Samsung 4K UHD Blu-ray Player UBD-K8500

[Opips3]

One problem, I not like remote is so small for me. Passed.

[Adrian Wright]

Originally Posted by Opips3

One problem, I not like remote is so small for me. Passed.

I agree there Opips, does look a tad small. Thank goods for Logitech and their Harmony remotes

[bbwiscfan]

Haven't seen it yet obviously, but with pourous reviews I passed on seeing it in the theater. I've seen all the other Sony titles, but only picked up Amazing Spiderman 2 ( I know this wasn't a great movie, but at least I had already seen it). So far hearing the PQ of Chappie is pretty stellar so far.

[Graves0777]

Mine should be here today. I'm psyched! Was able to snag one of the Best Buy open box items for 369.99!

[ray0414]

Originally Posted by bbwiscfan

Haven't seen it yet obviously, but with pourous reviews I passed on seeing it in the theater. I've seen all the other Sony titles, but only picked up Amazing Spiderman 2 ( I know this wasn't a great movie, but at least I had already seen it). So far hearing the PQ of Chappie is pretty stellar so far.

I liked chappie. It's similar to ex machina. Looks great too.

So far I'm heading Spider-Man 2 is a let down. I have ever the hdr version on amazon. And I agree. Nothing 2 gloat about.

[larrs]

I am awaiting the full reviews of Chappie here and on AVS- that will decide for me if I am going full in on UHD-BD or not. As of now, it is sounding like the differences with BD are tough to determine and/or based on perception alone, which means it may be a disappointing niche, especially on projectors (again, based on feedback on here and AVS).

[ray0414]

Originally Posted by larrs

I am awaiting the full reviews of Chappie here and on AVS- that will decide for me if I am going full in on UHD-BD or not. As of now, it is sounding like the differences with BD are tough to determine and/or based on perception alone, which means it may be a disappointing niche, especially on projectors (again, based on feedback on here and AVS).

Everyone so far is happy with chappie.

I watched it and it looked great. I'd put the martian and kingsman very close to it.

The lionsgate movies will also create buzz. Hitting shelves today.

[tkbryant]

Salt, Chappie, & Spidey 2 are all waiting for me tonight when I get home. I'm really excited to see Chappie because I haven't seen it yet & I love Blomkamp's visual style. Salt should be interesting since it's a little older title so I'm curious how that will hold up.

[meckel]

Originally Posted by Southpaw

When is Amazon shipping this player? I've had my pre-order in there since it was announced.

Just got an order update for Amazon. It stated that my expected delivery date is 3/2. I placed my order on 1/8. I'm guessing that Amazon either has started to receive inventory or at least has tracking info against their open P.O.'s

[ray0414]

I've heard the lionsgate movies are the best group so far.

[scorpiontail60]

Originally Posted by ray0414

Just watched chappie, my 1st uhd movie with a 4k di.

Thoughts:

It looks pretty good overall. Always been a fan of how sony movies look.

But in no way would I say it blows away the martian or kingsman. There are many scenes in both the martian and kingsman that look just as good as the scenes in chappie. The difference being that the martian has a few more scenes that look lower than 4k quality, as did chappie but not as many. I would say that chappie is more consistent with their truer 4k scenes but the martian has more wow.

I will say that I thought the motion was very good on chappie, better than most of the fox titles. Hitman 47 has aweful motion artifacting.

Thanks for confirming to us that you are visually impaired, because even though Chappie is a shitty movie, at least it is a genuinely native 4K presentation. An upscale will NEVER EVER look better than a native 4K release.

I wish someone would send me one of these players so I can take some HDMI screenshots for compare with the Blu-ray release and we could settle this definitively. I cannot for the life of me get my hands on one of these ****ing things; Best Buy is in a perpetual state of "sold out" and Amazon hasn't said shit about my pre-order. I have no idea how the hell people are actually managing to snag these players.

Here's the Sony Video Unlimited 4K version of Chappie compared to the Blu-ray:

[Opips3]

No no no! You can't prove it captured screen from Sony Unlimited


Get UltraHD 4K 2160p disc with HDR, Dolby Atmos.
captured real screen 2160p with HDR!!

[ray0414]

Originally Posted by scorpiontail60

Thanks for confirming to us that you are visually impaired, because even though Chappie is a shitty movie, at least it is a genuinely native 4K presentation. An upscale will NEVER EVER look better than a native 4K release.

I wish someone would send me one of these players so I can take some HDMI screenshots for compare with the Blu-ray release and we could settle this definitively. I cannot for the life of me get my hands on one of these ****ing things; Best Buy is in a perpetual state of "sold out" and Amazon hasn't said shit about my pre-order. I have no idea how the hell people are actually managing to snag these players.

Here's the Sony Video Unlimited 4K version of Chappie compared to the Blu-ray:

Then you're going to have to call the reviewers at bluray.com and the other website along with dozens of people who have actually seen these as visually impaired.

What u and your buddies refuse to acknowledge is that they go back to raw files, which is how you get your bump in resolution.

Someof these look better than others, but the martian and kingsman are clear winners among the 2k crowd.

[Derb]

Which is Blu-ray?

lol

Looks like I'll have The Martian & maybe even Sicario before my player ships. I didn't pre-order my player from BB or Amazon so I'm kinda.. on the March 1st date expected..

[Opips3]

LOL same time 4:31 two and me massages this board forum.

[Derb]

Originally Posted by Opips3

No no no! You can't prove it captured screen from Sony Unlimited


Get UltraHD 4K 2160p disc with HDR, Dolby Atmos.
captured real screen 2160p with HDR!!

Wait..

Chappie was Native 4K?

God help us all.

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by ray0414

Then you're going to have to call the reviewers at bluray.com and the other website along with dozens of people who have actually seen these as visually impaired.

What u and your buddies refuse to acknowledge is that they go back to raw files, which is how you get your bump in resolution.

Someof these look better than others, but the martian and kingsman are telling clear winners among the 2k crowd.

The video is re-encoded and they are jpg's
Plus his opinions are no less valid than any reviewer its all one persons opinion
No matter how flawed the basis for his argument is its all just someones view of something

[Derb]

Originally Posted by Opips3

LOL same time 4:31 two and me massages this board forum.

Google translate.

Welcome to the desert of the real.

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by Derb

Wait..

Chappie was Native 4K?

God help us all.

Most Sony titles are

[ray0414]

Originally Posted by dvdmike

The video is re-encoded and they are jpg's
Plus his opinions are no less valid than any reviewer its all one persons opinion
No matter how flawed the basis for his argument is its all just someones view of something

Yes, but in order to have a true opinion, it helps to have VIEWED IT.
Otherwise it's more assumption than opinion.

The reviewer is reporting what he's seeing. Big difference from someone that has NOT seen it.