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Samsung - UBD-K8500 4K Ultra HD Wi-Fi Built-In Blu-ray Player - Black
Average Customer Rating:
4.5
Rating breakdown 285 reviews
5 Stars
211
4 Stars
44
3 Stars
12
2 Stars
9
1 Star
9
91%of customers recommend this product.
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252 out of
277)
Customer Reviews for Samsung - UBD-K8500 4K Ultra HD Wi-Fi Built-In Blu-ray Player - Black
Customer Rating
5
Exceeds expectation
on May 18, 2017
Posted by: JeroldS
from Alpharetta, GA
The UBD-8500K was easy to set up using the enclosed optical cable. All of the applications that I wanted were already included. The application that I did not want were easy to remove.
I used my Logitech Harmony so I have not had much experience with the included remote, except during setup.
I am pleased with the quality of both DVD and Blu-ray playback.
I used my Logitech Harmony so I have not had much experience with the included remote, except during setup.
I am pleased with the quality of both DVD and Blu-ray playback.
Pros: Bright display
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
Intelligent
on May 27, 2017
Posted by: Mightyit
from Arizona
Expertise:Intermediate
Bought it for the new Samsung 4K TV. Works great. I see it has all the smart stuff, and so does the TV, so I haven't used the apps in the player.
The remote is very miniature and hard to read with out glasses as well as replay just a small frame... 7 months and still trying to figure it out.
It's wonderful to plug in a disk and the TV automatically turns to Blue Ray mode, love this intelligent feature!
The remote is very miniature and hard to read with out glasses as well as replay just a small frame... 7 months and still trying to figure it out.
It's wonderful to plug in a disk and the TV automatically turns to Blue Ray mode, love this intelligent feature!
Pros: actual 4k, intelligent: pop in disk...turns on tv
Cons: small remote hard ro read, cannot rewind a tad to review
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
3
UBD-K8500 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Player
on September 3, 2017
Posted by: Floridaman44
from Avon Park, FL 33825, USA
Expertise:Intermediate
The player works well but the remote control has to be an industry disaster. The remote needs more buttons
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Features
4
Performance
5
Design
1
Value
1
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
4
Some Home Movies don't work
on February 6, 2018
Posted by: Eizy
from Staten Island, NY, USA
Expertise:Expert
I got a replacement for this model because some of my "homemade" movies wouldn't work, however the same problem with the replacement. What is odd is my old Samsung blu ray does play those same movies no problem. Other than this issue its a nice machine. The remote doesn't operate as smoothly as I wished (typing in info). All in all it is a nice player.
when the movie didn't play there was no error message to research. Just a blank screen. That was concerning.
Pros: Realistic color
Cons: Did not meet expectations
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
4
Performance
3
Design
5
Value
4
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
4
Everything Samsung says it is, except...
on February 13, 2018
Posted by: BertBeach
from Hollywood, FL
Expertise:Intermediate
I bought this player after reading countless reviews of blu ray players from a variety of manufacturers. This was consistently rated the best by many. I have not been disappointed. It is responsive and displays impressive picture quality. However, there is a major flaw with the unit: its remote control. It is very small and nearly impossible to operate. Why design engineers would pair this remote with an otherwise superior player is beyond me. It is so bad I searched the internet for a replacement and bought a remote (AK59-00167A) from an earlier Samsung model. It works perfectly. They should have left well enough alone.
Pros: Realistic color
Cons: poorly designed remote
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
2
Performance
4
Design
4
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
3
Great player for about 2 years
on October 27, 2018
Posted by: Ken425
from Everett, WA
Expertise:Intermediate
I had originally bought this 4k Blu ray player when it first was available at best buy and had issues with it playing any Blu ray or 4k movies! But played DVD's just fine. So I returned it after about 2 years cause of this issue and had got a new one and now it's doing it again and everything is up to date!!? Complete waste of money in my opinion for only getting about 2 years out of it and I rarely used it and took extremely good care of it! Even Still has the plastic wrap on it. I'd give it 5 stars if this issue didn't keep occurring. I love Samsung products but this player is a total waste of money u unless you plan on buying a new one ever 2 years or so. Very disappointed with this player!
Pros: Realistic color, Bright display, Lightweight
Cons: Did not meet expectations
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Features
3
Performance
1
Design
4
Value
1
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
1
Bad player
on May 20, 2020
Posted by: Joseph
from Dearborn, MI
Expertise:Intermediate
I have had the player for a while whenever I play a Blu-ray Disc the second disc of the set never plays
Cons: Poor quality, Did not meet expectations
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Features
1
Performance
1
Design
1
Value
1
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
Works great with my Samsung SUHD TV
on January 23, 2017
Posted by: SamsungFan2017
from Overland Park, KS, USA
Expertise:Intermediate
Purchased the UBD-K8500 at the end of 2016. Easy setup right out of the box using the default settings for viewers that do not like to mess with all of the detail settings. l like to get the best possible picture quality so I wanted to calibrate the picture settings between my new UBD-K8500 HDR 4K with my Samsung JS9000 SUHD TV. There is no UHD configuration disk that I know of at this time so I did the following steps below if you are interested.
First I connected the main HDMI output directly to the TV HDMI 1 and the 2nd Audio HDMI directly to my AV receiver. All my other devices go through my A/V receiver first and one HDMI output to the TV HDMI 4 input.
I started out with the Disney WOW Blu-Ray as the starting point for the calibration between the Samsung UBD-K8500 and Samsung JS9000 SUHD. Once I was happly with those settings I then did a few fine tune adjustments when watching sections of UHD movies (The Revenant & Suicide Squad) The biggest change was setting Smart LED "On-Standard" to reduce LED light clouding on dark scenes. I ended up with these settings and used the default setting if not listed below. All settings were done in a pitch dark room for movie watching.
Samsung UBD-K8500 Settings:
TV Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Original
BD Wise: On
Resolution: BD Wise
HDMI Color Format: Auto
HDMI Deep Color: Auto
TV Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Original
BD Wise: On
Resolution: BD Wise
HDMI Color Format: Auto
HDMI Deep Color: Auto
Samdung JS9000 Settings :
First thing - change the "HDMI UHD Color" to ON for the HDMI input you are using. The TV will power off and on.
Also make sure BD Wise is turned "ON" in the General settings.
Picture Mode: Movie
Blacklight: 18
Contrast: 100
Brightness: 45 - 47
Sharpness: 0
Dynamic Contrast: Off
Black Tone: Off
Color Space: Auto
White Balance: 2 Point
Auto Motion Plus: Standard
Smart LED: Standard
Cinema Black; On (I liked this setting because the black bars at top and bottom were nice and black)
First thing - change the "HDMI UHD Color" to ON for the HDMI input you are using. The TV will power off and on.
Also make sure BD Wise is turned "ON" in the General settings.
Picture Mode: Movie
Blacklight: 18
Contrast: 100
Brightness: 45 - 47
Sharpness: 0
Dynamic Contrast: Off
Black Tone: Off
Color Space: Auto
White Balance: 2 Point
Auto Motion Plus: Standard
Smart LED: Standard
Cinema Black; On (I liked this setting because the black bars at top and bottom were nice and black)
Pros: Realistic color, dual hdmi outputs, huge selection of on-line apps
Cons: lack of remote buttons, no sacd or dvd-audio support
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
4
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US