Samsung 4K UHD Blu-ray Player UBD-K8500

[aaronwt2065]

Originally Posted by Minimejer05

I'm not sure if I have that option on my TV. I have a Sony. I turned the HDMI to enhanced. Once my TV recognizes the 4K source it locks into HDR and pretty much kicks me out of any TV settings. I was mostly wondering about the HDMI Deep Color mode on the player itself. Never heard of it.

Deep color makes no difference on my Sony set. Whether I turn it on or off the UHD BD stills look great. And they look identical with it on or off. But I do leave it set off in my K8500. Although with my 1080P devices i have typically left deep color on over the last six years or so.

[Minimejer05]

Ah I see! Thanks for the heads up. Think I'm just gonna leave it off.

[yandybox]

Samsung player to be released on the 18th of this month, over on Avforums.

[Malibu13]

A bit late to the game.

[ronjones]

I turned my HT system on this morning and the Samsung K8500 produced an on-screen message there was a firmware update available. As background I updated my JVC RS600 projector's firmware last week. That update to the JVC projectors was intended to solve some compatibility issues with the Samsung K8500. . Even before that update to the projector, I hadn't been having many issues with the K8500 menus or content not displaying on my RS600. I did have some occasional signal dropouts when playing 2160p/60Hz YouTube videos. My setup has the K8500 connected to a Denon X6200W AVR and the Denon AVR connected to the JVC. After last week's update to the JVC projector's firmware, everything seemed to be working OK, as far as compatibility between the K8500 and the JVC projector.


Now as to new firmware release for the K8500, A few seconds after I began the firmware update for the K8500, the JVC projector showed a "no signal" message and even after waiting 30+ minutes the K8500's output never can back, I ended up turning the K8500 off then back on but still no signal to the RS600. I tried turning the RS600 off but it would not respond to the JVC remote (locked up). I had to pull the RS600's power cord. Eventially I had to power cycle the K8500 and insert a disc in the K8500 and power the JVC back up to get the K8500's output displaying on the RS600 again. Now with the new Samsung firmware in the K8500 (ver. 1004) I'm having connection issues big time between the K8500 and the RS600 (far worse than ever before). I'm now consistently getting a no signal message and must load a disc in the player and wait some time then then RS600 will eventually display the K8500 output. It appears that whatever JVC did in their recent firmware update to the projector for improved compatibility with the K8500 has now been completely foiled by what Samsung has done in their firmware update to the K8500. My guess is the new Samsung firmware has introduced some HDMI EDID errors.

[AUTOBOT]

Just noticed there is no option to download the UltraFlix app like I have on my Samsung UHD Smart TV

[Wiidesire]

Does the new firmware finally bring YCbCr 4:2:0 support?

[ronjones]

Originally Posted by Wiidesire

Does the new firmware finally bring YCbCr 4:2:0 support?

Unfortunately No. The menu with the options for the available output formats has not changed.

[earthmartian]

Got the firmware today also, hope it fixes any one single issue the 2015; less than 4k+HDR early adopters helped to clear the path for

[earthmartian]

Wow.... mad max, the only 4k to matter (IMO) just threw a totally unexpected error msg at me....NO HDR YOU SUCK - GET WITH THE PROGRAM.

BUT I HAVE FAKE HDR - SONY TOLD ME SO!!!!!!!!

[Adam_ME]

The new firmware definitely bricked this player. Now I have to insert a disc in order to get the picture to come up. Otherwise I get a No Signal error. Samsung better get this fixed quick. I don't even know what the hell this firmware was supposed to improve. I didn't see anything different in the apps and obviously the performance is worse.

[earthmartian]

No worries... I plan to return the player tomorrow at the store, just as any normal person would. Case closed - 44.95 days later. This whole thing sucks.

[movielover1069]

What does the new update do?

[noahtc]

I went to watch a video on you tube after the latest firmware upgrade and it loses the signal. After multiple tries to get the signal back I had to unplug the machine and plug it back in. Samsung needs to fix this. Apparently I am not the only one with this issue, anyone else run into this problem?

[Adam_ME]

Originally Posted by noahtc

I went to watch a video on you tube after the latest firmware upgrade and it loses the signal. After multiple tries to get the signal back I had to unplug the machine and plug it back in. Samsung needs to fix this. Apparently I am not the only one with this issue, anyone else run into this problem?

The temporary fix that seems to work(aside from inserting a disc) is to switch the HDMI Color setting to Auto(I had it on YCbCr). After that, the player loaded fine. I hope Samsung gets this fixed though. I have my preferred settings for the player and I'd rather not have to tinker with them because they can't correctly program a firmware update.

[Minimejer05]

Wondering if I should hold off on this firmware update then since it seems to be causing more problems than fixing.

[mikesncc1701]

Well then. Glad I haven't updated my player yet. Guess I'll hold off until something better comes along.

[movielover1069]

Originally Posted by Minimejer05

I'm not sure if I have that option on my TV. I have a Sony. I turned the HDMI to enhanced. Once my TV recognizes the 4K source it locks into HDR and pretty much kicks me out of any TV settings. I was mostly wondering about the HDMI Deep Color mode on the player itself. Never heard of it.

Originally Posted by Minimejer05

Wondering if I should hold off on this firmware update then since it seems to be causing more problems than fixing.

I had no choice, it did it automatically!

[HDTV1080P]

I am glad to see that Best Buy is carrying the world’s first native Samsung 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray player along with a total of 24 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray titles on the shelf. However, Best Buy should really start placing this Blu-ray player on display with a 4K Ultra HD movie or demo disc on a continuous loop. In addition, Best Buy should connect their LG OLED 4K Ultra HD display to the 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray player. I suggested this to one of the Best Buy salesmen and they told me that a while ago they suggested to their boss that the 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray player should be connected to a 4K Ultra HD OLED display. However, their boss was against the idea for some reason.

Retail stores need to start running demos of 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray discs on 4K displays. Many 4K displays are connected to a 4K hard drive demo, etc.

[Blu350z]

Originally Posted by HDTV1080P

I am glad to see that Best Buy is carrying the world’s first native Samsung 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray player along with a total of 24 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray titles on the shelf. However, Best Buy should really start placing this Blu-ray player on display with a 4K Ultra HD movie or demo disc on a continuous loop. In addition, Best Buy should connect their LG OLED 4K Ultra HD display to the 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray player. I suggested this to one of the Best Buy salesmen and they told me that a while ago they suggested to their boss that the 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray player should be connected to a 4K Ultra HD OLED display. However, their boss was against the idea for some reason.

Retail stores need to start running demos of 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray discs on 4K displays. Many 4K displays are connected to a 4K hard drive demo, etc.

most spaces are paid for the company. Sony, Samsung, LG ect etc..LG paid to have that spot and want their demo to shown. If a rep from that said company come in and does not see the planogram by standards then LG has the rights to be like WTF and take inventory out or fine.