SAN DIEGO, Feb. 10, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony
Electronics announced pricing and availability details today on its
UBP-X800 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Player. Available for pre-sale today
for a MSRP of $299.99 from Amazon,
Best Buy and other authorized dealers nationwide. UBP-X800 4K Ultra
HD Blu-ray Player will be available in stores in March 2017.
Sony's first 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray player allows customers to
experience the full breadth of what Sony's 4K ecosystem has to
offer. The UBP-X800 Player is compatible with Ultra HD Blu-ray as
well as video streaming in 4K resolution and High Dynamic Range
(HDR), for greater detail, brightness and contrast that fully
captures the movie, TV show, or game as it was meant to be seen and
heard. The UBP-X800 provides Ultra HD Blu-ray playback with wide
color space BT2020, it has twice the color range of existing
conventional Blu-ray players and HDR (High Dynamic Range), and up
to 100 times dynamic range to enjoy realistic picture quality like
never before. The UBP-X800 is also a great match to Dolby Atmos®
and DTS:X™ audio compatible receivers, for the most immersive home
theater experience possible.
As an exciting exclusive offer, now through June 30, 2017 purchasers of a UBP-X800 are
eligible to receive two 4K Ultra HD discs from Sony Pictures Home
Entertainment, including recently released titles such as Inferno
and The Shallows, up to a $50 value.
Please visit www.sony.com/4kdiscbundle for promotion and
redemption details.
In addition to support for Ultra HD Blu-ray the UBP-X800
utilizes a Sony developed Precision HD drive to help maintain
consistent performance with virtually every optical disc format,
including DVD Video and DVD Audio; CD and Super Audio CD; and
Blu-ray 3D, and BD-ROM media in additional to almost any format
available via USB. The UBP-X800's specially designed Frame and Beam
(FB) chassis increases structural rigidity and its honeycomb top
plate, sf heat sync and offset insulator feet reduce the effects of
airborne and mechanical vibration. This high quality construction
contributes to Hi-Res Audio sound reproduction which can playback
up to 192kHz/24-bit and DSD 11.2MHz (future firmware update
required.) For standard resolution music DSEE HX™ upscales the
original signal's sampling frequency and bit-depth. With the
UBP-X800 integrated Bluetooth® it is possible to listen to wireless
headphones while the sound can continue to play from the TV or
sound bar for the rest of the family in the room to enjoy, great
for those that need a higher volume or simply don't want to be
interrupted.
The player further incorporates a variety of video codecs that
can deliver 4K streaming from video streaming services such as
Netflix1, along with Sony's advanced video processing
that upscales standard dynamic range and HD content to near 4K
resolution. Additionally, when playing 4K HDR content on a 4K SDR
television the UBP-X800 utilizes a unique Sony algorithm that you
can adjust to reproduce the proper brightness and color gradations
to provide the best picture possible.
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visit www.sony.com/news.
1 To be added via firmware update spring 2017.
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