I went to the local Goodwill store to see if they had any cool stuff I wanted. I saw a Sony UBP-X700 Ultra HD Blu Ray player box sitting there priced at $7. I peeked inside the box to make sure there was the player inside, which there was, and the remote too, and grabbed it. What do I have to lose, besides seven bucks, right?
I brought it home, hooked it up, and the menus show up! Good start, then I put a UHD BD in, and... nothing. "Cannot play this disc" or something to that effect. I tried a regular BD, and that worked fine. A DVD worked as well. Tried another UHD disc, no dice. I was wondering if it was faulty, or it just was refusing to play UHD discs on my 720p plasma set, but then I was like, hey... is this the player that the box says it is? I took a closer look... Sony BDP-S390. Ok... it's a regular Blu Ray player, not a UHD. Seems to work perfectly though, other than not being UHD.
I guess someone upgraded their regular BD to a UHD BD, then threw their old one in the box and took it to Goodwill.
What I get for not checking the contents more carefully before buying. At least I have a spare BD player for my seven bucks.
I brought it home, hooked it up, and the menus show up! Good start, then I put a UHD BD in, and... nothing. "Cannot play this disc" or something to that effect. I tried a regular BD, and that worked fine. A DVD worked as well. Tried another UHD disc, no dice. I was wondering if it was faulty, or it just was refusing to play UHD discs on my 720p plasma set, but then I was like, hey... is this the player that the box says it is? I took a closer look... Sony BDP-S390. Ok... it's a regular Blu Ray player, not a UHD. Seems to work perfectly though, other than not being UHD.
I guess someone upgraded their regular BD to a UHD BD, then threw their old one in the box and took it to Goodwill.
What I get for not checking the contents more carefully before buying. At least I have a spare BD player for my seven bucks.
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