Samsung 4K UHD Blu-ray Player UBD-K8500

[aaronwt2065]

Originally Posted by rroeder

I agree with Filmfreak on the soundbar comments, I had a 5.1 setup at my old house and moved in the last few years and wanted to try a soundbar for a cleaner look, not nearly as nice as a true surround setup. Plus my soundbar cost twice as much as my old 5.1 system, not worth it in my experience. Anyone want a Sony soundbar cheap?

Now I want a 5.1.2 or 5.1.4 system that handles Atmos and DTS:X

Which SOny? I currently have the SOny HT-NT3. If you have the HT-NT5 I would be interested,. The HT-NT3 sounds superb for a sound bar. And the HT-NT5 is also supposed to sound as good or better. Plus you can add wireless rears.

My main setup has a 9.1 system but only a 1080P TV. SInce getting a 2160P HDR TV in my secondary setup I have rarely used my main setup. Even though I'm just using the Sony speaker bar in it. I've preferred to use the smaller UHD TV in the secondary setup. I'm still amazed at how the speaker bar can make sounds appear like they are coming from a location that is nowhere near where the speaker bar is. Of course it's not as good as a dedicated 9.1 setup. But it'smiles better than using TV speakers.

[aaronwt2065]

Originally Posted by RockyIII

I totally agree...Cant even compare any soundbar to the most modest of 5.1 surround sound systems. No matter how fancy a soundbar may get, you are still only getting sound from the front, when a lot of sound effects were mixed to be detected from the sides, from behind, and from above

That's what's amazing about the sound bars. You still hear a lot of content from the sides and behind(and even above with a capable sound bar). Even though the speakers are only in the front.

[clemdog]

Originally Posted by FilmFreakosaurus

If you want a high quality Dolby Atmos and DTS: X experience (this soundbar doesn't have the latter, which is one of the competing immersive formats), you want a separates setup consisting of speakers (including overheads or heights, not enabled upfiring speaker), sub, and receiver or pre-amp.

These soundbars, especially the Atmos ones, are way overpriced for lesser audio.

So I take you've heard this sound bar?

[RockyIII]

Originally Posted by aaronwt2065

That's what's amazing about the sound bars. You still hear a lot of content from the sides and behind(and even above with a capable sound bar). Even though the speakers are only in the front.

If that was really the case speakers associated to a home theater system would be rendered useless by now.
You might get a slight sense that you hear sound from the sides and behind, but when you actually hear sound really coming from the sides and behind then you will realize the difference.
This is not a knock on soundbars, as they too have their place. I am planning to have a second smaller room set up with a second TV and because of space limitations I will most likely go with a soundbar

[rroeder]

Originally Posted by aaronwt2065

Which SOny? I currently have the SOny HT-NT3. If you have the HT-NT5 I would be interested,. The HT-NT3 sounds superb for a sound bar. And the HT-NT5 is also supposed to sound as good or better. Plus you can add wireless rears.

My main setup has a 9.1 system but only a 1080P TV. SInce getting a 2160P HDR TV in my secondary setup I have rarely used my main setup. Even though I'm just using the Sony speaker bar in it. I've preferred to use the smaller UHD TV in the secondary setup. I'm still amazed at how the speaker bar can make sounds appear like they are coming from a location that is nowhere near where the speaker bar is. Of course it's not as good as a dedicated 9.1 setup. But it'smiles better than using TV speakers.

It's the HT-ST5, I bought it at the end of 2014. I might end up using it for the bedroom TV but would be fine without it. I'm not getting the surround effect like you are, I originally thought something was wrong with it cause I was expecting more.

[FilmFreakosaurus]

Originally Posted by clemdog

So I take you've heard this sound bar?

Yes, I have.

[Opips3]

Originally Posted by FilmFreakosaurus

Yes, I have.

Lol

Sound bar? Chocolate bar! Liquor bar!

[Cobolisdead]

Originally Posted by FilmFreakosaurus

Did you set the Samsung to the basic recommended settings?

Deep Color - OFF.

Standard Video Option (can only access this when a disc is playing).

HDMI audio - Bitstream Unprocessed.

Nope, I just set it to bitstream to the AVR and let it handle everything, and made sure that it was going out via hdmi.

[RockyIII]

Originally Posted by Cobolisdead

Nope, I just set it to bitstream to the AVR and let it handle everything, and made sure that it was going out via hdmi.

To do what you just described you do have to set the player on Bitstream Unprocessed

[Cobolisdead]

I will have to check all the other settings then tonight.

[Cobolisdead]

Has anyone here tried the UHD Pack from Samsung?

