This is the top of the 2016 standard range Blu-Ray Players. Lowest non-promotional price ever according to camelcamelcamel (though I happen to know this was briefly the same price on Prime Day).
With the exception of the UHP-H1 (which requires you to part with nearly £400) this is the top of the main Sony range for 2016. Big selling points for me are the Bluetooth connectivity and the (not advertised) ability to play back SACDs. Bluetooth works well with my Sony headset.
All comments (29)
Rainboy
24 Aug 16#1
Thank you OP. Perfect timing and product. Ordered. Heat added. Very good spot.
rascalchops
24 Aug 16#2
Great deal. The BDP-S7200 is actually top of the standard players though.
bodeiseifer
24 Aug 16#3
does it decode the HD audio formats and output it as multichannel lpcm though? my amp only does lpcm
marathonic
24 Aug 16#4
seems to be the same price across multiple retailers including argos, Sevenoaks and Hifi Confidential. it's a good price but I'm reluctant to spend money on a bluray player when I'm expecting multiple new entrants to the 4K bluray player market over the next few months - which will undoubtedly bring the price of the Samsung down closer to £200 by Black Friday
sladey1601
24 Aug 161#5
Might as well buy a Xbox One S for £250 and have both a proper 4k bluray player and a games console thrown in too
captainbeaky to sladey1601
24 Aug 16#7
Except it can't bitstream HD audio (yet).
Alansmithee to sladey1601
24 Aug 16#13
I really wish that they hadn't abandoned their plans for a PVR add-on as it would make this a fantastic all around machine.
SimplyTapped to sladey1601
24 Aug 16#20
Plus ability to play 3d discs. However £150 more too.
captainbeaky
24 Aug 16#6
Strange decision by Sony to release a new range of blu-ray players without including a 4K model - especially as one of them costs £400.
voodooboard to captainbeaky
24 Aug 16#15
Sony were a big proponent of the original Bluray format but they haven't been so hot about UHD-BD. I don't think they are very confident about the prospects of physical media period.
After 10 years Bluray only has about 35% of the physical market share (DVD 65%). UHD-BD will be even less successful, and if it gets market share it will do so simply by eating into Bluray's small share, not by expanding the market overall. In 5 years I expect 60/30/10 DVD/Bluray/UHD-BD. And the whole pie will be much smaller.
tom6195
24 Aug 16#8
Will it play back old style VCDs?
darkteckno2 to tom6195
24 Aug 161#9
or laserdisc?
luckster34
24 Aug 161#10
Excuse my ignorance but surely if you have a 4K TV then the TV itself will natively handle the upscaling to 4K - there's no need for the Blu-Ray player to do it?
kilboy to luckster34
24 Aug 161#12
The tv will upscale but it's making up the 'missing pixels'. Otherwise you could say 'I've got a 4k tv and dvd player why do I need blu ray?'
Native 4k films will look sharper than 1080 ones.
Of course whether that really matters unless you're sitting 3 feet away from a 70" tv is another question ;D
Edit. Ignore me. Misread. :smiley:
581d to luckster34
24 Aug 162#14
Correct, but it depends on which has the better scaler. I would hazard a good guess at your tv having a better one than this player.
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Opening post
With the exception of the UHP-H1 (which requires you to part with nearly £400) this is the top of the main Sony range for 2016. Big selling points for me are the Bluetooth connectivity and the (not advertised) ability to play back SACDs. Bluetooth works well with my Sony headset.
All comments (29)
After 10 years Bluray only has about 35% of the physical market share (DVD 65%). UHD-BD will be even less successful, and if it gets market share it will do so simply by eating into Bluray's small share, not by expanding the market overall. In 5 years I expect 60/30/10 DVD/Bluray/UHD-BD. And the whole pie will be much smaller.
Native 4k films will look sharper than 1080 ones.
Of course whether that really matters unless you're sitting 3 feet away from a 70" tv is another question ;D
Edit. Ignore me. Misread. :smiley: