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atlantajoseph · 01-05-2016, 09:12 PM

I e-mailed OPPO asking if they plan to release a UHD player and they replied that they are looking to do so "sometime in mid-to-late 2016".

schan1269 · 01-05-2016, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by atlantajoseph

I e-mailed OPPO asking if they plan to release a UHD player and they replied that they are looking to do so "sometime in mid-to-late 2016".

We've know that since August.

atlantajoseph · 01-05-2016, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by schan1269

We've know that since August.

OK, well I've known since just now. Thanks so much for setting me straight there.

dvdmike · 01-05-2016, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by atlantajoseph

I e-mailed OPPO asking if they plan to release a UHD player and they replied that they are looking to do so "sometime in mid-to-late 2016".

KRW1 · 01-05-2016, 11:18 PM

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Originally Posted by schan1269

We've know that since August.

I thought they said late 2016/early 2017 last time someone asked. I'm happy to know it looks like 2016 now.

Mavrick · 01-05-2016, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by spectre08

dear god please let the other manufacturers announce players for the same or similar pricing before this comes out.

curved man. freaking curved. wtf.

Curved like it's soundbars and TVs, at least they are sticking to their guns

K i r a · 01-05-2016, 11:38 PM

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Originally Posted by spectre08

yeah, I don't really care if it's a crap blu-ray player. If cutting corners on the bd side allowed them to spend more on the gaming side, then by all means cut away.

They cut all corners, and it's still a POS. Can't do 1080p60fps, has to upscale from 900p or 720p still. Lol.

[Show spoiler]

Talking about it being a bad blu-ray player, is it just me, or is it really bad at 3D? Like, it does it, but I get a LOT of cross talk or ghosting. I have the Sony X850C using Samsung glasses (RF active so it works), and the 3D form a PS4 is trash. Watched Life of PI in 3D some scenes and had an annoying amount of ghosting. The X850C form Rtings.com got rated a 9/10 with "little to no crosstalk", so not sure that's the problem.

Mavrick · 01-05-2016, 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by K i r a

They cut all corners, and it's still a POS. Can't do 1080p60fps, has to upscale from 900p or 720p still. Lol.

[Show spoiler]

Talking about it being a bad blu-ray player, is it just me, or is it really bad at 3D? Like, it does it, but I get a LOT of cross talk or ghosting. I have the Sony X850C using Samsung glasses (RF active so it works), and the 3D form a PS4 is trash. Watched Life of PI in 3D some scenes and had an annoying amount of ghosting. The X850C form Rtings.com got rated a 9/10 with "little to no crosstalk", so not sure that's the problem.

Used it to watch a few 3D films recently on an LG passive set and the 3D was fine. No crosstalk at all

Pieter V · 01-05-2016, 11:45 PM

Samsung's product page. Where you can also read the manual, if you want.

http://www.samsung.com/us/video/home-audio/UBD-K8500/ZA

Coenskubrick · 01-06-2016, 12:27 AM

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Originally Posted by spectre08

curved? CURVED?!

RAAAAR

It's designed that way to play the curved discs.

elwaylite · 01-06-2016, 01:24 AM

Preordered mine from Best Buy earlier. Date noted was 2/22, so we shall see. $422 with tax.

elwaylite · 01-06-2016, 01:26 AM

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Originally Posted by atlantajoseph

OK, well I've known since just now. Thanks so much for setting me straight there.

Their general release time the last few years has been Oct/Nov. I know for a fact Beta guys wont have them until mid year, and MediaTek already said they won't be mass producing the SoC until mid year. Long story short, the 113 or whatever it will be should be selling in October '16.

My plan is to run the Samsung until the Oppo is released.

bailey1987 · 01-06-2016, 02:00 AM

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Originally Posted by K i r a

Talking about it being a bad blu-ray player, is it just me, or is it really bad at 3D? Like, it does it, but I get a LOT of cross talk or ghosting.

