Samsung 4K UHD Blu-ray Player UBD-K8500

[Leonidas King]

Originally Posted by katiehlvr2

This has been beat to death. No hdr is a very dark picture, no matter how you spin it.

Not true. If you know what you're doing you shouldn't have a dark picture with a non-HDR set.

[eddievanhalen]

I got my UHD Samsung player a week ago and there's something I haven't got yet, which is to move an app that is on the ''Most Popular'' section to either My Apps or Recommended. Can this be done? Maybe if I erase an app I want on either of both sections and reinstall it I can get this, but I don' know how to uninstall an app.
By the way, do any of you use RGB Enhanced as HDMI Colour Format? I have set HDMI 4 on my Philips set to ''PC'', corrected the levels for contrast and bright and I must say I like how UHD BDs and BDs look this way better than with the Auto or YCbCr 4:4:4 settings.

[vincentric]

Originally Posted by eddievanhalen

By the way, do any of you use RGB Enhanced as HDMI Colour Format? I have set HDMI 4 on my Philips set to ''PC'', corrected the levels for contrast and bright and I must say I like how UHD BDs and BDs look this way better than with the Auto or YCbCr 4:4:4 settings.

I have experimented with that. The rgb enhanced/full setting combo on my end (k8500 + 55x850c) brings out visible blocking artifacts in the Martian UHD at the start of the film when the camera pans across the martian sky. I leave both the tv and player at auto for best results (no blocking) on my end.

[Darkdecember]

Originally Posted by RockyIII

That is why I prefer Denon over Onkyo. Denon comes with all HDCP 2.2 ports, all 8 of them

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Yeah that's def a plus. What receiver are you currently using?

[RockyIII]

Originally Posted by Darkdecember

Yeah that's def a plus. What receiver are you currently using?

I am using a Denon 910. However I am having some issues streaming Netflix 4K titles on my Denon/UHD Samsung/Vizio setup:-(

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[disrember]

can someone tell who owns one, if the player is uhd region free or uhd and ordinary bluray region free?

[RockyIII]

Ok guys, need some help:
I finally put together my new Vizio D 50" TV, UHD Samsung 8500, and of course my Denon 910.
What I found out after hours of trial and error is that the only way I can get 4K Netflix content in 4K UHD is by dual HDMI connection (Samsung to TV and TV to Denon). If I simply connect TV to Denon Output and player to Denon Input all the 4K Netflix programs are displayed in HD 1080 only

[Adam_ME]

Originally Posted by disrember

can someone tell who owns one, if the player is uhd region free or uhd and ordinary bluray region free?

Region free on UHD since that format has no region coding. But Blu-ray(and DVD for that matter) is region locked.

[eddievanhalen]

Originally Posted by vincentric

I have experimented with that. The rgb enhanced/full setting combo on my end (k8500 + 55x850c) brings out visible blocking artifacts in the Martian UHD at the start of the film when the camera pans across the martian sky. I leave both the tv and player at auto for best results (no blocking) on my end.

This doesn't happen on my Philips T.V. set, I checked the part of The Martian you mentioned.
This is how I set up the player, RGB Enhanced, then decrease contrast by -3 and increased brightnes by +3, both of them on the picture settings of the player. Then did the full picture adjustment on the T.V. set with the HDMI input I have the Samsung player connected set as PC (it can be set as T.V., Game and PC). This is how I got the picture quality I like the most.
Deep Colour is set to Auto.

[RockyIII]

Originally Posted by eddievanhalen

This doesn't happen on my Philips T.V. set, I checked the part of The Martian you mentioned.
This is how I set up the player, RGB Enhanced, then decrease contrast by -3 and increased brightnes by +3, both of them on the picture settings of the player. Then did the full picture adjustment on the T.V. set with the HDMI input I have the Samsung player connected set as PC (it can be set as T.V., Game and PC). This is how I got the picture quality I like the most.
Deep Colour is set to Auto.

Auto mode works best on my setup

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[katiehlvr2]

Originally Posted by Leonidas_King

Not true. If you know what you're doing you shouldn't have a dark picture with a non-HDR set.

What model tv do you have?

[smileyousonofab****]

I'm a proud owner of the Samsung UBD 8500! Just got back from Best Buy and put Chappie 4K bluray in and i'm totally amazed by the colors and sharpness. My question is that i have a Sony XBR 55X850C model, do i need to adjust any picture settings or player settings? I tried the HDR video mode and it was too red. Thanks in advance for any advice. I do realize that i don't have full array backlight or local dimming, but the picture still looks amazing!( To me anyways.)

[ray0414]

Originally Posted by smileyousonofab****

I'm a proud owner of the Samsung UBD 8500! Just got back from Best Buy and put Chappie 4K bluray in and i'm totally amazed by the colors and sharpness. My question is that i have a Sony XBR 55X850C model, do i need to adjust any picture settings or player settings? I tried the HDR video mode and it was too red. Thanks in advance for any advice. I do realize that i don't have full array backlight or local dimming, but the picture still looks amazing!( To me anyways.)

Make sure you turn on hdmi enhanced color on your tv. This will allow hdr to come through along with 10 bit color.

[smileyousonofab****]

Originally Posted by ray0414

Make sure you turn on hdmi enhanced color on your tv. This will allow hdr to come through along with 10 bit color.

Will the player switch to HDR automatically?

[ray0414]

Originally Posted by smileyousonofab****

Will the player switch to HDR automatically?

The tv will switch to hdr automatically. Once it does, try fiddling with some settings, for example gamma may need to be bumped up.

[Storm5m]

Originally Posted by ray0414

According to multiple people over at avs, Amazon hdr has been activated on the k8500

I can confirm that I now see the HDR tag on the Amazon content that is HDR enabled. The app was updated on 5/3. Netflix on the other hand hasn't been updated on either the k8500 or my Samsung TV. Netflix informed that to enable HDR the app must use SDK 4.2 or higher. Both Netflix applications, tv and uhd player, are compiled with SDK 4.1.5

[smileyousonofab****]

Originally Posted by ray0414

The tv will switch to hdr automatically. Once it does, try fiddling with some settings, for example gamma may need to be bumped up.

The HDMI was set to Standard. As soon as i set it to enhanced the image became absolutely gorgeous! Appreciate it Ray.

[smileyousonofab****]

The end fight sequence in Chappie was so bright and the colors were beautiful!

[RockyIII]

Do you guys keep Deep Color on or off on the player?

[ray0414]

Originally Posted by RockyIII

Do you guys keep Deep Color on or off on the player?

Keep it off