UHD Blu-Ray Players and UHD TV sets are said to replace existing technology and Samsung will be the first to make the leap. Why is that significant? It’s positioned as offering a more cost-effective alternative to OLED TVs.
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The K8500 demo was pretty locked down, in large part because it was running that homemade disc. Samsung told me that the player will work with media from a hard drive attached to the USB 3 port, as well as movies copied onto memory sticks and over to mobile phones, as long as it’s allowed by the content owners.
Dunn, one of the home entertainment sector’s leading futurists, participated in the press conference and vowed 20th Century’s support, saying the studio will release upcoming movies on Ultra HD Blu-ray disc on the same day as standard Blu-ray and Digital HD. The player will also upscale non-Ultra HD content up to the higher resolution, a feature that has been included on Samsung’s players in the past including the BD-J7500. Because, although this has been revealed, there’s no price or date for it to become commercially available.
Samsung has used a curved design, making it match its huge line up curved SUHD TVs, as well as the matching soundbars.
The new player also supports TVs capable of displaying high dynamic range (HDR), the same tech that ensures photos don’t lose detail when there’s extremely bright and dark portions of the same frame.
So this is a vision of the future in many senses. The upgrade will include support for HDMI 2.0a, which is necessary to take full advantage of UHD Blu-ray features such as HDR. However, someone’s thought of that, and according to USA Today Fox announced it would be making serveral titles available in the Ultra HD disc format.
The reports the fact that the BluovervallenRay Disc Association had ultimately found it was actually certification the spec for Ultra HD Blu-rays would get happen to appreciated along with avaliable chair arms.
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However there is a catch and that is if you want to experience the new Ultra HD content, you will need a compatible Ultra HD TV, which in itself can be an expensive purchase.
