Samsung 4K UHD Blu-ray Player UBD-K8500

[BigSexyKevinNash]

Whats the main pros that this Sammy player has over the Philips?

How bad and serious is the handshaking issue on the Sammy?

[AKORIS]

Originally Posted by rroeder

It's the HDMI control, it's under system settings I think. Mine was doing weird things so I turned it off. Not sure if that's your problem tho might be your connections

hey, if you have a chance could you tell me exactly where that option is?

I just played with all the menu choices and I cannot find this anywhere....

[ArieS]

Originally Posted by RockyIII

You can get Atmos just fine, however the picture quality is worse than playing the 1080 disc on a 1080 display.
I know that for a fact because I own a Sony VPL 45, and I can see a huge difference in PQ between the UHD disc downscaled to 1080 and the regular 1080 disc. But the sound is the same: Atmos at its best

Just got a Samsung UHD player and everything looks great on my Kuro Plasma or my Sony PJ, both 1080p...

[KenHurd]

Originally Posted by AKORIS

wow! it gets weirder. I have an old Onkyo receiver as well and I'm using optical audio cables for the sound.

My cable box, Playstation 3, and Samsung 4k player are directly hooked up to the TV via HDMI cables. I get the info on the cable and playstation, but nothing on the player.

My picture settings vary a bit from yours but nothing that should make a difference on these issues....

It's especially bizarre for you to have the opposite issue as me... but the same type of problem.

I think mine is doing that because I have everything except the UHD player passing through my onkyo receiver. But it sounds like you have everything connected directly to your TV. What settings do you have on your TV? Do you have HDMI UHD Color turned On for the input that your UHD player is connected to?

For my devices connected through my receiver, it does show the info when I first turn the TV on, but I just can't figure out how to get the info to show again after they're on.

[AKORIS]

Originally Posted by KenHurd

I think mine is doing that because I have everything except the UHD player passing through my onkyo receiver. But it sounds like you have everything connected directly to your TV. What settings do you have on your TV? Do you have HDMI UHD Color turned On for the input that your UHD player is connected to?

For my devices connected through my receiver, it does show the info when I first turn the TV on, but I just can't figure out how to get the info to show again after they're on.

I do. It was suggested to go into settings and turn off the HDMI CEC but I cannot find that option anywhere on the player....

[KenHurd]

Originally Posted by AKORIS

I do. It was suggested to go into settings and turn off the HDMI CEC but I cannot find that option anywhere on the player....

I will look on mine later today and see if I can find it, but if I'm not mistaken, I believe that is the Anynet feature.

[Bodyslide]

The newest update seems to have fixed my Amazon app, it also appears to now be in UHD/4K.

[rroeder]

Originally Posted by KenHurd

I will look on mine later today and see if I can find it, but if I'm not mistaken, I believe that is the Anynet feature.

Yes Anynet+ under System settings, try turning it off might help

[AKORIS]

Originally Posted by KenHurd

I will look on mine later today and see if I can find it, but if I'm not mistaken, I believe that is the Anynet feature.

Originally Posted by rroeder

Yes Anynet+ under System settings, try turning it off might help

found it, did it.............and

it works!!!!!!!!!!!

thank you!!

Amusing sidenote (as already mentioned)... the resolution shows 4k 2160 even with a regular blu ray....

[KenHurd]

Originally Posted by AKORIS

found it, did it.............and

it works!!!!!!!!!!!

thank you!!

Amusing sidenote (as already mentioned)... the resolution shows 4k 2160 even with a regular blu ray....

I think it's upconverting the image, and that's why it's showing 2160.

What is the benefit of the Anynet feature? Is it just to turn on other devices with one remote?

[rroeder]

Cool!, yeah you will have to turn it on/off seperately

[GeneD5]

Originally Posted by KenHurd

I think it's upconverting the image, and that's why it's showing 2160.

What is the benefit of the Anynet feature? Is it just to turn on other devices with one remote?

Correct...it is up converting.

Yes, any net basically links your devices exactly as you are saying. I actually don't like it.

[BigSexyKevinNash]

For the same price: Philips BDP7501 or Samsung UBD-K8500?

Just curious which you would go for, both for the exact same price. Right now I have the Philips but I see that Best Buy will have the Samsung player for the same price and thinking about exchanging it. Would you?

[Michael.Schinke]

Originally Posted by GeneD5

Correct...it is up converting.

Yes, any net basically links your devices exactly as you are saying. I actually don't like it.

Not just that. I have mine connected directly to my Samsung TV and when the player is turned on it automatically changes the TV input to the BD input. The only downside is that when you turn the player off it defaults to the TV tuner, which has nothing on it. it also acted wonky when running through my Onkyo receiver, defaulting the input to TV/CD whenever there was a change in the audio program. Still, I can see it being a cool thing with all the right pieces in place.

[HDTV1080P]

Amazon is currently offering the Samsung UBD-K8500 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray player for only $187.86 plus free shipping.

[brdmaverick1]

This is probably a dumb question but I read that this player requires 2.2 HDMI input.

Is the copy protection housed within the player or the disc?

To phrase another way, are there players that don't require 2.2 HDMI input that would be able to play the 4K movies?

The reason I ask is b/c I have one of the 2013 models that I don't think has HDMI 2.2 (55LA96500)

[KenHurd]

Originally Posted by brdmaverick1

This is probably a dumb question but I read that this player requires 2.2 HDMI input.

Is the copy protection housed within the player or the disc?

To phrase another way, are there players that don't require 2.2 HDMI input that would be able to play the 4K movies?

The reason I ask is b/c I have one of the 2013 models that I don't think has HDMI 2.2 (55LA96500)

I believe all of the players are HDCP 2.2 since they came out earlier this year. You should still be able to connect the player to your tv, but you won't be able to get HDR.

[brdmaverick1]

Originally Posted by KenHurd

I believe all of the players are HDCP 2.2 since they came out earlier this year. You should still be able to connect the player to your tv, but you won't be able to get HDR.

Ok, my TV isn't HDR anyway. So I may not get HDR but I'll still get 4K right?

[FilmFreakosaurus]

Originally Posted by brdmaverick1

Ok, my TV isn't HDR anyway. So I may not get HDR but I'll still get 4K right?

If your TV display is not HDCP 2.2 compliant (contained in both the discs -as encryption keys- and the chips in the players and the TV's themselves), you will not get 4k video, you will either get:

1) A downgrade to 1080p

or in the case of some streaming content,

2) No picture at all.


Meaning, go check out the Black Friday sales for 4k HDR displays and run to snag a new one.


If your TV is HDCP 2.2 compliant (and some models only have specific HDMI ports that are), but your receiver is not...

Take HDMI 1 directly to the TV. Take HDMI 2 to your receiver for audio (making sure HDMI audio is set to Bitstream (Unprocessed), PCM downconversion OFF, and dynamic range to OFF.).

[PhilipMuzza]

This is off topic and probably very inappropriate for this forum (if you could direct me to a better place to post this I would be appreciative) but I can't watch full 4K videos from the YouTube app on this player. The video is listed as '4K' but when I play it it only says 'HD' and I can't change this. All other 4K content such as UHD Blu-ray's play fine. Sorry again but this is frustrating me.