Samsung 4K UHD Blu-ray Player UBD-K8500

[winlonghorn]

Originally Posted by mahyar1

Yea me too I got the same email

I wonder why when everyone else can give a date. I may cancel for Best Buy. I am afraid I will miss out.

[katiehlvr2]

I ordered mine on Jan 8th and have no movement on Amazon.

[raygendreau]

Originally Posted by ray0414

I asked them about that and they never replied.

They replied to the owner by email on AVS Forum. Check the thread.

[Adam_ME]

My Best Buy order finally updated late last night to being prepared for shipping. Hopefully it arrives by Wednesday. Still no update on the Fox UHD titles though. What happens if their website doesn't change the release date by Thursday? Can we just go into the store and ask them to change the order over to in-store pickup?

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

I hope it gets included because it'd be a great way for people with non-Samsung TVs to be able to access the MGO Vidity titles.

Roku 4 will be a better cheaper way when it updates

[ray0414]

An avs user that preordered from amazon on January 7th says he got his shipping notification yesterday and his arrival date is tuesday. My amazon order hasn't shipped yet.

[riptor3076]

I have a pending charge from Best Buy but still not in "preparing for shipping". Even with expedited shipping you would think it has to ship very soon to arrive on Wednesday. Keep thinking of changing to in store pick up but with my luck my local store won't get it in and I would have been better off having it shipped. Just makes me nervous to have it sitting on the porch all day.

[Agent_DVD]

Originally Posted by Carlos2992

Hello Eddybe, can you tell how fast does the player turns on and loads blu rays?

Thanks

Over on AVS the guy that got the first player put up a full chart of load times comparisons.

Short story it is much faster.

[Adam_ME]

Originally Posted by Agent_DVD

Over on AVS the guy that got the first player put up a full chart of load times comparisons.

Short story it is much faster.

With Blu-rays. I'm curious how long a UHD disc takes to load.

[stantoine]

I have not been keeping up with the thread so sorry if its been covered.

This player will play 3D from current 1080P discs right?

Will it play 1080P region B discs? (somehow I thought this player was region free, not sure why but that would be nice)

thank you.

[Derb]

Originally Posted by Agent_DVD

Over on AVS the guy that got the first player put up a full chart of load times comparisons.

Short story it is much faster.

Then what?

Also I'd like to know if 3 layer changes will be noticeable Ala DvD

[Aristook]

Originally Posted by stantoine

This player will play 3D from current 1080P discs right?

Will it play 1080P region B discs? (somehow I thought this player was region free, not sure why but that would be nice)

Yes it will play Blu-ray 3D discs in 1080P.

This is not a region-free player. It respects DVD and BD regions. I'm not sure but I think UHD discs are region free, but the player surely respects the flag if it's there.

Source: manual

[ray0414]

Originally Posted by Derb

Then what?

Also I'd like to know if 3 layer changes will be noticeable Ala DvD

i know he tested it against his ps4 and ps3


edit: heres his chart for speeds

[JJ]

Originally Posted by ray0414

i know he tested it against his ps4 and ps3


edit: heres his chart for speeds

Good GOD, that thing's a monster.

I wasn't planning on retiring my Sony S790 yet, but eff it, looks like it's 3 years of awesomeness are coming to an end.

[bruceames]

Wow, very good news about the speed performance.

Hopefully it'll get a VUDU app and Amazon too so I won't have to get a Roku 4. Although per Ray's comments, I'm not sure if I'll be able to play 4K MGo Vidity on my non-HDR 4K TV. And even if I could I will want it to be via download, not streaming. So hopefully the player will allow Vidity playback through external storage, so I can enjoy those UHD movies that are exclusive through that service.

[Derb]

Originally Posted by ray0414

i know he tested it against his ps4 and ps3


edit: heres his chart for speeds

Damn.

My upscaling 4K Sony I thought was fast.

[Dex Robinson]

Originally Posted by JJ

Good GOD, that thing's a monster.

....

This whole loading speed thing confuses me.

I have almost 900 BDs which I have been collecting and watching for around 9 years.

The average loading time (to the anti-piracy warning) has always been less than 10 seconds. Generally speaking, if I get up to put a disc in the machine, it has already loaded by the time I park my butt on the couch.

Why do people have long loading times? Of course, I would never hook a player up to the internet. Is it the net connection that causes those awful loading times? I'd be pretty PO'd if a BD took 20 seconds to load.

[raygendreau]

Originally Posted by bruceames.

Wow, very good news about the speed performance.

Hopefully it'll get a VUDU app and Amazon too so I won't have to get a Roku 4. Although per Ray's comments, I'm not sure if I'll be able to play 4K MGo Vidity on my non-HDR 4K TV. And even if I could I will want it to be via download, not streaming. So hopefully the player will allow Vidity playback through external storage, so I can enjoy those UHD movies that are exclusive through that service.

The early release of the Samsung players through retail outlets caught all the UHD/HDR app providers (Netflix, VUDU, Amazon, et al) unaware. it will take some time for them to catch up. Early adopters/recipients of the player can help by contacting customer service of the various streaming/downloading content providers to ask that the player be added to the device lists. Wouldn't hurt for you and others with the player on order from on line distributors to do the same.

[Derb]

Originally Posted by Dex Robinson

This whole loading speed thing confuses me.

I have almost 900 BDs which I have been collecting and watching for around 9 years.

The average loading time (to the anti-piracy warning) has always been less than 10 seconds. Generally speaking, if I get up to put a disc in the machine, it has already loaded by the time I park my butt on the couch.

Why do people have long loading times? Of course, I would never hook a player up to the internet. Is it the net connection that causes those awful loading times? I'd be pretty PO'd if a BD took 20 seconds to load.

Maybe. I found those times odd, especially from PS3. Which is 20 seconds on the most complicated crap loaded BD Java discs.

Maybe he/she started counting the PS3 & 4 time when looking for a disc, inserting & skipping previews & then hitting play... Then stop.

[Ruined]

Does Samsung make good Blu-ray players now?

I remember when Blu-ray first came out Samsungs were among the least reliable players with the most firmware problems.