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So here is my review on the Samsung BDP-K8500 along with the movie The Martian.

Last year in December I upgraded to a 65 inch Samsung JU7100 model. I had a basic Samsung BDP5700 player. I used to have a PS3 as my main player but that was moved upstairs to the living room for another television we have. I do have a full surround system; the receiver is a basic Pioneer I got way back in 2006 along with small Yamaha satelite speakers and powered subwoofer. Suffice it to say, I do not have HD audio capability so apologies for that.

I’ve had the K8500 since February 10th when it was delivered to me. I was impressed by the packaging of the unit itself, encassed in syrofoam with a box for the power cord and remote. The weight of the unit felt premium to me; some other posters online felt it was too light for $400. I personally like the curved design of the unit which I think looks great on top of my black glass finish TV stand below my mounted television. After connecting all applicable cables, the setup was a breeze, especially with being familiar with Samsung’s UI on the television and older player. I briefly played around with the apps on the player itself but, as most others would agree, the real desire was to test out some discs.

One thing to note, I’ve heard a lot of complaints about the remote. I may consider getting a universal remote but for the time being this will have to do. I do feel they went on the cheap side with the remote; its pretty strange when my older samsung player had a better remote with more button options when compared to a $400 player. I find that when I try to use the navigation buttons surrounding the enter button, I don’t quite hit enter when I want to causing me to glance down to look for it. The buttons are very flat and its hard to feel which is which. The lack of dedicated fast forward and rewind is felt here as the “long press” utilized doesn’t work as well and is not very convenient. I have larger hands so this remote feels way too small. It takes getting used to. As I stated earlier, use of this remote temporarily will get the job done but I am estimating that most people will be opting for universal remotes in the future. It may be the best option long term.

One ofther thing to mention is the speed of this player. It is very fast. About 8 seconds or less and the movie loads. The regular blu rays are lightning fast. The UHD blu ray didn’t lag far behind, which is very quick for a new format. After 10 years of having blu ray players out on the market with simliarly used technology we are now enjoying better performing machines. Its great to see this, especially since I remember the $1000.00 player Sony put out back in 2006 and that thing was slow and buggy.

I should note that for two days I had no 4k movies to try out so I played the movie Spectre on regular blu ray to test out the upscaling. To my eye, it was identical in terms of comparing the new player’s upscaling to the upscaling of my TV. I did change one setting, the “dynamic” setting under Picture Mode just to test out the difference and while it did make the image more vibrant, I shut it back off to standard again and remained with the standard settings. In short, upscaled 1080p looked as good as what I had seen before.

Then came February 12th, and I was able to purchase two 4k movies from Best Buy, one being The Martian and the other being Kingsman. While I have not yet watched Kingsman in full, I did see The Martian and will comment on that for this review. The first thing that struck my eye was the depth of field; the scenes where Matt Damon is walking on Mars is nothing short of a revelation. The best way I can describe it is it FELT like I was watching a 3D movie, it was that incredible. Every single detail emerges and creates insane realism, whether close to the camera or off in the distance. Everything is well rendered and defined. Another example is when Damon is doing a medical procedure on himself; every bead of sweat is noticed as he struggles with removing the piece of metal from his body. You can literally feel his pain while watching the scene, it just looks much more realistic. Other details, whether an actor’s skin, the nuts and bolts of the ships or all the computer screens displayed on the wall; you can see the increase in the detail. Blu Ray disc is still very good, but for me, 4K brings detail and depth of field to a whole other level.

What does HDR bring to the table? Contrast is much improved. Colors are bolder, brighter and more realistic. For those who think the image is “torched” or “blown out”; not for me. I think the improved contrast never goes overboard and manages to bring even more realism to the image. It’s truly vivid and more lifelike to my eyes. In the Martian, again the scenes with outdoor Mars comes to mind; the gorgeous reds of the planet are bolder to me than on the blu ray. The computer screens at NASA display very vibrant and pronounced blues. The blacks, as far as I can tell, are indeed richer. I went back to the regular blu ray and could not believe how much darker the blacks could get. The scenes in space also provide evidence of this; you truly experience the black, dark void space actually is. For a TV that is not an OLED, I was pretty damn impressed with the achievements this disc made in terms of overall colors, contrast and black levels.

So far, the only faults I have seen is some video noise in a few scenes, mostly in darker scenes but nothing too rampant. I really can’t find anything else negative to say folks. This presentation alone has taken a huge step in convincing me that this format does have a viable future. I want to watch more movies in 4K before making a determination that I’m comfortable recommending this format 100 percent. But, at least initially, I am impressed with what this player has to offer folks. 4K UHD is here, and with future movies seeing more and more true, 4K masters, I’m excited for the future of Home theater. Just my two cents!



Fuente:

Samsung debuts world's first ultra-high definition Blu-ray player - Page 76 - Blu-ray Forum



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