Just a quick post to let you know that some UHD Blu-ray players have been released starting yesterday and that it seems that Bestbuy preorders are starting to ship over the weekend.
If you want a first peek at what’s inside the box and at the menu, I encourage you to visit this discussion on AVSForums.
It will take a couple of weeks for my pre-order to arrive here in Canada, but I’ll let you know as soon as I can try the player.
Quick update : I now have both the player and two discs (Martian / Maze Runner: Scorch Trials) in hands and will be doing some testing over the weekend, I’ll give you some impressions soon.
does it have the dts:x codec you think?
The player can bitstream DTS-HD Master Audio so it will pass DTS:X to your receiver without any issue, of course you still need your receiver to handle it.
any news on the uk release
Nothing yet as far as I’ve seen.
This is has been the biggest cluster$%^k of a release ever!!I had mine pre-ordered at Best Buy since January 7th, but people can walk into a store in California and buy them, but my pre-order is still “processing”. What the hell Samsung?? This is why release dates are so important because its unfair to consumers not to be able to get the product they paid for at the same time as somebody else. Because of this fiasco, I’m actually thinking of cancelling my pre-order and holding out for a OPPO UHD BD Player!
The event in California was a marketing stunt. And then Fry’s decided to sell them quickly as Samsung did not force a launch date on it. Is your best buy order saying preparing for shipment in the details ? If it’s still at the first stage today at noon, I would give them a call. They are shipping their orders, I saw most of the people on the forum getting a tracking number even those who ordered yesterday.
You are luck to have ordered with Best Buy, Amazon is saying that some of the day 1 orders are now backorder until April ! They are probably wrong, but let’s see.
I’m sure you should not cancel, you’ll regret it 😉
thanks, for the response. Yes my shipment is still in the”preparing your item for shipment” for two days now and its supposed to be at my house by tomorrow (2/10) so I guess I will wait and see. Just NOT a happy consumer here.
Mine shipped yesterday and will be at its destination today, so I think you’re still safe.
Did you finally get it ?
yes, and I am loving it 🙂 . The Martian is the best picture I have ever seen come out of my Sammy UN78JS9500 🙂
Nice ! I must admit it’s the same thing on my side.