I have one of these, great player with no issues. Maybe early firmware was buggy but since late 2017 this has been solid. Grabbed a second during this drop now that oppo is closing. Great transport for hi res mch audio, better detail than my Marantz ud5007, but no analog outs.
Don’t mean to rain on the parade, but this product has serious issues. I bought mine when it first released on B&H Photo, had the freeze issue with disc (blu-ray), 4K ultra disc, streaming. Sometimes while powering up, it takes a long time, longer then usual average start up. Most of the time, the only way to get the player to recover is to unplug from the wall (hard reboot, bad for electronics). Maybe I just got a bad one, but seems like its not a isolated issue.
when it does operate, the 4K resolution is great. Gonna wait for the X1000es to drop in price, hopefully the flag ship model does not have issues.
EnigmatikWhile there is two post in this thread about the issue your talking about I will have to say that you just got a defective unit. We sold hundreds on the last drop and have not had any inbound tickets to our community support team on this issue.
Pretty disappointed with this player. Not going to lie, it was an impulse buy with NO research before I bought it just because I thought it was a deal.
First purchase with massdrop - no issues there. But this thing is a giant piece of sh*t. I havent been able to watch 1 movie (bluray, 4k bluray, DLNA server) without it freezing up, sometimes multiple times. I have to restart the movie, skip to the chapter and watch it again only to have it freeze again. I called sony and their fix is to unplug it for 2 mins then hook it up directly yo the monitor (really???)
The ONLY selling point that interested me was that it played DVD-A. That is, unless its a burned DVD-A. Nope. Plays an original fine, but not the backup. Thats great (?????) Plays off the NAS, not a physical disc.
Good thing I only invested 99 bucks on this piece of sh*t - time to box it up and flip it on ebay for a (small) profit to put towards a real UHD player like an Oppo 205.
Bottom line - do your research - you get what you pay for!
jcrevsI am pretty sure that you got a defective unit as we sold hundreds on the last drop with no inbound community support tickets in this regards. I would definitely urge you to contact our community support team if you are still having these issues and we can assist in getting you a replacement unit. (that is if you still have it)
Cheers.
Received mine yesterday, and have to say, initial impressions are great! The player feels heavy and solid, and is the perfect width to fit nicely on my TV stand and still have a flat top unlike my last Sony. The player is very fast and responsive, I'm not sure I've used smart apps that are this fast on any device previously (Smart TV's, older Blu-ray players, our TiVo Bolt, Xbox, etc). Also works great for playing downloaded content off a USB stick via the front USB port that's behind a little flap if you didn't realize it's there. Thank you Massdrop for a great deal on this premium player.
Ours came yesterday - super happy with it already! Updated itself quickly, picture looks great, and while the UI isn't the prettiest, it's responsive which is apparently a lot to ask.
Personally I love that the exterior finish is a textured black metal - makes it feel and look really nice without holding onto fingerprints or smudges.
Thanks Massdrop!