature to help your Bluetooth sound better. The LDAC transmits 3x data more than a regular Bluetooth. Just another great selection on this 4k player. • There is a USB drive on the front panel of the 4k player. Uses can be for stored pictures, media and films. Just another way this Sony 4k x800m2 rises above the rest. • Some of the listening options that can be played back are Dolby Digital, DTS-HD, Dolby Atmos and DTS:X. Each of these settings are excellent but you may prefer one or the others according how the sound comes out of your speakers. Dolby Atmos provides an immersive sound that is object based that moves around you, even from the ceiling (if you have speakers there). Dolby Digital has been around awhile but in my opinion I think it is still the best. The sounds also move around seamlessly through the speakers back and forth in a 5.1 setup. DTS provides a adaptive sound in 3D through your speakers. The best way to pick the right coding setup for you, is to try them all. Overall, the Sony x800m2 is outstanding! No noise vibration, a heavy chassis, upscaling blurays to 4k 60p, HDR with Dolby Vision, Bluetooth, and built in quality components make this Sony player an incredible step up in 4k players.

I am an avid Sony fan and buyer of their televisions and blue ray products. In fact, 5 out of my 6 televisions are made by Sony,and the 2 blue ray disc players that I have are also Sony's. In fact, my review is a little delayed because I have just returned from a 21 day trip to Japan, the home of Sony, and had to install and analyze this Sony UBP-X800M2 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc Player. Picture quality and audio are good, but I personally do not think that that is more important than the ability to be able to stream whatever a user wishes to stream. Wait for a better option. I must say that I requested this product because I have (3) 4k Ultra HD TV's and (1) 4K television: the Sony XBR55X850D 55-Inch 4K Ultra HD Smart TV (2016 model), the Sony XBR70X850B 70" 4K, and the Sony XBR43X800E 4K HDR Ultra. So, this particular blu ray disc player is a much larger and heavier model than all our other players. I attribute this to a better, more perfect construction in order to produce not only a better picture, but sound quality. Before I installed and used this player to watch the Spiderman movie, one of the 2 a 4k ultra HD movies that Sony provided us to make sure that we were able to review content meant for this player. So, before I started my installation and review, I scanned some of the other reviews at the Best Buy website-the good, the bad, and the ugly. I saw some reviewers had negative comments on being unable to load various streaming services that we currently subscribe to. Therefore, I had my son assist me with the installation and setup, too, since I knew that there were some potential issues. The good-the setup and the installation is easy peasy, virtually no effort at all. I have included 2 pictures of what I thought was important. One is the box that it comes in and its contents and the other is the screen view. So, this player has presets for Netflix, Amazon Prime, and YouTube. Those easily loaded with our account information-we have an account with Netflix, are Prime members, and YouTube users. However, we also subscribe to Hulu and could not figure out how to add this. If you look at the picture of the screen shot on the television, the red toolbox icon, all the way on the right side, this icon represents "settings". We did not see anywhere in the settings on how to add other streaming accounts. One other reviewer mentioned that Sony may release new firmware to do this, but at this time it is not available. I know that the machine, when connected to our network, downloaded some updates, so hopefully, that will be able to happen in the not so distant future. However, I am dubious that Sony will do this anytime soon. Just this past year, we ran into software issues with our Sony Bravia 70 inch television, a high end, costly item. In our case, we had the various icons and the ability to add more, however, the TV hook up to the internet kept dropping. Never thinking that there were software issues with the top of the line television, that was set up for all automatic updates, we first called our internet provider thinking that we had connectivity issues. They ran ragged and went crazy trying to figure out our connectivity issues- tracking our Wi-Fi connection, inside and outside our home, and then finally hard wired the television to get rid of Wi-Fi issues, but we still had issues. Then we paid an authorized local Sony dealer and repair shop - they came and took the TV away to their shop to work on. According to them, even though they are an authorized Sony dealer and repair shop, they cannot contact Sony technicians by phone, but must email them, no human contact. So, we were without our TV for a week, and finally, after emailing Sony over the next week, they determined that it was the television's fault and that Sony was having some connectivity issues on certain TV models. Are you kidding me?? Really, Sony, when were you planning to fix this! We had to start using our Sony blu ray player to get uninterrupted connectivity to Netflix and Prime and still had trouble with the older player; we had to use our son's newer Sony blu ray player so that we could finally have uninterrupted connectivity. This incident happened in February of this year and we have never tried to see if Sony has updated the firmware on our, otherwise, wonderful television to see if the connectivity would be okay just coming through the TV itself. Why did I recount this whole sorry story-because our TV was bought May 2015 and the issue was still not fixed February 2019. I cannot now recommend buying a Sony item if it is not perfect out of the box, no matter what it is. Do not think that they will fix software issues on a timely basis-do not even think this is an option. Based on my experience with Sony, literally use whatever Sony item you have purchased and put it through all of its paces within whatever return period you have, do not procrastinate, because I do not trust Sony to create timely updates to fix issues. It actually makes me sad because I have traditionally bought Sony.

If you have a 4K HDR capable television and you have never hooked it up to a 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray player, you haven't really seen what it is really capable of. That's because even if you are streaming 4K content from Netflix, Amazon or some other streaming service, the picture and sound quality are degraded because the signals are compressed. The only way get the full 4K effect is from a 4K ultra HD blu-ray disc and player. The difference can be quite dramatic, and there is no better way to demonstrate that than using Sony's new X800M2 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray player. It may not be much to look at -- your basic unremarkable rectangular black box with no display of any kind beyond a tiny green LED that lights up when it is turned on. But as soon as you pick it up, you know there is a big difference between this Home Theater grade player and the bargain basement models that cost a third as much. That's because this deck is built on a VERY heavy chassis, a deliberate design decision to ensure the spinning disc platter is as stable as possible, providing the best possible picture and sound. But it isn't just weight that makes this a top quality. Crammed inside is all the tech most home theater buffs crave, including support for HDR 10 and Dolby Vision (new with this year's model), Dolby Atmos and DTS-X and even high-end music-centered codecs, like those found on Super Audio CDs. This deck will play pretty much any video or audio disc there is. (Well except HDR 10+, since Samsung developed that , so Sony is ignoring it.) All this tech can make initial setup a bit of a challenge since you must make the correct choices from the setup menu to get the best picture and sound from your system. Fortunately for owners of Sony Bravia TVs, there is a shortcut to make things a lot easier. Simply opt for the Bravia setting, which automatically makes all the correct choices for you. (Make sure you turn the Bravia sync option on your TV ON first) Everyone else needs to read the instructions carefully and opt for the settings that match their TV's capabilities. Be aware you probably also will be required to do a system update, as I did, when you fire up the player for the first time. It takes 10- 15 minutes. Fortunately, the 800M2 supports both wired ethernet connections as well as fast MIMO wi-fi. So getting online and doing the system update is fairly quick and easy. I had been using a different 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray player before I got this one so did not expect to see a big improvement in video or sound quality. But I was wrong. Picture and sound were both noticeably better when using the Sony X800M2 with my Sony 4K TV. I do not have a TV capable of Dolby Vision but even the contrast boost from regular HDR 10 looked better. And sound quality seemed MUCH better, with stronger thumps coming from my soundbar's subwoofer and overall cleaner sound across the rest of the spectrum. Sound is a real weak point on all streamed content since it is all downgraded and compressed to save bandwidth. So you really hear the difference when playing 4K movie discs. Picture and sound quality varies from one movie to the next. Look for movies with HDR support for the best picture (you just have to guess on Dolby Vision support since that is NEVER on the package) . On the sound side, I find DTS generally sounds better than any Dolby variant except Atmos. And you need a very expensive speaker setup to do that right. Keep in mind you also must have a soundbar or home audio system that supports the latest DTS and Dolby codecs to hear the best sound. Otherwise, sound will default to a lower quality spec. For those who prefer private listening, the X800M2, also supports bluetooth. So you can pipe the sound from movies or music discs directly to your headphones or earbuds and instead. One nice bonus for those buying this Sony 4K Ultra HD player at release is two free 4K movies. They are packed right inside. I got "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle" and "Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse." Not exactly blockbusters . But if this is your first 4K Ultra Blu-ray player, it's nice to get a couple fo 4K discs to get you started.

