Still the only source that is not compressed to fit a pipe · review
A Full HD Blu-ray player reading MKV, MP4, FLAC, ALAC, DSD and WAV from external storage.
In brief
The only player on this shelf whose published dimensions are confirmed by its own bullet — and the only one that lists its file formats by name. It supplies no cable at a hundred and eighteen dollars. Key figures: Full HD 1080p Blu-ray and DVD player with DVD up-conversion, Dolby Digital sound, HDMI-CEC and USB connectors reading external hard drives, support for MKV and MP4 video and MP3, FLAC, ALAC, DSD and WAV audio, with dimensions published as 9 5/8 by 1 1/2 by 6 7/8 inches. Amazon.com had an offer at $118 on October 25, 2026.
Video (MKV/MP4) and audio (MP3/FLAC/ALAC/DSD/WAV).
No other listing on this shelf names a single file format, and three of these matter a great deal.
FLAC and ALAC are lossless compression — identical to the original CD rip at roughly half the size, and the standard way a serious digital music library is stored. A player that reads them turns a USB hard drive into a music source.
DSD is the format behind Super Audio CD and most high-resolution downloads. Support for it is unusual at any price, let alone a hundred and eighteen dollars.
MKV is the container most ripped video actually uses, and a great many players refuse it.
So plug an external drive into the USB port and this becomes one box that plays your discs and your library.
Published in its own bullet: Approx. 9 5/8” W × 1 1/2” H × 6 7/8” D — about 244 × 38 × 175 mm. Catalog: 175 × 246 × 38 mm.
Those agree to within two millimeters, in a different axis order. Two independent sources, one answer.
Which stands out, because the rest of this shelf does not hold up:
The Tojock lists 5.12 × 4.72 × 1.38 in (130 × 120 × 35 mm) — and a Blu-ray disc is 4.72 in (120 mm) across, so the disc would exactly fill the box and the tray could not extend. The DID A-R lists a 0.79 in (20 mm) height, below what a tray, spindle motor and laser sled stack up to. Four players publish no dimensions at all.
If this has to fit a tight shelf, these are the numbers to act on.
CEC is a low-speed control channel running inside the ordinary HDMI cable. With it, your television’s remote operates the player — play, pause, skip, menus — and inserting a disc can wake the television and switch it to the right input by itself.
Most televisions have it under a brand name: Bravia Sync, Viera Link, Anynet+, Simplink. Most people never find it. The Sony All Region Free on this shelf mentions BRAVIA Sync, which is the same thing.
It works across brands reasonably often, though not reliably.
No region code. Nine players on this shelf state one, and all nine say A/1. This says nothing, which means you cannot tell from the listing whether a European disc would play — and the honest expectation for a player sold in the United States is that it will not.
No HDMI cable. Both cheap Sonys include one, as do all four budget brands. The three Panasonics here — this, the $367.99 UB420 and the $629.99 UB820 — state none.
No lossless disc audio named. The bullets name Dolby Digital for “DVDs, CDs, and compatible external files” and never mention Dolby TrueHD or DTS-HD Master Audio, which are the lossless formats a Blu-ray actually carries. Three budget players here do name them, at $99.99, $104.99 and $104.99.
So the odd shape of this listing: it is meticulous about files and vague about discs.
No USB capacity limit, where two players here cap at 128 GB and one claims 8 TB.
771 g is published.
Prices quoted in this text were read on October 4, 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.
Amazon.com lists this model (ASIN B0BX4P4MT3) and had an offer at $118 on October 25, 2026. The price box on this page is refreshed live and takes precedence over that figure.
| Resolution | Full HD 1080p, with DVD up-conversion |
|---|---|
| Video file formats | MKV and MP4 — named, which no other listing here does |
| Audio file formats | MP3, FLAC, ALAC, DSD and WAV — including two lossless and one hi-res |
| External storage | Plug in an external hard drive, stated |
| Control | HDMI-CEC, so the TV remote operates the player |
| Published dimensions | Approx. 9 5/8 in W × 1 1/2 in H × 6 7/8 in D, in its own bullet |
| Catalog dimensions | 6.89 × 9.69 × 1.50 in (175 × 246 × 38 mm) — which AGREES with the bullet |
| Disc audio | Dolby Digital for DVDs, CDs and compatible external files |
| Weight | 771 g (27.2 oz) |
| HDMI cable | NOT stated, unlike both cheap Sonys and all four budget brands |
| Region | Not published |
| Lossless disc audio | Not named — no Dolby TrueHD, no DTS-HD Master Audio |
| Streaming | None |
| USB capacity limit | Not published |
| Amazon reference | B0BX4P4MT3 |
| EAN | 0885170412859 |
Because they make this a music player as well as a disc player, and no other listing on this shelf names any. Panasonic publishes support for video in MKV and MP4 and audio in MP3, FLAC, ALAC, DSD and WAV — and three of those are worth knowing. FLAC and ALAC are lossless compression: identical to the original CD rip at roughly half the file size, and the usual format for a serious digital music library. DSD is the format used by Super Audio CD and high-resolution downloads, and a player that handles it is unusual at any price. MKV matters on the video side, because it is the container most people’s ripped files actually use and many players refuse it. Plug an external drive into the USB port and this becomes the one box in the rack that plays your discs and your library.
