Samsung 4K UHD Blu-ray Player UBD-K8500

[Cobolisdead]

So it came in last night, and it look amazing! I haven't had time to look at the movies but I watched the bear documentary, and the wife and I loved it!

[rroeder]

What is the UHD pack?

Don't you have an SDR display? Curious your thoughts on PQ compared to bluray.

I was in Best Buy the other day picking up some audio gear and finally saw an HDR display, now I want one

[RockyIII]

Originally Posted by Cobolisdead

So it came in last night, and it look amazing! I haven't had time to look at the movies but I watched the bear documentary, and the wife and I loved it!

Name of bear documentary please? I might wanna get that because the wife will love that

[waff]

Originally Posted by Cobolisdead

So it came in last night, and it look amazing! I haven't had time to look at the movies but I watched the bear documentary, and the wife and I loved it!

Yeah, the docs are great. Look fantastic. The movies are good, but can be hit or miss. G.I Joe and Forrest Gump are not great. Life of Pi and The Counselor were quite good looking.

[Cobolisdead]

Originally Posted by rroeder

What is the UHD pack?

Don't you have an SDR display? Curious your thoughts on PQ compared to bluray.

I was in Best Buy the other day picking up some audio gear and finally saw an HDR display, now I want one

The Samsung UHD pack is an external hard drive that was sold for $300 a few years ago before 4K was streaming from Netflix and UHD Blu-ray was a thing.

It only worked on Samsung UHDTVs and its now going for around $80 shipped on eBay. Fortunately, it also works on the Samsung UHD player, allowing you to watch it on any UHDTV.

Yes, I do have a SDR UHDTV, it's a 2014 55" Vizio P series. UHDs look amazing on here. 4K Netflix and Blu-rays look pretty good, but the UHD pack and UHD Blu-rays look amazing on it. While HDR does look nice, it isn't required to see the vast improvement of UHDs.

[Cobolisdead]

Originally Posted by RockyIII

Name of bear documentary please? I might wanna get that because the wife will love that

It is simply called Bear. Here is the listing of what is on the drive.

Preloaded Movies
•G.I Joe: Retaliation
•World War Z
•Night at the Museum
•X-Men Origins: Wolverine
•The Counselor
•Life of Pi
•Star Trek (2009)
•Star Trek Into Darkness
•Forrest Gump
•The Book Thief

Preloaded Documentaries
•The Last Reef
•Grand Canyon Adventure
•Cappadocia
•Legend of Flight (two versions)
•Rescue
•Bear
•Kinabalu Climbing
•The Genet (Screener.mp4)
•Sojourn
•Oregon
•Microscape Butterflies
•Phantom Fire
•San Francisco Flow
•Bailee Moore
•Cooking For Love (episode 1)
•Cooking For Love (episode 2)
•Cooking For Love (episode 4)
•Ryan Beatty : Hey LA
•Santorini Action
•Another Way
•Atmosphere
•Dreamline
•In The Woods
•Khumbu Valley
•Mix
•Myanma (Burma)
•Perspective
•Puppy Race
•Vancouver City 2
•Dive to New World

[Cobolisdead]

Originally Posted by waff

Yeah, the docs are great. Look fantastic. The movies are good, but can be hit or miss. G.I Joe and Forrest Gump are not great. Life of Pi and The Counselor were quite good looking.

Yeah, I was wanting to see a few of the shots from Life of Pi. I don't really like the film, but it had a few great visual effects shots. I will check out the Star Trek films as well.

[RockyIII]

Originally Posted by Cobolisdead

It is simply called Bear. Here is the listing of what is on the drive.

Preloaded Movies
•G.I Joe: Retaliation
•World War Z
•Night at the Museum
•X-Men Origins: Wolverine
•The Counselor
•Life of Pi
•Star Trek (2009)
•Star Trek Into Darkness
•Forrest Gump
•The Book Thief

Preloaded Documentaries
•The Last Reef
•Grand Canyon Adventure
•Cappadocia
•Legend of Flight (two versions)
•Rescue
•Bear
•Kinabalu Climbing
•The Genet (Screener.mp4)
•Sojourn
•Oregon
•Microscape Butterflies
•Phantom Fire
•San Francisco Flow
•Bailee Moore
•Cooking For Love (episode 1)
•Cooking For Love (episode 2)
•Cooking For Love (episode 4)
•Ryan Beatty : Hey LA
•Santorini Action
•Another Way
•Atmosphere
•Dreamline
•In The Woods
•Khumbu Valley
•Mix
•Myanma (Burma)
•Perspective
•Puppy Race
•Vancouver City 2
•Dive to New World

But is it available by itself in 4K bluray?

