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Sony to release 4K Blu-ray player in 2017 (and no, it’s not inside the PS4 Pro)

15 Sep 2016
Steve Wright

Sony recently announced it will produce a 4K-capable Blu-ray player, available for purchase in 2017.

The UBP-X1000ES should be ready for shipment in Autumn 2017, but will only be available through custom installers initially.

There do not appear to be plans to integrate the player as part of an iterated PS4 Pro, which has garnered criticism for a lack thereof. The Xbox One S is capable of 4K Blu-ray playback.

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Steve's the owner and Editor-in-Chief of Stevivor.com, the country’s leading independent video games outlet. Steve arrived in Australia back in 2001 on what was meant to be a three-month working holiday before deciding to emigrate and, eventually, becoming a citizen.

Stevivor is a combination of ‘Steve’ and ‘Survivor’, which made more sense back in 2001 when Jeff Probst was up in Queensland. The site started as Steve’s travel blog before transitioning over into video games.

Aside from video games, Steve has interests in hockey and Star Trek, playing the former and helping to cover video games about the latter on TrekMovie.com. By day, Steve works as the communications manager of the peak body representing Victorians as they age.