That for some reason really made me laugh. If only it had a remote control that could switch the thing on or off without having to hold in the PS button and navigate a menu, I might actually switch the thing on then.

bailey1987 · 01-06-2016, 02:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Pieter V

Samsung's product page. Where you can also read the manuel, if you want.

http://www.samsung.com/us/video/home-audio/UBD-K8500/ZA

There's no mention of Dolby ATMOS or DTS X could it even bit stream them or would it just be down sampled?

bailey1987 · 01-06-2016, 02:13 AM

There's talk of Movie Frame : Auto (24Fs) ※ 2160p, 1080p &1080i only but if you look at what switching it on or off does you will see that it plays all content at 24fps so if something is 60fps encoded it will just play at 24fps.

bailey1987 · 01-06-2016, 02:15 AM

BD Wise (Samsung Products only) • When BD Wise is On, the Resolution setting automatically defaults to BD Wise and BD Wise appears in the Resolution menu. • If the product is connected to a device that does not support BD Wise, you cannot use the BD Wise function. • For the proper operation of BD Wise, set the BD Wise option of both the product and the TV to On.

So in other words that's what the next generation of CEC will do.

elwaylite · 01-06-2016, 02:15 AM

http://www.sony.co.uk/electronics/au...ponents/uhp-h1

Dang,

Looks like Sony isnt releasing a UHD player right now...

bailey1987 · 01-06-2016, 02:20 AM

it has a web browser as well that's the first I have heard of a Blu-ray player having on of those granted its a primitive one as always.

schan1269 · 01-06-2016, 02:34 AM

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Originally Posted by bailey1987

There's no mention of Dolby ATMOS or DTS X could it even bit stream them or would it just be down sampled?

The Blu-ray player has always been, and will always be, absolutely IRRELEVANT to Atmos/X.

ray0414 · 01-06-2016, 02:42 AM

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Originally Posted by elwaylite

Preordered mine from Best Buy earlier. Date noted was 2/22, so we shall see. $422 with tax.

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Originally Posted by elwaylite

Their general release time the last few years has been Oct/Nov. I know for a fact Beta guys wont have them until mid year, and MediaTek already said they won't be mass producing the SoC until mid year. Long story short, the 113 or whatever it will be should be selling in October '16.

My plan is to run the Samsung until the Oppo is released.

Are you going to preorder any of the movies? Best buy has all the fox movies up for pre order at 29.99. Even though I've got the martian hdr on mgo, im gonna get the disc as the quality will be better. Other than that.. not sure I'm gonna bite on the other Fox movies.

I agree about oppo, I'll be doing the same. I've seen alot of people with the same plan.

01-05-2016, 11:45 PM	#49
Pieter V Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:Oct 2010 Location:The Netherlands Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:14	Samsung's product page. Where you can also read the manual, if you want. http://www.samsung.com/us/video/home-audio/UBD-K8500/ZA Last edited by Pieter V; 01-06-2016 at 11:23 AM.

01-05-2016, 09:12 PM	#41
atlantajoseph Expert Member Top contributor Member since:Feb 2010 Location:Atlanta 4K collection:24 Blu-ray collection:605 DVD collection:291 Digital collection:322 iTunes collection:2 Prime collection:4 Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:5	I e-mailed OPPO asking if they plan to release a UHD player and they replied that they are looking to do so "sometime in mid-to-late 2016".

01-06-2016, 01:24 AM	#51
elwaylite Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Mar 2007	Preordered mine from Best Buy earlier. Date noted was 2/22, so we shall see. $422 with tax.

01-06-2016, 02:13 AM	#55
bailey1987 Special Member Member since:Sep 2009 4K collection:6 Blu-ray collection:204	There's talk of Movie Frame : Auto (24Fs) ※ 2160p, 1080p &1080i only but if you look at what switching it on or off does you will see that it plays all content at 24fps so if something is 60fps encoded it will just play at 24fps.

01-06-2016, 02:15 AM	#56
bailey1987 Special Member Member since:Sep 2009 4K collection:6 Blu-ray collection:204	BD Wise (Samsung Products only) • When BD Wise is On, the Resolution setting automatically defaults to BD Wise and BD Wise appears in the Resolution menu. • If the product is connected to a device that does not support BD Wise, you cannot use the BD Wise function. • For the proper operation of BD Wise, set the BD Wise option of both the product and the TV to On. So in other words that's what the next generation of CEC will do.

01-06-2016, 02:20 AM	#58
bailey1987 Special Member Member since:Sep 2009 4K collection:6 Blu-ray collection:204	it has a web browser as well that's the first I have heard of a Blu-ray player having on of those granted its a primitive one as always.

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