Blu-ray Player Reviews

Samsung UBD-K8500 Ultra HD Blu-ray Player Review Specs

Specs
Dimensions (Wx HxD, Inches): 16 x 1.8 x 9.1
Weight (Pounds): 4.2
Video/Audio Outputs: HDMI Video (2.0a) and HDMI Audio
Audio Outputs: Optical digital (1)
Additional: Ethernet (1), USB 3.0 (1), Wireless LAN
Price: $400

Company Info
Samsung
(800) 726-7864
samsung.com

COMMENTS
WildGuy's picture
Submitted by WildGuy on May 12, 2016 - 8:08pm

Really good information here. i thoroughly enjoy reading it. Speaking about Samsung 65JS9500 uhdtv, since its a last year's model, i think it probably display less than 90% of DCI-P3 color gamut. Maybe that's why the difference between Rec.709 and wider color gamut such as DCI-P3 and REC.2020 isn't that big.

newer samsung uhdtv models which i think its about to come out soon or just recently come out this year possibly support color gamut higher than 90% of DCI-P3 which should make the differences between Rec.709 and DCI-P3 or Rec.2020 bigger.

prerich45's picture
Submitted by prerich45 on May 13, 2016 - 7:09am

Great review Mr. Norton! Very honest.

dougspeterson's picture
Submitted by dougspeterson on May 15, 2016 - 11:34pm

I grabbed one of those prerelease units and have, been enjoying it's 4k, not just the new UHD disks but the apps that were missing from my 2014 Sony 4k 65" flatscreen. The upraded res over 1080p is obvious to me.

However it apparently does not do the hires DVD based audio formats, which are likely to be replaced by Atmos etc in any case. Does it actually do the 192/24 spec'd? There is a rumor the bit depth is truncated.

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