Samsung 4K UHD Blu-ray Player UBD-K8500

[Agent_DVD]

Originally Posted by DeathToTNA

Tiny update


http://imgur.com/DD66wf6


Menu!


http://imgur.com/p2cXYl4


Working pretty well on both blu-rays and Netflix.

Yikes 22min download... wonder if vudu is working now

[ray0414]

Unfortunately, the only person with all 3 won't have time 2 test tonight due to early morning work roadtrip. Says he'll definitely test it after work tomorrow.

[Agent_DVD]

Originally Posted by ray0414

Unfortunately, the only person with all 3 won't have time 2 test tonight due to early morning work roadtrip. Says he'll definitely test it after work tomorrow.

That's crazy, add it to the list of first.

First guy to get a player... doesn't have a 4K TV
First guy to get disc... doesn't have a player

[tyrok]

Originally Posted by movielover1069

How are some of you guys getting your player from Best Buy today? Mine's not scheduled for delivery until Friday. I'm so jealous!! ��

Expedited shipping. And the Vudu app still doesn't work. Was looking forward to renting something tonight as the Vudu app on my TV has been broken for months.

[katiehlvr2]

So out of all the people to order these players and movies, ONE person has claimed to have received discs?

Ive ordered from fox connect and best buy. Have not received anything on movies.
I just find it hard to believe of all the people on here ONE person has received movies and not to mention he isnt going to check it out.
Hmmm

[ray0414]

Originally Posted by katiehlvr2

So out of all the people to order these players and movies, ONE person has claimed to have received discs?

Ive ordered from fox connect and best buy. Have not received anything on movies.
I just find it hard to believe of all the people on here ONE person has received movies and not to mention he isnt going to check it out.
Hmmm

2 people.

And 1 of them provided pictures of the front and back of the cases, please don't accuse them of being liars you might scare them away :P

With the guy with all 3,his 4k player didn't arrive til like 730 or so and he had things to do. If had arrived a few hours ago he would have.

[Derb]

B&H changed to March 1st.

In a way that's alright since my 1 UHD movie won't be released till then.

[katiehlvr2]

Originally Posted by ray0414

2 people.

And 1 of them provided pictures of the front and back of the cases, please don't accuse them of being liars you might scare them away :P

With the guy with all 3,his 4k player didn't arrive til like 730 or so and he had things to do. If had arrived a few hours ago he would have.

I'm not accusing anyone of anything. Its all a bit puzzling.

[Agent_DVD]

Originally Posted by katiehlvr2

I'm not accusing anyone of anything. Its all a bit puzzling.

I guess the use of the word "claim" is what is sensitive considering the proof that was provided (attached)

[katiehlvr2]

Originally Posted by Agent_DVD

I guess the use of the word "claim" is what is sensitive considering the proof that was provided (attached)

I dont care if he is standing in front of the camera holding them. Validating it his. Its still ALL a bit puzzling to me. Hundreds of orders. 2 pictures.

You may not call that puzzling, but i do.

[hazzad]

Originally Posted by katiehlvr2

I dont care if he is standing in front of the camera holding them. Validating it his. Its still ALL a bit puzzling to me. Hundreds of orders. 2 pictures.

You may not call that puzzling, but i do.

Well ultimately someone has to be the first to receive something. Quite a few have players so that's a no brainer. These guys were lucky enough to receive their discs first...dont see whats so puzzling. People do have lives you know so it isnt always possible to sit down and play with new toys straight away.

[ray0414]

Originally Posted by katiehlvr2

I dont care if he is standing in front of the camera holding them. Validating it his. Its still ALL a bit puzzling to me. Hundreds of orders. 2 pictures.

You may not call that puzzling, but i do.

Yea well it's also puzzling that people preordered their 4k players from Best buy a month ago yet haven't shipped but people who ordered last week have already recieved theirs. It all sounds completely random and luck of the draw as there are limited supplies for both discs and players.

And in a couple weeks nobody is gonna care who got what 1st. It's a launch, silly things happen.

While I'm waiting for my foxconnect movies to ship, im gonna keep checking best buy 2 see if they get stock so I can go get 1 movie to try out while I wait for the rest.

[ray0414]

Originally Posted by hazzad

Well ultimately someone has to be the first to receive something. Quite a few have players so that's a no brainer. These guys were lucky enough to receive their discs first...dont see whats so puzzling. People do have lives you know so it isnt always possible to sit down and play with new toys straight away.

Not to mention, a guy that has a $7000 tv and a $5000 sound system probably has a very important job that he takes very seriously lol

[elwaylite]

Originally Posted by ray0414

Not to mention, a guy that has a $7000 tv and a $5000 sound system probably has a very important job that he takes very seriously lol

Hey, I spent $5k on my display and $9k on my audio and I have time to take pictures

I kid I kid.

[somchair1]

Just got mine setup. Watching Fast 7 on it now on bluray. Looks great. The update only took a few minutes. Vudu app isn't working yet. Downloaded the MLB.tv app and it worked fine. Watched a few minutes of Game 5 WS.

[ray0414]

Originally Posted by elwaylite

Hey, I spent $5k on my display and $9k on my audio and I have time to take pictures

I kid I kid.

