Easy to set up and begin watching movies. Its light, good looking, with many features. Gave it 4 stars for overall rating due to IMO remote control is too small. Why does Samsung make their remotes so small. Have dropped my remotes for my Samsung curved TVs many times. I'm sure it will be the same with this 4K player.

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.

I really like the look of this unit. It plays our 4K media as it's supposed to and it truly looks amazing on our TV. The biggest problem is the interface and the apps. We own a Samsung 4K TV and it has a vastly superior supply of apps. I wish this Blu-ray player used the same app store. I also wish the smart remote that came with our TV worked on the Blu-ray player. I think it should. The little remote that came with the Blu-ray player is fine but not great. It's easy to got lost on it using just feel. I also want to be able to customize the home display and what apps show up.

The k8500 is just what you need for your 4k TVs. I recently upgraded from a c5500 and the response time and quality are key! First movie I watched was the revenant in the ultra high Def and the quality of the picture, the contrast, the darker colors and the richness of the picture was breath taking. I purchased this knowingly that I would eventually have to upgrade to get into native 4k now all I'm waiting for is the audio in the k950 sound bar with dolby atmos. I do like the curve design even though I don't care for it much but it's sleek the only thing I don't like is the remote. The remote for this player stinks and would of preferred a smart remote similar to my 8500tv where it has a TouchPad and a mic to speak into it. Using the directional buttons during setup was a bit painful entering email , passwords and other things. All in all the player is definitely worth it especially if you want the best out of your 4k TV. Another added bonus that caught me off guard is that this player is 3D as well. I was in the market for a cheap 3d player being that my TV is 3d compatible but when I saw the decal on the player for 3d I was pleasantly surprised.

Has a ton of features. If you find it at the right price, its a great deal. It played my 4K Blu-Rays with perfect picture. It looked amazing and I finally noticed the difference on my 8700 Samsung after 2 years of ownership. The nice perk is it has all the app features that the 4K Roku requires so its like not only a high level blu ray player, but also like a built in 4K web Viewer. My only disclaimer is that it did interrupt the first time I played a blu-ray. Like it just paused, I shut it off, and then resumed play normally. Kind of weird out of the box, but it might have needed a firmware update, or it could have maybe been the disk. I didn't have chance to troubleshoot it yet.

When I bought this player I was looking for a native 4K bluray player to avoid up scaling typical issues frrm other brands. I was greatly surprised that even playing DVD's (480p quality) this player up scaling capabilities were far superior than other bluray players that claimed 4k upscaling capabilities. Now I can enjoy my old media in my 4k TV with superior visual experience I never had before.

This Blu-ray is very easy to use. I have all the apps in it that I use right there in front of me. The Sony Blu-ray I had before wouldn't even let me watch Netfix. The viewing quality is great. I was surprised the remote is so small, but it has everything I need. Samsung is a business I can trust.

I have to say this player is AMAZING perfect picture quality. The load time on discs is super fast even though my Samsung TV isn't HDR, the picture quality is still beautiful I have the hu8550 model with evolution upgrade I highly recommend this player to anyone 5 ***** Stars

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.

This player does a good job of playing HDR movies, 3D movies and bluray movies.and up scaling to 4K. The design appears cheap and plastic but functionally it works fine. The instructions on how to add apps or move apps on the player are non existent and need to be added in a firmware update. The on/off light is too small and is very difficult to see from more than a few feet away. The remote is very bad and I ended up using my remote from an older model player.