Samsung 4K UHD Blu-ray Player UBD-K8500

[Derb]

Still the 15th @ B&H.

[reanimator]

Originally Posted by bbwiscfan

Anyone hear online of anybody buying any 4K movies at the Video and Audio Center in California?

I dropped by one of their locations on Saturday. They had a demo running with the Samsung UHD player and THE MARTIAN UHD-BR, but neither item was on hand for purchase at the location. The decks apparently "sold like hotcakes."

... and from what I saw, THE MARTIAN looked freaking great.

[raygendreau]

Originally Posted by ray0414

MGO on the k8500 isn't currently showing the hdr movies. Might need mgo to send out a newer version to the player.

The future for M-GO is uncertain. Fandango bought it. Perhaps movie tickets with your UHD HDR Vidity downloads.

http://variety.com/2016/digital/news...or-1201692324/

I assume that when you get your K8500 you will attempt a Vidity download to a WD Cinema Passport through the USB port on the player and compare playback through the player and directly through your JS9500 display.
That would also determine if the K8500 is Vidity compatible. Of course I am also assuming that the K8500 is on the M-GO device list by then.

[Derb]

What is the internal storage memory in this?

[JJ]

Originally Posted by reanimator

I dropped by one of their locations on Saturday. They had a demo running with the Samsung UHD player and THE MARTIAN UHD-BR, but neither item was on hand for purchase at the location. The decks apparently "sold like hotcakes."

... and from what I saw, THE MARTIAN looked freaking great.

Well, I'm glad they're selling like hotcakes!

I suppose in today's "me first" consumer culture, I can finally stand to wait for once, another few days, for mine to come in from Rob. I feel like I keep repeating this to myself because usually I'm all instant-gratificationy.

I would like to see a demo though. Tomorrow when I pass by to buy Spectre, I'll check this out.

[Falaskan]

Originally Posted by katiehlvr2

I contacted customer service with Amazon.

They informed me that I would receive the delivery april 15th/

I ordered on Jan 8th.



Is this accurate?



I am thinking of canceling and placing my order with Best Buy.

that is ridiculous.

April?? Guess it wouldn't have been a big deal to wait for Philips' player...

I contacted them two days ago and they said they didn't have a release date for me. But upped the shipping speed

[Derb]

Originally Posted by Falaskan

April?? Guess it wouldn't have been a big deal to wait for Philips' player...

I like their razors. That's about it.

[Falaskan]

Originally Posted by Derb

I like their razors. That's about it.

Lol. The Philips was supposed to be able to support Dolby Vision.

Last I knew, Amazon said my next order would be delivered around March 11th. They didn't say which order, but since the Samsung is my only order left now, it's safe to say that's what they were referring to. I'm not sure where they came up with that date tho...

[Agent_DVD]

Originally Posted by Adam_ME

I was thinking about doing that with the UHD Fox titles if they're on sale Thursday but still on hold on the website.

If my Best Buy movie orders don't ship this week, then I will pick up at least 1 UHD movie in store (assuming they are available this week).

Can't have a player and no UHD disc to play with for too long.

[ray0414]

Originally Posted by raygendreau

The future for M-GO is uncertain. Fandango bought it. Perhaps movie tickets with your UHD HDR Vidity downloads.

http://variety.com/2016/digital/news...or-1201692324/

I assume that when you get your K8500 you will attempt a Vidity download to a WD Cinema Passport through the USB port on the player and compare playback through the player and directly through your JS9500 display.
That would also determine if the K8500 is Vidity compatible. Of course I am also assuming that the K8500 is on the M-GO device list by then.

I already have like 8 of the mgo movies, I will attempt to play them but I won't be buying any more mgo movies. It's uhd disc from here on out.

[katiehlvr2]

How can amazon be that far behing the game here?
If best buy is fulfilling orders how does amazon not even have a release date?

[ray0414]

Originally Posted by katiehlvr2

How can amazon be that far behing the game here?
If best buy is fulfilling orders how does amazon not even have a release date?

Technically, Amazon is already shipping their earliest pre-orders, same as best buy.

[raygendreau]

Originally Posted by Derb

What is the internal storage memory in this?

If you are asking about internal storage for movies, it has none. At one time, the industry was considering internal storage to support the digital bridge, now known as Copy/Export. They decided to go with external storage only. The K8500 supports USB HDD (WD Cinema Passport for example) and thumb drives. The WD Cinema Passport is a Vidity enabled device used to download UHD/HDR movies from M-GO. Last time I checked, they had around 14 UHD HDR movies available for download.

[bbwiscfan]

Originally Posted by tyrok

The order for the Fox titles at my Best Buy store is listed with a delivery date of 2/11. I'm going to message the guys at corporate who deal with movies tomorrow to make sure the street dates are fixed before then. The last time I checked they were listed as 12/31.

Best Buy ships things based on how far you are from the nearest distribution center. My player probably won't ship til tomorrow but I'll still get it on Wednesday.

Just so you know after I posted this I found your posts in another thread; thanks for the information! I'm going to be popping into BB later this week and check the 3D section to see if they put the movies out or not, would be lovely to get a movie before March 1st so I can put the player through the paces.

[katiehlvr2]

Originally Posted by ray0414

Technically, Amazon is already shipping their earliest pre-orders, same as best buy.

Earliest orders?
If they are shipping why do they not have,a release date on them?
Cant imagine Jan 8th wasnt an early of enough order date.
Lot of smoke and mirrors with amazon regarding this player.

[raygendreau]

Originally Posted by ray0414

I already have like 8 of the mgo movies, I will attempt to play them but I won't be buying any more mgo movies. It's uhd disc from here on out.

Are you buying UHD BRs of movies you have downloaded from M-GO?

If so, the comparison will be interesting.

[ray0414]

Originally Posted by katiehlvr2

Earliest orders?
If they are shipping why do they not have,a release date on them?
Cant imagine Jan 8th wasnt an early of enough order date.
Lot of smoke and mirrors with amazon regarding this player.

So far, all the orders shipped are from January 7th lol guess u waited too long :P

But there's people saying they are ordinary from Best buy today and receiving shipping notices of this week.

Originally Posted by raygendreau

Are you buying UHD BRs of movies you have downloaded from M-GO?

If so, the comparison will be interesting.

Yep. I've got the martian and Scorch Trials 2 on order that I also own on mgo so I'll be comparing for sure!

Side note, its a little disappointing to see sony not offer "after earth" on disc, because between the hdr and true 4k resolution it was amazing looking, top 3 in my list for visuals of all the hdr movies.

[Georgiaboy04]

They shipped my player from Best Buy this morning so I'll be picking it up Wednesday afternoon!!! Hoping they will have some UHD discs to pickup.

[Falaskan]

Originally Posted by katiehlvr2

Earliest orders?

If they are shipping why do they not have,a release date on them?

Cant imagine Jan 8th wasnt an early of enough order date.

Lot of smoke and mirrors with amazon regarding this player.

Probably cause they're already sold out and have to wait for the second shipment, which is already sold out lol

[littlepooch21]

Well cancelled my Amazon (placed order on 1/7) order this morning and ordered from Best Buy. Got my shipping notification from Best Buy already just now.