Sony - UBP-X800M2 - Streaming 4K Ultra HD Hi-Res Audio Wi-Fi Built-In Blu-Ray Player - Black I’m going to make some of the Sony fans a little mad over this review. Sony knows how to build equipment, but why do they keep rushing things to market when there not ready. This UHD Blu-ray player is just that, not ready. As soon as power and setup are complete, I’m greeted with a message about new firmware. I’ve connected it to my wireless network, so I say yes to the update. I’m one of those who always does the updates if a device says it has one to do. I select yes to install the update, then select network as the method of getting the update. The player responds with a message that it is not connected to a network and I should check my network connection. After checking the network connection and allowing the player to verify the connection, I go back to do the update and am greeted by the same message about not being connected and to check the connection. This repeats several times as I check into what could be causing the wireless network to not be working. I am running a business class UniFi access point, there is NO issue with the wireless connection. I check YouTube and it works fine, I check Netflix and it works fine. I go back to do the update and… no network connection. At this point I run an ethernet wire to the player and rerun the network setup, this time selecting wired as the method. Run the firmware update and sure enough it downloads and runs just fine. After the firmware I remove the wired connection and rerun network setup going back to my wireless. Again, it refuses to even check for firmware stating that no network connection is available. Netflix, YouTube, and Prime work fine on the wireless connection. So, my first conclusion is that although Streaming works fine with a wireless connection, the players own internal system does not. This is obviously a firmware issue and will probably get fixed in future updates if possible. Next, I want to add my HULU and CBS streaming accounts. I can’t find any place to do this. So, I reread the manual and there’s no mention of adding streaming channels. I go online and soon find out that Sony has decided that this feature will be removed in this year’s model. How can they claim this unit is a streaming device when they removed the ability add channels other than the 3 they chose? Again, this feature might be fixed in a firmware update but after reading some responses from Sony I’m not sure they will fix it. So, the network connectivity and streaming are severely limited on this unit. If your wanting a unit to do streaming and UHD Blu-ray, find something else. This unit handles UHD Blu-ray beautifully but falls on its face for streaming. All of the above comments are for the benefit of people looking for that one device that does it all. This is not it, keep looking. I’m truly sorry if I’ve upset some Sony fans, but WOW did they drop the ball on this one. You needed to know this, maybe they’ll get it fixed, but wait until they do if you want the all in one solution. If someone has figured out how to add channels to the streaming portion, PLEASE post it. It’s not documented, and Sony says this player will not do it. Read below for my review of the UHD Blu-ray portion of this player. Let’s not go over the specs here. There are many places you can find those online. The unit came with 2 free UHD movies, Jumanji-Welcome to the Jungle, and Spider-man into the Spider-verse. Following all the included instructions I setup my 4K AVR and 4K TV to get the best of the best picture and sound. To be completely honest I did see and hear the difference in Jumanji. I did not watch the Spider-man movie because I don’t care for Anime. The picture was bright and vibrant with color, and the blacks were black. Dark scenes were watchable because the blacks were so black that anything with any color or light to it were viewable. The colors I noticed most were yellows and golds. On my normal settings I use every day yellow and gold are just yellow and gold. With the suggested settings yellows and golds really popped out. Of course, all colors were better, just what I noticed the most were the yellows and golds. The surround sound was normal to me until it came to the drumbeats and jungle sounds. The drumbeats were extra punchy, and the jungle was impressive. The remote is well laid out, as with most other Sony remotes. Functions acted as I would expect. I would have liked to see a lighted remote, but this one is not. The on-screen layout is easy to understand and use. No confusing garbage on the screen like so many others. Even with fast startup turned off, the startup time was only about 10 seconds. My previous Blu-ray player would take a full minute to be ready. The unit itself is small (thin) with no display at all, other than the very small green power light, it is a bit on the heavy side though. My overall impression of the UHD Blu-ray player section is very good. For now, streaming sucks. That could change at any moment when either Sony adds a way to add channels, or someone figures out how to do it.

This product performs better than any other 4k Blu-ray player I have ever used. But I have one major reservation about it that I will reveal at the bottom in the summary. SET-UP The back contains 2 HDMI outputs, one for A/V, one for audio only. This feature is rarely seen on anything but the premium players. The back also has provisions for USB, Ethernet, and coaxial digital outputs. I always like to go into every piece of equipment I get and manually tweak the settings. Thinking I can do it better and not rely on the machine deciding in its Auto functions. I went against tradition and let the Sony set itself up with Auto, as I think most people will. Aside from an odd Dolby Vision option, the Sony hit it spot on first time. Other than the one DV oddity; Wi-Fi, video, and audio options all went without issue. Super quick and easy. About 2 minutes total. PERFORMANCE I was hooked on the first press of the eject button. Lots of folks say you can judge the quality of a product by the behavior of its media tray. If that is the case, this is a great piece. The tray ejected and loaded nearly silently. Disc access was quick and very muted, not a distraction like other players. No more sounds of jet engines spinning up with this Sony. As I stated in my opening line, this is the best performing 4k Ultra HD Blu-Ray player I have ever used. I have it hooked up to an LG OLED TV and the performance of the HDR10 and Dolby Vision 4k Blu-Rays are outstanding. Blacks are inky and bright scenes in a light controlled room are almost too bright. There is outstanding definition in the darker scenes and