They are the only ones on this shelf you can verify, and they check out. Panasonic publishes them in a bullet: "Dimensions: Approx. 9 5/8" W x 1 1/2"H x 6 7/8"D" — which converts to about 9.61 × 1.50 × 6.89 in (244 × 38 × 175 mm). The catalog independently lists 6.89 × 9.69 × 1.50 in (175 × 246 × 38 mm). Those agree to within two millimeters, in a different axis order. That is worth pointing out because the rest of this shelf is unreliable: the Tojock lists 5.12 × 4.72 × 1.38 in (130 × 120 × 35 mm), where 4.72 in (120 mm) is exactly a Blu-ray disc’s diameter and a tray could not extend from it; the DID A-R lists a 0.79 in (20 mm) height, below what a tray mechanism stacks up to; and four players publish no dimensions at all. If the player has to fit a tight shelf, this is the listing whose numbers you can act on.
One remote instead of two, and it is a quieter feature than it deserves to be. CEC — Consumer Electronics Control — is a low-speed control channel that runs inside the ordinary HDMI cable. With it, your television’s remote can operate the player: play, pause, skip, and the menus. Better still, inserting a disc and pressing play can switch the television on and select the right input automatically. Most televisions have it enabled under a brand name — Bravia Sync on Sony, Viera Link on Panasonic, Anynet+ on Samsung, Simplink on LG — and most people never discover it. On this shelf the Sony All Region Free mentions BRAVIA Sync, which is the same mechanism. It works between brands reasonably often, though not reliably.
Between 4K Blu-ray players at a nearby price. Shown: what they all state. A half-filled column says nothing.
| Model | Price | Resolution | Region | Streaming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panasonic DMP-BD84P-K | $118 | Full HD 1080p, with DVD up-conversion | Not published | None |
| Sony BDP-S1700U | $113 | Full HD 1080p — no 4K disc playback | Blu-Ray Disc (A), DVD Disc (1) — published | None — no Wi-Fi, no apps |
| N-NUTROMO Blu-ray Player 1080P with Dolby Audio | $110 | Upscaled 1080p Full HD for both Blu-ray and DVD | Region A Blu-ray and Region 1 DVD | None |
| Tojock EVP-101 | $109 | 1080p, with DVD upscaling to 1080p over HDMI | A/1 supported; B/2 and C/3 explicitly NOT supported, stated | None |
A music collection as much as a film one — FLAC, ALAC and DSD from a hard drive
Amazon reports what buyers took in the month before this page was last checked: at least 1,000.
The figure is a floor, rounded by Amazon, and read through Keepa — it says what buyers picked, not what a maker claims.
Specifications: the manufacturer sheet and the matching Amazon product page. Prices and availability: Keepa. Every figure on this page names its source.
Region A Blu-ray and Region 1 DVD player with 1080p Full HD playback and DVD up-conversion, Dolby Digital sound, HDMI output, a slim space-saving body, USB support to 128 GB, built-in PAL and NTSC, supplied with a remote control, an HDMI cable and an AV cable
A Region A player at 1080p with Dolby Digital, PAL and NTSC, and both cables supplied.
Best for: A second room with an old television — both cables are in the box
≈ $100
Region A Blu-ray and Region 1 DVD player with upscaled 1080p Full HD output, Dolby Digital surround support, HDMI and AV outputs with both cables supplied, USB playback of video, music and photo files, and a remote control
A Region A player at 1080p with Dolby Digital, HDMI and AV outputs and both cables supplied.
Best for: A tidy second player where both cables in the box is the deciding factor
≈ $110
Region A Blu-ray and Region 1 DVD player at 1080p with an MT8553 decoding chipset, a 480AHA laser mechanism and 256 MB DDR3, HDMI 1.4 and legacy AV outputs, USB reading of flash drives to 128 GB and external hard drives to 8 TB, with Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital Plus and DTS passthrough and a 1.5 meter (4.9 ft) HDMI cable
A Region A player at 1080p reading hard drives to 8 TB, with its chipset and RAM published.
Best for: A large film library on a hard drive — nothing else here claims eight terabytes
≈ $108
