Samsung 4K UHD Blu-ray Player UBD-K8500

[Mtnbiker2001]

Originally Posted by montyb

What causes my problems with high contrast and orange tinting is everytime I load a 4K UHD disc in the player all my settings (Backlight, Contrast, Brightness, Color and Sharpness) peak at 100%! Once I set everything right and if I go back to the menu, it does it again! Watching the movie without stopping or pausing I do not need to adjust the settings again (until I put in another 4K disc). This never happens with DVD or standard blu ray. Just the UHD blu rays. I am watching on a Samsung JU7500 UHD TV. Anyone else having this issue? Its probably something Samsung can fix in a firmware update in the future. But it is annoying though.

Have tried turning that "BD Wise" feature off in the player? It's only for Sammy blu ray players and Sammy TV's so I assume its on in your setup, just a thought. It's suppose to give you more of everything.

[Mtnbiker2001]

Originally Posted by Ian B

Anyone using the Sony Model # XBR-49X850B with the K8500?

If not, I will report back tomorrow night once hooked up. Wont be using a receiver till decide to keep or not. In the meantime, will pair with a soundbar.


Ian B

Using mine on a XBR-65X850B, and it works great. I do go through a Denon 910 too.

[Adam_ME]

Originally Posted by eddybe

I have the JS9000 and no issues noticed yet as the HDR settings take over. Not sure what's happening with so many people having problems. I've tested the movies several times and it's been flawless for me.

Maybe you have a bad HDMI cable or one that does not support 18.0Gbps?

Do you not have the glitch on the Samsung TV where Backlight and Contrast automatically go to 20 and 100 respectively? I've always had that with 4K content with HDR. I don't mind it so much anymore. I tweaked a few other settings, so I'm ok with the 20 and 100.

[Taat21]

Emailed John Lewis as I was told in store the Samsung 4k blu-Ray will be available in March and the online store doesn't have a release date for it yet. So frustrating being a UK customer.

[ray0414]

Originally Posted by Adam_ME

Do you not have the glitch on the Samsung TV where Backlight and Contrast automatically go to 20 and 100 respectively? I've always had that with 4K content with HDR. I don't mind it so much anymore. I tweaked a few other settings, so I'm ok with the 20 and 100.

It's not a glitch, its in an instruction code embedded in the metadata to max backlight and contrast.

[marine44]

I have a ju6700 tv and the k8500 blu ray player, everytime I put in a uhd blu ray the contrast and backlight spikes. how do i disable this as i won't my calibrated settings instead

[chip75]

Originally Posted by Mavrick

And Sony don't seem to be planning a release until at least next year.

I think there's a small chance that Sony will update the PS4 in the meantime (even if it's only limited to 66GB discs), although it will be terribly frustrating if people buy Samsung player's and have PS4s!

[JJ]

Originally Posted by marine44

I have a ju6700 tv and the k8500 blu ray player, everytime I put in a uhd blu ray the contrast and backlight spikes. how do i disable this as i won't my calibrated settings instead

I get the spike when watching HDR content, not any other type of 4K content. Does the JU6700 have HDR? I'm unsure.

[ray0414]

Originally Posted by marine44

I have a ju6700 tv and the k8500 blu ray player, everytime I put in a uhd blu ray the contrast and backlight spikes. how do i disable this as i won't my calibrated settings instead

Originally Posted by JJ

I get the spike when watching HDR content, not any other type of 4K content. Does the JU6700 have HDR? I'm unsure.

Yes, samsung said that all 2015 4k tvs would recieve the hdr update, so you have decoding but what you actually see is dependent on your panels capabilities.

The spiking of those 2 settings is by the instruction of the hdr metadata.

[Taat21]

Looks like it could be £399.99 if this is anything to go by.

http://www.bhg.com/shop/samsung-sams...4952747a1.html

[tkbryant]

Originally Posted by chip75

I think there's a small chance that Sony will update the PS4 in the meantime (even if it's only limited to 66GB discs), although it will be terribly frustrating if people buy Samsung player's and have PS4s!

Sony stated that the PS4 will never play 4K discs. The drive is not compatible. It could be updated for 4K streaming in the future however. There is also the possibility that they could release a 4K PS4 down the line though they did say.

[littlepooch21]

Originally Posted by ray0414

Yes, samsung said that all 2015 4k tvs would recieve the hdr update, so you have decoding but what you actually see is dependent on your panels capabilities.

The spiking of those 2 settings is by the instruction of the hdr metadata.

Is this true? I didn't see anything regarding this. I have a JS7000, does it have HDR right now?

[ray0414]

Originally Posted by littlepooch21

Is this true? I didn't see anything regarding this. I have a JS7000, does it have HDR right now?

Yes the js7000 does have hdr.

All 2015 4k samsung tvs got the hdr upgrade via firmware.

Samsung announced this at IFA 2015 in october.

[Mavrick]

Originally Posted by Taat21

Looks like it could be £399.99 if this is anything to go by.

http://www.bhg.com/shop/samsung-sams...4952747a1.html

Hopefully £399.99 is the RRP and we get it for £350 or less.

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by Taat21

Looks like it could be £399.99 if this is anything to go by.

http://www.bhg.com/shop/samsung-sams...4952747a1.html

Too much

[chip75]

Originally Posted by tkbryant

Sony stated that the PS4 will never play 4K discs. The drive is not compatible. It could be updated for 4K streaming in the future however. There is also the possibility that they could release a 4K PS4 down the line though they did say.

I might have my wires crossed, but I thought with a firmware upgrade the drives could playback 66GB discs?

I think even the newer PC Blu-ray drives are capable with firmware upgrades. They just need software to recognize the content.

[littlepooch21]

Originally Posted by ray0414

Yes the js7000 does have hdr.

All 2015 4k samsung tvs got the hdr upgrade via firmware.

Samsung announced this at IFA 2015 in october.

Oh okay maybe i need to adjust the settings or something. i didn't really notice it to much.

i wonder how the JS7000 compares to the Sony x850c

[ray0414]

Originally Posted by littlepooch21

Oh okay maybe i need to adjust the settings or something. i didn't really notice it to much.

i wonder how the JS7000 compares to the Sony x850c

Js7000 is brighter but the 850c has much better black levels but worse viewing angles.

[Dasbluman]

Originally Posted by chip75

I think there's a small chance that Sony will update the PS4 in the meantime (even if it's only limited to 66GB discs), although it will be terribly frustrating if people buy Samsung player's and have PS4s!

That was my first thought. I have the PS4 and it works fine for a blu Ray player. Gotta make space now I guess

[Dasbluman]

Originally Posted by ray0414

Yes, samsung said that all 2015 4k tvs would recieve the hdr update, so you have decoding but what you actually see is dependent on your panels capabilities.

The spiking of those 2 settings is by the instruction of the hdr metadata.

Any word of LG will do the same and patch for HDR on their TV's?