[Cobolisdead]

No clue. You should just get the pack, as it really has a lot of bang for your buck.

[mikesncc1701]

Has there been any indication on a possible update to allow VUDU to stream 4K titles? I have a few now and would like to check them out for curiosity's sake.

[RockyIII]

Originally Posted by mikesncc1701

Has there been any indication on a possible update to allow VUDU to stream 4K titles? I have a few now and would like to check them out for curiosity's sake.

VuDu has several titles in UHD and also in Dolby Vision.I just think that for the price I would rather just get the 4K bluray discs.

[mikesncc1701]

Originally Posted by RockyIII

VuDu has several titles in UHD and also in Dolby Vision.I just think that for the price I would rather just get the 4K bluray discs.

I guess I should elaborate. The VUDU UHD titles come from my digital copies of 4K discs that I've bought. I've been wanting to experiment with them but the VUDU app doesn't play UHD digital copies as of yet.

[RockyIII]

Originally Posted by mikesncc1701

I guess I should elaborate. The VUDU UHD titles come from my digital copies of 4K discs that I've bought. I've been wanting to experiment with them but the VUDU app doesn't play UHD digital copies as of yet.

Yes it does, but the only way to play those is by PURCHASING them. No Digital Copies, even those that you redeem from 4K discs, will be in UHD format, unless you directly buy them from the available UHD VuDu list

[waff]

Originally Posted by RockyIII

Yes it does, but the only way to play those is by PURCHASING them. No Digital Copies, even those that you redeem from 4K discs, will be in UHD format, unless you directly buy them from the available UHD VuDu list

There's a VUDU thread here that talks about it (seems more like arguing) but doesn't seem like it will be available anytime soon. May or may not be a Dolby Vision thing (who knows).

https://forum.vudu.com/showthread.ph...es-List/page20

ROKU 4 VUDU app does support UHD as an alternative.

[RockyIII]

Originally Posted by waff

There's a VUDU thread here that talks about it (seems more like arguing) but doesn't seem like it will be available anytime soon. May or may not be a Dolby Vision thing (who knows).

https://forum.vudu.com/showthread.ph...es-List/page20

ROKU 4 VUDU app does support UHD as an alternative.

I think 2016 LG Oled TVs also support UHD on VuDu. I just think VuDu prices for UHD titles are not worth it...Basically same prices as the 4K discs

[waff]

Originally Posted by RockyIII

I think 2016 LG Oled TVs also support UHD on VuDu. I just think VuDu prices for UHD titles are not worth it...Basically same prices as the 4K discs

Without a doubt, ridiculously high. Same for 3D on VUDU, which are actually sometimes double the price of a disc. At least with UHD you can "acquire" a UV redemption code to watch them on VUDU.

[RockyIII]

Originally Posted by waff

Without a doubt, ridiculously high. Same for 3D on VUDU, which are actually sometimes double the price of a disc. At least with UHD you can "acquire" a UV redemption code to watch them on VUDU.

Why would anybody want to pay the same as the disc? Now you get slightly lower PQ due to compression, and your watching experience is constantly dependent on High Speed Internet service and VuDu streaming

[aaronwt2065]

Originally Posted by RockyIII

Yes it does, but the only way to play those is by PURCHASING them. No Digital Copies, even those that you redeem from 4K discs, will be in UHD format, unless you directly buy them from the available UHD VuDu list

??? I have nine Vudu UHD titles that I can stream in UHD. I didn't purchase any of them from Vudu. They are all from my UV codes that came with the UHD BD titles. Although right now only my Roku 4 allows me to stream them in UHD from the Vudu app.

[RockyIII]

Originally Posted by aaronwt2065

??? I have nine Vudu UHD titles that I can stream in UHD. I didn't purchase any of them from Vudu. They are all from my UV codes that came with the UHD BD titles. Although right now only my Roku 4 allows me to stream then in UHD from the Vudu app.

Thank you.I honestly thought that UHD were avaialble only for sale and not through UV Codes of any kind.
Is Roku 4 the only device taht allows to stream VuDu in UHD? I thought the new Vizio and Oled TV apps also had the UHD firmware

[Cobolisdead]

Originally Posted by RockyIII

Why would anybody want to pay the same as the disc? Now you get slightly lower PQ due to compression, and your watching experience is constantly dependent on High Speed Internet service and VuDu streaming

As much as I agree with you, there is something to say for not having to buy a $300 player to watch UHD content and your whole Library is at your fingertips.