Sony has discontinued its last UHD Blu-ray player in Japan. The UBP-X700 is out of stock on the Sony Japan online store, whose product listing now says "Out of stock. This item will not be restocked." According to the Japanese Sony retailer and blog Kuntoku, as reported by FlatpanelsHD , sales in Japan end as of today, 22nd October. As we said in our Sony UBP-X700 review , it’s a brilliant budget player (in our view, the top budget player among the best 4K Blu-ray players ) — so if you’ve been thinking about getting one, it might be wise to move quickly. Although there has not been any official announcement, if Sony no longer sells its sole dedicated 4K player in Japan, that doesn’t look good for other markets. I’ve checked big-name retailers and Sony’s US and UK websites, and all of them currently have stock. PlayStation is also heading to a disc-free future — the PS5 Pro (pictured) is disc-free by default, and Sony is planning to stop disc support for future games (Image credit: Future) Is the end of the optical disc in sight? If the player is discontinued elsewhere and you still want a 4K Blu-ray device from Sony you can buy a PlayStation 5 or a PS5 Slim . But even the best PS5 deals involve spending roughly twice what you’d pay for the UBP-X700, and the PS5 doesn’t support Dolby Vision, HDR10+, or Dolby Atmos and DTS decoding for movies. The discontinuation doesn’t bode well for the PS6 either…