the shadow details. Bright scenes are very bright, but still retain fine detail with no visible banding, something that is often missing in other players. This player also does a unique SDR to HDR conversion that Sony claims improves picture quality of SDR material. I normally don’t like a processed image, but I feel this made a subtle and discernible improvement. The X800M2 supports all major HDR formats: Dolby Vision, HDR10, and HLG. In addition, the player also supports the major surround sound formats: Dolby Atmos, DTS:X, and Dolby TrueHD, to name a few. Audio performance was just as clear and pristine as the video playback. Dolby Atmos and DTS soundtracks sounded great. This player has many more audio / video features and playback options. Far too many for this review. Needless, to say, if you have a file, this will probably play it and make it sound or look better. The Bluetooth feature is a nice touch. The unit easily paired with my Sony headphones and I was able to watch movies silently. Great for late night binge watching and not wanting to disturb the family. I noticed no discernible lag in the Bluetooth transmission compared to the picture. NEGATIVES First and foremost, if a majority of your video collection resides in the cloud, this may not be the unit for you. It only supports 3 streaming services: Netflix, Prime, and YouTube. Nothing more. Even more frustrating is that to enable these 3 services, you must agree to allow Sony’s terms of service stating they can see your viewing habits. I was able to lock up the player. Trying to find some HDR videos on YouTube, toggling back and forth between videos, rewinding and fast forwarding, I eventually locked up the player. Totally unresponsive. I had to unplug the unit and wait a little bit before plugging back in. Problem solved. I’m sure it is nothing an app update or firmware update can’t fix. Dolby Vision must be toggled either on or off. I wish for an Auto option on this setting (I can’t believe I just said it). The unit will not auto switch between HDR10 and Dolby Vision automatically based on source material. SUMMARY As I have stated before, I really like this player. It is well built, and the audio and video performance are excellent. Far better than my players that are only a couple of years old. With the SDR to HDR image enhancements and 4k up conversion, audio and video processing have been getting better and better. Why only a 4-star review after all the good words? I will say: value. Is this a great player? Absolutely. But is it better than a similarly priced XBOX or Sony’s own PS4? I’m not so sure. Even though the picture is slightly better than my XBOX, the audio performance is only on par. Add to that, the XBOX and PS4 can play Blu-Rays (the XBOX will play 4k Ultra HD Blu-Rays and supports HDR), plus can play hundreds of games, and have apps for nearly any and all streaming services available today. I find recommending a standalone Blu-Ray player hard to do. My opinion: if you only want outstanding audio/video quality without all the extras, I don’t think you will be disappointed by this player. It really is a great product. However, for the same price or similar amount, you can get an equally impressive XBOX or PS4. These devices, especially the XBOX, have almost as good video quality, identical audio quality, and can do so much more.

The Sony UBP-X800M2 is a 4k/HDR (up to 3840 x 2160p resolution) Blu-ray Disc player is a powerhouse that can be used for either a Dolby Vision or HDR10 TV. To use Dolby vision you have to manually turn it on in setup, you loose 3D player capabilities with it on. The X800M2 performs 4K upscaling at 60p, offers up to 12-bit color and 24p True Cinema to maintain the original frame rate of the film. To get the best results make sure you set your display for 60p (enhanced) HDMI input and you connect it with an HDMI 2.0a cable for 4K HDR to be supported. There is already a firmware update, make sure you install it, you can do this over the Ethernet internet connection or with the USB port (hidden under the plastic cover on the front right of the player). As for sound, Dolby Amos and DTS:X are both supported as well as Dsee upscaling for low bit rate audio. A separate HDMI audio out is available if you have a setup that needs separate HDMI audio and video. There is also a coaxial digital audio output port but an optical port is missing on this player. This player supports Bluetooth audio with the unique ability to listen to audio with wireless Bluetooth headphones at the same time. Great for families with a hearing impaired members. You can use Bluetooth headphones alone for private listening. Sony has also gone to the extent of engineering the chassis to prevent microvibrations if you like to play your sound at real life levels for those action sequences! The X800M2 supports a wide variety of media: Ultra HD Blu-ray, BD-ROM, and Stereoscopic 3D (profile 5) as well as DVD video and audio and CD audio discs. The X800M2 can play HEVC, VP9, VP6, MPEG-2. MPEG-4 AVC, Xvid, WMV9, AVCHD, VC1 and Motion JPEG video files. It also supports JPEG, GIF, PNG, MPO MPF 3D and BMP photo files. Smart apps • Netflix, • Youtube • Amazon Prime These support UHD. I was not able to get Atmos to work with these. Hopefully they get the Apps updated. Settings tips • Bravia Mode — Turn this Off if not using a Sony Bravia TV (the default is On). • HDR Output – Be sure to have this set to Auto (not Off) to allow HDR content to your display. • Dolby Vision Output – Also be sure to turn this on for Dolby Vision content and off for 3D content. Note Video Settings and 3D playback are not unavailable when turned On. • Display Type — You can choose between a TV and projector. • Output Resolution — This should stay to Auto unless you want to play a lower resolution for some reason. • 24p Output — Set this to Auto so the player adjusts to the disc. • 4k Upscale Setting — With this on Auto (1 or 2) it will enhance lower resolutions discs to Ultra HD quality. I really like this player, solid build, UI is simple and easy to navigate. The sound and picture are outstanding. I noted a marked improvement from my first gen Phillips 4k player. They really need to figure out how to get Dolby vision to auto detect it is cumbersome to use and sometimes difficult to know what content requires DV for best output. The smart apps are limited and Vudu is missing, Dolby Atmos is not supported in the included streaming apps. Hopefully the app library will expand in the future. With all that said I recommend this player, it is the best bang for the buck with the included 2 free movies 4K for a limited time (Jumangi Welcome to the Jungle and Spiderman Into the Spider-verse).

