A:AnswerIf your TV has HDMI 2.0a with HDCP 2.2 then yes, this will be worth it. Your TV may be 4K, and it may be able to upscale images to 4K, but the player will allow 4K PLUS UHD to be seen on your TV. Right now many apps will not stream UHD to your TV. The player will allow you to watch 4K UHD disks AND UHD from certain apps.
A:AnswerYou should still be getting the full 4K potential from your tv. Make sure to go in and customize it so that you have the highest resolution as the default and, just as important, turn off the 24fps option on both machines. This way, you should get either 50 or 60fps with your 4K, which is optimal. Hope this helps.
A:Answerany good hdmi will work, dont buy into this whole hdmi scam. im using a $20 rocketfish hdmi on this unit with a samsung suhd 9000 series and it looks unbelievable. trust me dont waist your money
A:AnswerYou can turn the HDR on and off for your HDMI inputs. Using your tv remote press menu, select picture, and then picture options. In this sub listing you'll select the title "HDMI UHD Color". This is where you can turn the HDR on and off. You'll need to unplug your HDMI cable from the tv for the reset required to implement this change.
A:AnswerThere are two possibilities:
1. Are you running HDMI thru an A/V receiver? If so, the receiver needs to be HDCP 2.2 compliant, and if you purchased it prior to this year, it probably does not. The work around is to use the 2nd HDMI output on the player to the A/V receiver and the first output to an HDCP 2.2 compliant input on the TV.
2. Your TV is an older 4k model made before the HDCP 2.2 standard was completed. Unfortunately, there is no workaround for this issue, and everything will be output at 1080p or less.
A:AnswerYes, but you will need to use the HDMI 3 port, which is HDMI 2.0 / HDCP 2.2 support or upgrade one connect box to the new one connect box which all HDMI ports will meet the newer standards HDMI 2.0 and HDCP 2.2.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/samsung-uhd-evolution-kit-silver/7096015.p?id=1219668770669&skuId=7096015
A:AnswerIt should, although if your receiver is older, your best bet is to not use the optical output but instead use the second HDMI output that the player has, which is specifically designed for older receivers that cannot process 4K HDR video signals. (I am an audiophile and have tried both; I actually prefer using a hi-fi HDMI cable dedicated to sound as opposed to the optical cable in this situation.) Hope this has been of some help.
A:AnswerYes, it will output 4k just not HDR. In all honesty without HDR it is not worth the purchase yet. You can't really see the 4K difference if your more than 6 ft away. The true upgrade is the HDR. It is a nice player but Blue rays look just as good.
A:AnswerThe resolution it outputs is 3840x2160, which is the consumer version of 4K UHD. It can handle 4k 60HZ 4:4:4 and it supports HDR, however none of the UHD Blu Rays that are currently available were shot in 60FPS (or 30), they were all shot at 24FPS, which is where a 120hz panel would come in handy and then make sure Movie Frame (24Fs) is set to ON in the settings of the player. If you turn it off and try to run it in 60hz you WILL suffer from 3:2 pulldown on the movies.
A:AnswerNO , YOU DON'T NEED ACTIVE GLASSES.
CONGRATS ON YOUR LG OLED TV. THEY ARE THE BEST.
I RECENTLY (FEB.2016) BOUGHT THE OLED 65" EF9500.
UNREAL TV. EVERYTHING IS AWESOME .
I'VE PLAYED A FEW 3D MOVIES so far with the Samsung player and not only the LG 3D GLASSES , BUT EVEN.USED THE SAME PASSIVE GLASSES FROM MOVIE THEATERS AND HAVE NOT HAD A PROBLEM.
At this point , I'm already looking to sell my 65EF9500 of a few months and buy the New 65" E 6P or G 6P. I'm addicted to the LG Oled.
A:AnswerYes it does play full 3-d movies in Blu-ray. I've got one, and tested it. I think it does reference 3-d Blu-ray in the owners manual under specifications, but they sure didn't make a big thing about it.
A:AnswerYes , 100%. It will upgrade the picture quality . Your old dvds will look better and your Blurays upscale to near 4K , but not same level. That's due to the Ultra 4K HDR . YOUR TV HAS TO BE ABLE TO PROCESS HDR ,to get the full effect.
A:AnswerI tested this out myself. I played a blu ray disc on my ps4 and then played the disc on the k8500 player and it was noticeably better. So yes, the K8500 will upscale better than video game consoles and probably most blu ray players.
A:AnswerYes, it will work. But, if your receiver has HDMI ports, then you can make use of the two HDMI outs on this Samsung 4K Blu-ray player. One of them is specifically for audio – it's designed for people such as yourself who have an older receiver which is still working well but can't pass a 4K signal. Just make sure you tell the receiver which of the HDMI ports you connected the blu ray audio out HDMI cable to whenever you're playing a blu ray disk, and the receiver will disregard the optical audio signal that is simultaneously being transmitted from the TV. Of course, you'll have to switch the receiver setting back to whatever the setting was for the optical audio when you're watching something other than a Blu-ray on your TV. I have done this exact same procedure, and it works fine. Technical people could explain why passing audio through an HDMI cable can produce a better audio signal than passing it via optical audio, but I don't recall all the details now. Good luck.
A:AnswerThis machine uses a version of Google Chrome customized for Samsung. It offers much of the same functionality as Chrome on a PC and will therefore facilitate online purchases. The deal breaker is the unit's remote. It is too small, feels like cheap plastic and the buttons are too close together. Moving the mouse pointer with the arrow keys is such a chore that you'll want to give up before you finish typing "Amazon."
As a result, I would not recommend this bluray if web browsing is an important function.
A:AnswerIt upscales really good but a poor quality DVD will still show the problems. There is no magic in upscaling. A graphic engine tries to extrapolate information and the approximation shows as video artifacts. It is only that much it can do. Of course cheap graphic engines are the worst. This particular one is not bad at all. It does not compare with a high end video processor but for the money it does a good job.