He DID take pictures lol

His audio system is similar to yours so maybe I was off on the price

[Cliff]

Alright... quick first thoughts.

Again, I can't mention the specific titles as they're not out yet, but this player is a winner. At my normal viewing distance (About 11' away from a Samsung 78"), it's difficult to spot immediate differences, but they're there. Fine film grain is so much more clearly resolved and very fine detail along with it. Things that look slightly filtered (especially close up) on the BD are really sharp and natural looking in UHD. My television doesn't have HDR, but color saturation and contrast is slightly improved as well even in SDR. MORE surprisingly, when compared to my Oppo 103, the 8500 even does a slightly better job upconverting 1080p to UHD. When I compared the BD (on the Oppo) and the UHD (on the Samsung) the differences were noticeable (especially up close). There was a shot that contained writing in the background and the BD (on the Oppo) wasn't really legible while the UHD was. The BD viewed on the Samsung was somewhere in between.

The player is also surprisingly fast. I often use the original Spider-Man 2 BD because the JAVA used to choke players (old Pioneers and Sonys took nearly 2 minutes to load it). On the Oppo 103 (one of the fastest players around) it loaded from tray closed to Sony splash screen in 23 seconds. The Samsung did it in 17 seconds. Not a huge difference, but faster is faster.

The UI is also pretty smooth. Navigating through YouTube or Netflix was pretty comparable to my Roku 4, which is saying something for a disc player. Usually those streaming interfaces are clunky and slow. I do agree that the remote is terrible. Too small and easy to hit enter when you think you're hitting up. I added it to my Harmony (as the 7500) and it helped immensely.

Also, the player has adjustment settings when you're playing a disc so that you can adjust color, contrast, brightness, sharpness, tint, audio sync, etc. You won't need these often, but they're sometimes nice to have when discs are less than perfect. There's also no display and just two simple (unobtrusive) lights. It's a good player that doesn't distract on the rack.

This is a far cry from the horrible players Samsung released when Blu-ray launched in 2006. I've been eager for the Panasonic and the Oppo and almost sat out the Samsung based on their history. I'm glad I didn't and this player will make the wait for other players so much easier.

[aaronwt2065]

Originally Posted by Cliff

Alright... quick first thoughts.

..............

Thanks for the info!!!

[katiehlvr2]

Originally Posted by hazzad

Well ultimately someone has to be the first to receive something. Quite a few have players so that's a no brainer. These guys were lucky enough to receive their discs first...dont see whats so puzzling. People do have lives you know so it isnt always possible to sit down and play with new toys straight away.

You dont see whats so puzzling? What, 500 orders? 1 pic?
2 random received orders.

Just my opinion, to me.. Puzzling...

[ray0414]

Originally Posted by Cliff

Alright... quick first thoughts.

Again, I can't mention the specific titles as they're not out yet, but this player is a winner. At my normal viewing distance (About 11' away from a Samsung 78"), it's difficult to spot immediate differences, but they're there. Fine film grain is so much more clearly resolved and very fine detail along with it. Things that look slightly filtered (especially close up) on the BD are really sharp and natural looking in UHD. My television doesn't have HDR, but color saturation and contrast is slightly improved as well even in SDR. MORE surprisingly, when compared to my Oppo 103, the 8500 even does a slightly better job upconverting 1080p to UHD. When I compared the BD (on the Oppo) and the UHD (on the Samsung) the differences were noticeable (especially up close). There was a shot that contained writing in the background and the BD (on the Oppo) wasn't really legible while the UHD was. The BD viewed on the Samsung was somewhere in between.

The player is also surprisingly fast. I often use the original Spider-Man 2 BD because the JAVA used to choke players (old Pioneers and Sonys took nearly 2 minutes to load it). On the Oppo 103 (one of the fastest players around) it loaded from tray closed to Sony splash screen in 23 seconds. The Samsung did it in 17 seconds. Not a huge difference, but faster is faster.

The UI is also pretty smooth. Navigating through YouTube or Netflix was pretty comparable to my Roku 4, which is saying something for a disc player. Usually those streaming interfaces are clunky and slow. I do agree that the remote is terrible. Too small and easy to hit enter when you think you're hitting up. I added it to my Harmony (as the 7500) and it helped immensely.

Also, the player has adjustment settings when you're playing a disc so that you can adjust color, contrast, brightness, sharpness, tint, audio sync, etc. You won't need these often, but they're sometimes nice to have when discs are less than perfect. There's also no display and just two simple (unobtrusive) lights. It's a good player that doesn't distract on the rack.

This is a far cry from the horrible players Samsung released when Blu-ray launched in 2006. I've been eager for the Panasonic and the Oppo and almost sat out the Samsung based on their history. I'm glad I didn't and this player will make the wait for other players so much easier.

You don't have a sek3500 upgrade box?

Did the UHD movies you watch have 2k DI' or 4k DI's? im curious if it was 2k, was it 4k looking despite being upscaled? and if it was a 4k DI, were you execting it to be sharper/more detailed?

Also how do they compare to the online streaming 4k stuff?

Is internet connection required for playback?