First I'll start with the Bad/Disapointing/Hard to Explain. Compared to the previous version of Sony UHD BluRay players this player only supports 3 Streaming Apps, so if you have an online Video Library, forget about accessing it from this player. I contacted Sony, to verify this was not part of a future release, and was told in no uncertain terms apps cannot be added to this player (in the future). So the only apps you get are: Netflix, Prime Video and YouTube (paid). No MoviesAnywhere, Vudu, Hulu, UV (going away anyway).... So if you've been collecting titles, and storing UHD in the cloud you wont be able to access them, even though the previous version of this player UBP-X800 had these capabilities. Be fore warned, there is no info in their manual to identify what apps are available (asked Sony about this; no real answers why). So how does it work with UHD 4K discs, most excellent. This is is my second UHD BluRay player, the first with Dolby Vision & Atmos. Now it hard to tell where HDR comes into play and where Dolby Vision come into play. I watched Jumanji (Welcome to the Jungle) on my old player and with the new Sony UBP-X800M2, and there were some "dark" seans that were much more vibrant/decernable on the M2 player. When lighting was bright things were pretty much equivalent with the M2 player having a bit more pop in the colors, but generally hard to differentiate. In the much darker ending it was much easier to see what was moving in the shadows and the shadows seemed to contain more color detail. To some extent this is hard to explain with words, and I tried photographing both to show the difference, but the camera could not capture the subtle differences. Suffice it to say that HDR10 with Dolby Vision does improve picture quality, offering a more real/lifelike picture. Dolby Atmos certainly has improved audio quality. The sound quality from Jumanji was spectacular. I've been collecting 4K UHD Blu-Ray's for a couple of years now (It's all I buy), I probably have 40+ discs, and their production quality does seem to keep improving (can say the same for all the movies). I've been upgrading many of my DVD's to UHD quality via Vudu. Having several hundred Digital Copies in the cloud, I very disappointed I can't access them with this player. The player has better output than anything else I've used/seen. If you don't store you video collection in the cloud, this may not matter to you. It does to me.

I have been looking to upgrade my old blue ray player (PS3) to a newer one for some time now. I decided to go with this player as it also plays 4k bluy rays. I was very impressed with the easy of use, simple menu navigation and amazing 3D picture quality. Keep in mind that I only have my Playstation 3 blue ray player to compare it to so my review will be based on that comparison. ::: Interactive Operating System (IOS) ::: The iOS is very sleek and simple which I personally love. After having to navigate the PS3 menu and long load times, it was a welcome change to have a simple turn on and launch option. The streaming services are very limited however since I am mostly going to use it for 3D movies I am ok with that. ::: 3D/4K Picture / Sound Quality ::: The picture is amazing along with the ability to modify the settings to match your expectations with newer tvs. I enjoy the 2 HDMI outputs in the back to be able to dedicate one for video and other for audio. This way it is a clean band for each. The 4K looks great to the naked eye, I do not have any professional tools to test the colors however looks great with no tears. The 3D quality is amazing, there are no tears, slowness, delays, freezing or saturation in colors. I am probably one of the few that still love 3D so am extremely happy with how this players handles 3D picture. It is very smooth, the active lens glasses that I use has no trouble interpreting the picture. I would strongly recommend this player if you are one of the forgotten 3D enthusiasts like myself! Overall love this player for the 3D quality and sleekness. Keep in mind that I only have my Playstation 3 blue ray player to compare it too so most of these features are very impressive compared to that.