Samsung 4K UHD Blu-ray Player UBD-K8500

[Robert Zohn]

I was told, MSRP is $499 and the authorized selling price, called UPP is $399. Launch is scheduled for mid March.

-Robert

[spectre08]

Originally Posted by Robert Zohn

I was told, MSRP is $499 and the authorized selling price, called UPP is $399. Launch is scheduled for mid March.

-Robert

do you think the panasonic will be similarly priced?

[Drewbee87]

Originally Posted by elwaylite

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

Dang,

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

That's disappointing, I hope they don't wait until the end of 2016 to release one.

[Robert Zohn]

Originally Posted by spectre08

do you think the panasonic will be similarly priced?

I'm a bad guesser, but I expect it to be higher priced than Samsung's UHD BD player. I'll bring my notebook tomorrow morning and post from the CES convention.

-Robert

[K i r a]

Originally Posted by ray0414

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.

If that's the price model, I am DEFINITELY buying a hell of a lot of movies, as I know a nice little shop that does some trade deals, and what i'm trading in, it's going to quite literally be less than $9 out of my pocket I can most likely trade for UHD movies, if they hold at that price. Ayyyyy.

[K i r a]

Originally Posted by Robert Zohn

I'm a bad guesser, but I expect it to be higher priced than Samsung's UHD BD player. I'll bring my notebook tomorrow morning and post from the CES convention.

-Robert

Thanks, Robert!

Since having my SOny X850C, I've been wanting to stick to the SOny ecosystem-- I have used Playstations as my media players in the past and love them (minus the weird 3D I'm getting back on my PS4), and my friend bought the BDP S3500, and the UI in it was really great and a small size. It even played .mkv files form a USB which I thought was great!

If Samsung is coming out first, and the cheapest, I won't mind it, but just sucks SOny's focus this CES was showing their dogs more than actually bringing out 4K content.

[ray0414]

Originally Posted by Robert Zohn

I'm a bad guesser, but I expect it to be higher priced than Samsung's UHD BD player. I'll bring my notebook tomorrow morning and post from the CES convention.

-Robert

i know this is off topic, but did samsung mention an increase in processor size for this years one connect box?

[ray0414]

Originally Posted by Robert Zohn

I was told, MSRP is $499 and the authorized selling price, called UPP is $399. Launch is scheduled for mid March.

-Robert

heres a question ALOT of people have wondered. is there any way to turn off HDR and watch the standard 4k version, whether on the new tvs or a function of the new UHD players? I personally wont turn off HDR but if theres a way to go back and forth to see the difference that would be really cool.

[K i r a]

Originally Posted by ray0414

heres a question ALOT of people have wondered. is there any way to turn off HDR and watch the standard 4k version, whether on the new tvs or a function of the new UHD players? I personally wont turn off HDR but if theres a way to go back and forth to see the difference that would be really cool.

I might be reaching, but maybe it's an option within the TV rather than the player?

I have the Sony X850C which has HDR, although not meeting the standard the UHDA set (1,000 nits and 90% of the ...... ****ign A, it's all so much). Regardless, I can see the difference back and forth of the standard colors and the Sony's "Triluminous Display" colors by going under Picture Options> Color> Color Space and choosing between "Auto" or some "sRGB" which are the same, or the "BT.2020", which is the WCG version and "HDR" it has. Reds pop a LOT more, and it looks phenomenal. I have shitty camera phone pics, but I show friends from phone a picture of The Blacklist in 4K streaming from Netflix of James Spader's face upclose. The sRGB Color Space has great detail and fair color, but the BT.2020 HDR reveals a LOT of red in his cheeks from a natural blush and looks life-like. I can't go back after seeing it myself in person-- The sRGB looks really dull in comparison.

I could try to post them here, but it's a camera phone snap from a Galaxy S4, so it won't do much justice I assume.

EDIT: Photobucket attachments:

Blacklist:
Non-HDR:

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HDR:

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Orphan Black:
Non-HDR:

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HDR:

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[ray0414]

Originally Posted by K i r a

I might be reaching, but maybe it's an option within the TV rather than the player?

All you are doing here is taking SDR and basically putting it on vivid mode. HDR is a process done by hand with grading. and uses 10 bit color depth, neither of which can be replicated with SDR and 8 bit. not even close :P

what im talking about is feeding the tv an actual HDR source, and skipping the HDR metadata and only reading the UHD part.

I have a JS9500 and currently this is not possible to do. when you feed it HDR, the hdr metadata is triggered and HDR is displayed. Im just curious if that process can be turned off.

[Geoff D]

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]<<< PC Gamer trolling. PS4 serves it's purpose for me: Streaming box that does all the apps I need (only player that streams Funimation and Crunchyroll in 1080p), and some JRPGs are fun to pick up and play. I paid like $250 for it after trading in PS3.

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.

I've seen and owned several active 3D Sony sets over the years and they're bloody awful for crosstalk, regardless of the player, glasses etc.

[elwaylite]

Originally Posted by ray0414

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.

So far I have preordered The Martian UHD and Scorch trials. I wont be grabbing any of those movies I have already viewed in Blu, just new releases. Skipping Hitman and just renting it.

[Mavrick]

I'm going to be buying UHD discs but I don't think I'll be getting a tv or player until the end of the year or early next year.

Although if the price is right then I may jump in early but I bet the UK price will just be the US price with a £ stuck in front instead of a $ hmm.

[elwaylite]

Originally Posted by Mavrick

I'm going to be buying UHD discs but I don't think I'll be getting a tv or player until the end of the year or early next year.

Although if the price is right then I may jump in early but I bet the UK price will just be the US price with a £ stuck in front instead of a $ hmm.

I sat on the sidelines until Oct, and grabbed this XBR. Figured I was all in at that point.

[Mr. Cinema]

Originally Posted by ray0414

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.

They're showing as $24.99 now. That price is much better than I was expecting.

[Adam_ME]

Originally Posted by elwaylite

So far I have preordered The Martian UHD and Scorch trials. I wont be grabbing any of those movies I have already viewed in Blu, just new releases. Skipping Hitman and just renting it.

I'm not sure what to preorder since I have no idea how much better they'll look in UHD. I guess I can wait til people have had a chance to A-B them with the Blu-ray and give feedback.

I've already preordered the Samsung player though. The specs look nice, the price is very reasonable, and the Oppo won't be out til later in the year at the very earliest(and who knows how much they'll charge for it?).

[elwaylite]

Originally Posted by Adam_ME

I'm not sure what to preorder since I have no idea how much better they'll look in UHD. I guess I can wait til people have had a chance to A-B them with the Blu-ray and give feedback.

I've already preordered the Samsung player though. The specs look nice, the price is very reasonable, and the Oppo won't be out til later in the year at the very earliest(and who knows how much they'll charge for it?).

I spent $3400 on a display and have a $400 player ordered, figure Ill be a test subject LOL whether I like it or not.

[Mr. Cinema]

I looked through the manual and the remote actually uses a lithium battery instead of regular AA batteries. That's sort of cool.

[Marcos1408]

Something about this player I didn't like very much: There is no display!!

[Mr. Cinema]

Originally Posted by elwaylite

I spent $3400 on a display and have a $400 player ordered, figure Ill be a test subject LOL whether I like it or not.

I just bought the Samsung JU7500 a couple of weeks ago, so I'm definitely going to pair it with this curved unit. Samsung stated that all 2015 UHD tvs would be HDR capable with a firmware update. My unit updated right after powering on. Is there a way to tell if the tv is HDR now, or would we have to to wait to try out a disc?