Small, compact, and the Blu-ray picture is spectacular for the low cost.
The Sony BDP-BX370 provides a great 1080p picture. Haven’t gone 4K yet? Still want a great picture for your HDTV? Read all of the Crutchfield customer reviewsīest 1080p Blu-ray player - Sony BDP-BX370 Terry, Crutchfield Customer from Columbia, MO This Sony UBP-X700 is a great 4k player, it loads very fast the colors are sharp & clean. built-in Wi-Fi and ethernet port for streaming video.two HDMI outputs for separating audio and video signals.supports Dolby Atmos and DTS:X passthrough when output is set to "bitstream".built-in audio decoding for Dolby Digital, Dolby TrueHD, DTS, and DTS-HD Master Audio.plays Ultra HD Blu-ray discs, 3D and standard Blu-ray discs, DVDs, CDs and rewriteable discs.full 4K resolution video for use with Ultra HD TVs.This player also has dual-band Wi-Fi and can stream Netflix and Amazon Prime video in 4K. It even offers up the two most popular HDR formats, both HDR-10 and Dolby Vision. The UBP-X700 player delivers an excellent 4K picture and serves up the vivid color array that make Sony 4K TVs pop.
It was an impulse buy - I couldn't pass it up for the price!Īnd on movie nights, I'm more than happy with my purchase. In fact, this is the player I actually own. The Sony UBP-X700/M isn’t quite as loaded as the Panasonic, but for the money there’s a lot of value here. Want to put this player to the test? Check out this list of the best 4K Blu-rays, chosen by our home theater and speaker expert, Kramer. I have to say, watching on the DP-UB820, I saw a sharpness and richness that I hadn't seen before. But I've never thought of this vintage film as the "gold standard' for picture quality. You'll find some beautiful cinematography in Jaws - those iconic, sweeping ocean and beach shots. I've watched Jaws on standard (non-4K) Blu-ray with this player. That's right, some reviewers prefer the picture quality over the legendary Oppo! It has arguably the best video processor ever available.
Then we got our hands on the Panasonic DP-UB820 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray player. For a while, we struggled to fill this top spot with a replacement. Let me address the elephant in the room: Oppo left a huge void in this category when they stopped making their stellar UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player - our "best high-end player" for 2018. Jeff's passion for headphones and his commitment to hands-on experience exemplify Crutchfield's mission to exceed our customers' expectations by providing an abundance of helpful information.īest high-end 4K Blu-ray player - Panasonic DP-UB820 Authored dozens of Crutchfield articles and hundreds of product presentations.Interviewed some of the headphone industry's most accomplished engineers and product designers.Travels to industry events like CanJam NYC and the Capital AudioFest.Attends dozens of vendor training events each year.Completed our thorough in-house Advisor training, learning the details of every type of product we sell.Listening to thousands of customer stories gave me real-world insights into what makes people happy. I spent the first eight years of my Crutchfield career in our customer support department. I still love the intimate, wonderfully detailed sound you can get from the right headphone setup. My love of headphones started back when I was in elementary school, and my parents gave me a Walkman. My other areas of expertise include voice control, streaming audio and video, and power protection. I've spent thousands of hours listening to different models, and thousands more writing about them. How did I earn the nickname "headphone guy" here at Crutchfield? Through extensive training, research, and good old-fashioned hands-on experience.