Samsung UBD-K8500 UBD-KM85C Wi-Fi 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Player (Renewed)

I originally hesitated ordering this player because of some of the bad reviews, but buying refurbished is definitely the way to go. It's been a few months now and i have had no major issues, only minor complaints. The most obvious flaw is the build quality....not a deal breaker, but just something to be aware of. For instance, as others have stated, the disc tray is a bit flimsy but works fine. Another thing i noticed is how it handles scratched discs. Instead of skipping, the screen will go black when it has trouble reading the disc, but it will read some pretty scratched up discs. These issues are nit picking, but someone may find it useful to know. The really good thing is how well this player works! Boot up is really fast as well as initial disc read time. Picture quality is second to none, as well as audio quality. Really so many good qualities about this player to list so if your on the fence, just buy it, you won't regret it.

EDIT: I returned this player for two reasons. First, after I plugged this unit into the power outlet, the Cable Modem I had plugged in on the same circuit started randomly rebooting!!!! Took me a while to figure out this player was somehow causing that! I don't know how this player, even when powered off could cause some kind of electrical interference that would cause a cable modem to reboot!?!? But after unplugging this player, the cable modem stopped rebooting! RETURNED!!! Also, while watching a disk, the TV screen would go black randomly for a couple of seconds. It did not happen a lot, but maybe a couple of times each disk. Too bad - otherwise I would have kept this. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I needed to replace a 10 year old Sony blue-ray player that was on its last legs. Was going to buy another Sony, but all their models reviews seemed to state that they freeze and need to be unplugged which was what my old unit did a lot too. So I figured I would get a Samsung to match my TV. Overall, I think this is a good value. I just hope it lasts! I was leery of a refurb as I only had purchased one other Amazon refurb in the past which worked out great. For me, the unit came in the factory box, and the packaging was professional with everything sealed in plastic. The remote looked brand new, and came with a new battery and a new HDMI cord. The unit itself had scratches on the top like it was in an AV stack. Pros: * When playing a regular DVD, the upscale worked really great. * Easy setup. * Works great with a Samsung TV Smart Controller. * Full feature set, and has some features that others are missing. Cons: * When playing a Bluray disk, the upscale was not as good as I expected. Pretty much looked like standard 1080P to me. * No front display anymore. Seems like all the manufacturers have gotten away from a front display for some reason. * When you power off the unit and power it back on, the disk starts from the beginning and not where you left off. VERY ANNOYING! You have to search for where you left off.

Good product

I am in love with 4k! We just bought a 65" 4k 3D tv and I we needed this to go with it obviously. Setup was a breeze, the player is not loud at all, and the 4k movies look great. The player is slim and not an eyesore. We have not had any issues with it and it does exactly what it should. A+

I was nervous buying refurbished but the unit is working perfectly. It talks to my Samsung 4K TV which is interesting. If i use the 4k player remote to raise the volume there is a delay because apparently the player remote tells the unit to raise the volume which tells the tv to raise the volume, the tv tells the tv remote to raise the volume and my tv remote tells the Vizio sound bar to get louder!.. 1-2 second delay. Weird but I find it fascinating. The picture on the blu-ray discs is outstanding. This is my first experience with blu-ray. I have not tried a 4k disc yet. Some features from my old DVD player are MISSING on this unit which I find surprising. I really miss being able to 1= play with sound at 1.3x speed. I do (did) that a lot for movies that I didn't love or if I was short of time. 2= my old dvd could play 2x speed and still displayed the subtitiles. I did that if I didn't like the movie and just wanted to see what happened or if I was in a hurry. 3= programmable skip search. ie. I could set a button to skip ahead a certain amount of time like one minute... Other negatives on this unit are: the fast forward is hard to activate and I often chapter skip by accident the power light can't be seen unless you are above the unit. It's just a little red/blue light. No other display. Did I turn it off...? Remote is small and awkward Positives: Communicates well with the same brand TV Fast forward is lightening fast as is reverse Picture in Blu-ray is very nice I think it makes my old DVDs look better very quiet loads fast I am happy with this but the negative are annoying

I received this order yesterday. Upon taking it out of the box I could hear loose pieces inside of the DVD player rattling around. Upon plugging it up, hoping for the best, It required numerous updates. That part might be expected. I put in a standard DVD and it played, but it would not play 4K. I put in three different 4K Blu-ray‘s none of them would play. One did start the credits and then the screen blacked out. I went to Best Buy and purchased a different Blu-ray player using the same HDMI cable and television. Everything works flawlessly. I plugged this refurbished unit back up, and the 4K movies would not play. I’m sure not all of the refurbished units are defective, but mine certainly was, along with rattling loose parts inside the housing, and I would not want to get it replaced with another refurbished Adam.