Samsung UBD-M8500/ZA Blu-Ray Player (2017)
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Product Specifications
- Play 4K Ultra HD movies at 4x the resolution of full 1080p HD, letting you watch your favorite scenes with a level of detail and clarity like never before.1
- HDR allows for a greater range of color contrast and brightness, enhancing details. The player recognizes HDR content and automatically optimizes settings.2
- New for 2017, turn your TV into the ultimate home entertainment hub. Seamlessly access your favorite apps, content, and sports with Samsung Smart Hub.3
Sync and stream all your favorite TV shows, games, apps, and more with built-in wireless.3
Product Description
Samsung’s UHD Blu-ray player is simply the best way to experience your favorite movies and shows. With Samsung’s UHD Blu-ray player, scenes burst with vivid color, stunning contrast, and deep detail. 4K UHD resolution delivers four times the detail of HD, and with an expanded color spectrum and High Dynamic Range (HDR), you’ll experience your favorites in a whole new way.2 1 4K UHD TV required. 2 HDR capable TV needed to view HDR content. 3 Internet connection is required.
Product Reviews
Delivers good UHD, but design features could be improved.
I’ve only owned this player for a week, and have watched 2 UHD movies on my 75 inch sony 4K TV. It’s my first UHD player, and the picture is what I would expect…clearer than normal Blu-Ray. That’s especially noticeable in small details like lettering and distant people in a scene. But I’d expect that from any UHD play. So I can only pick nits with the operation of the player. Being the 2017 version I expected minor annoyances to be ironed out, but:First, there is no indicator on the front to know if the unit is powered on or off. The only Power light is on top, which you can only see standing above the player. Not smart. Maybe I’ll mount a mirror up there!Next, I looked in vain for an on screen display of play time on a DVD, like minutes into the movie and minutes remaining. None to be found. My previous players all had that feature.Also, there are apparently some feature that can only be used with a Samsung TV. There is a “123” button on the remote, for example, that seems to have no function in my setup. Too bad other TV’s can’t take advantage of whatever those special features are.Finally: As I said, it’s my first UHD player. HDMI2 cable is not just recommended…its mandatory for a UHD TV. Hooking it up with my old HDMI cable resulted in a “no input detected” message on my TV. GIven that, including an HDMI2 cable would have been nice for those wanting to unpack it and immediatley hook it up.Still, it worked out of the box, was easy to set up and delivers UHD resolution so I can’t ding it more than one star. If I find other issue I’ll revisit this review.Update 1: To see the time into or remaining on a DVD, hit the Pause/Resume button. That calls up a banner that takes up about 1⁄4 of the top of the screen, but eventually times out.
… my Samsung tv (UN55KS8500) and the picture quality is amazing. Also does a great job upscaling normal blu-rays
Bought this Blu-ray player to go along with my Samsung tv (UN55KS8500) and the picture quality is amazing. Also does a great job upscaling normal blu-rays.I wanted to address a couple issues brought up in the only other review for this unit. I can see the power light from the front at eye level easily its red when off green when on and second is info for the movie can be seen by hitting the tools button on the remote and selecting information from the top of the list. It shows all the timers also shows every bit of info for audio and video from the disk.The UI on this player is great and I found it to be very intuitive.
Great 4K Blue Ray Player
This is a great 4k player I hooked it up to my new 65” Samsung curved 4K TV and it sinked up right away and my smart remote from the TV programed itself automatically. Loads very fast and picture quality is great
Very happy. Be sure to get a HDMI 2.0 cord.
It was a breeze to set up and I have not had any trouble loading UHD and regular BLU-RAY dvds. I love built in apps so I can watch NETFLIX in 4K. Everything else I watch on this looks better too.
Great player. Shakes hands nicely with my Samsung UHD …
Great player. Shakes hands nicely with my Samsung UHD TV. Decent interface, and a beautiful picture. Replaced a Sony that needed to be reset several times a week.
great product
Replacing older DVD. Works well, easy to operate.One thing that I didn’t notice in specs and instruction was that DivX codec is not supported, even if DivX is listed in the table of supported file formats.I have library of movies ripped to AVI format and have to go back and change them to MP4. Which is a good thing - the sound and picture is much better. I knew, eventually will have to update files to newer format, this DVD player was my motivator. LOLHopefully I don’t have to change the format for few year as I am sure new one will come around.Update - after using a week, it is easy to setup, can create shortcuts to main screen. When watching movies from DLNA, player remembers where watching stopped and can resume next time it is turned on - love it option as it was not available on any other DVD player.
Blue Ray players passe?
Wonderful picture quality even for non-4k videos. I bought to play older DVDs to keep up with new 4k TV quality. However, given most movies will be rented or bought on-line I realize it was a non-essential purpose for me. Worth it if your existing DVD collection is large and/or if you like to buy your movies including 4k into the future.
Great Player!!!
Excellent player. Works without any problems. great picture.
Five Stars
Great picture
Resets itself constantly to factory defaults.
This thing reset itself to factory defaults four times in two weeks of having it. Sent it back for a refund.
Five Stars
WORKS AS ADVERTISED
Pros Plays DVDs, UHD 4K, 3D Blu-ray, …
ProsPlays DVDs, UHD 4K, 3D Blu-ray, or regular Blu-rayBasic operations work wellAudio can be sent to analog outputs while video is sent out via HDMI.
Five Stars
I highly recommend this Samsung player.
Five Stars
Works as expected. Loads DVDs, Blu-rays and HDR Blu-rays fast
Five Stars
great blu ray player
I already had fire TV but for most things I am using this plus 4k Blu Ray is great.
I am very impressed with performance. I already had fire TV but for most things I am using this plus 4k Blu Ray is great.
Five Stars
a++
Four Stars
comments powered by Disqusgreat interface with my Samsung UHD TV. Only complaint is that it doesn’t record DVD’s or CD’s.