[BLeClair12]

Apologies if this has been mentioned already, I've seen cases of it being reported over at AVS, but I've yet to read if someone found a solution, particularly to the first issue.

I got my K8500 back in April and had no issues with it up until last week. Now, every time I turn it on, the power light flashes red and the player displays no picture. In order to get it to turn on, I have to toggle the power button multiple times and sometimes press the capacitive buttons. The eject button works while this is occurring, by the way.

Around the same time, Netflix started acting up during 4K playback. I get multiple video dropouts and full frame freezes while the audio continues. The only way to back out is to repeatedly hit the home button until it eventually responds.

Additionally, all apps I've tried (most notably Netflix and YouTube) quit out when navigating their interfaces, seemingly at random.

Any one had any of these issues?

[RockyIII]

Originally Posted by BLeClair12

Apologies if this has been mentioned already, I've seen cases of it being reported over at AVS, but I've yet to read if someone found a solution, particularly to the first issue.

I got my K8500 back in April and had no issues with it up until last week. Now, every time I turn it on, the power light flashes red and the player displays no picture. In order to get it to turn on, I have to toggle the power button multiple times and sometimes press the capacitive buttons. The eject button works while this is occurring, by the way.

Around the same time, Netflix started acting up during 4K playback. I get multiple video dropouts and full frame freezes while the audio continues. The only way to back out is to repeatedly hit the home button until it eventually responds.

Additionally, all apps I've tried (most notably Netflix and YouTube) quit out when navigating their interfaces, seemingly at random.

Any one had any of these issues?

Not with mine

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[waff]

Originally Posted by Cobolisdead

Has anyone here tried the UHD Pack from Samsung?

Someone started this thread:

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=280765

[Bodyslide]

Originally Posted by BLeClair12

Apologies if this has been mentioned already, I've seen cases of it being reported over at AVS, but I've yet to read if someone found a solution, particularly to the first issue.

I got my K8500 back in April and had no issues with it up until last week. Now, every time I turn it on, the power light flashes red and the player displays no picture. In order to get it to turn on, I have to toggle the power button multiple times and sometimes press the capacitive buttons. The eject button works while this is occurring, by the way.

Around the same time, Netflix started acting up during 4K playback. I get multiple video dropouts and full frame freezes while the audio continues. The only way to back out is to repeatedly hit the home button until it eventually responds.

Additionally, all apps I've tried (most notably Netflix and YouTube) quit out when navigating their interfaces, seemingly at random.

Any one had any of these issues?

Have you tried a reset of the unit yet?

[BLeClair12]

Originally Posted by Bodyslide

Have you tried a reset of the unit yet?

At the recommendation of someone else who had a similar issue, I left the unit unplugged today while I was at work, Now it is totally unresponsive. Just a blinking red light. I can't get it to turn on at all, or display the startup logo, which it was doing before.

[Mr. Cinema]

I have the Samsung UN65JU7500 and a firmware update from last year was supposed to enable HDR. How do you know if HDR is enabled on this tv? I had BvS playing last night and when I hit the info button, the Samsung player displayed HDR during playback. Does that mean it's on? I wasn't blown away by the picture quality. It looked very good, but not like I was hoping.

[RockyIII]

Originally Posted by Mr. Cinema

I have the Samsung UN65JU7500 and a firmware update from last year was supposed to enable HDR. How do you know if HDR is enabled on this tv? I had BvS playing last night and when I hit the info button, the Samsung player displayed HDR during playback. Does that mean it's on? I wasn't blown away by the picture quality. It looked very good, but not like I was hoping.

Well, it's not going to be as revolutionary as going from DVD to Bluray, or from 2D to 3D

[FilmFreakosaurus]

Originally Posted by Mr. Cinema

I have the Samsung UN65JU7500 and a firmware update from last year was supposed to enable HDR. How do you know if HDR is enabled on this tv? I had BvS playing last night and when I hit the info button, the Samsung player displayed HDR during playback. Does that mean it's on? I wasn't blown away by the picture quality. It looked very good, but not like I was hoping.

Look at the backlight and contrast settings. They should jump to the max.

You also have to make sure the HDMI input has UHD Color turned on and you're in Native color mode. Turn Deep Color to off in the player and output 4:4:4.

[RockyIII]

Originally Posted by FilmFreakosaurus

Look at the backlight and contrast settings. They should jump to the max.

You also have to make sure the HDMI input has UHD Color turned on and you're in Native color mode. Turn Deep Color to off in the player and output 4:4:4.

What if we live color space in Auto? Shouldnt that be the same as 4:4:4?