14 DAY TRIAL // While it’s waiting to release its 4K-capable TVs, Samsung has unveiled a different type of technological product that can play video in ultra-high-definition resolution: the BD-F7500.
BD-F7500 is a Blu-ray disk player, not a Blu-ray PC drive. In other words, it is a multimedia player that can read optical disks, not a piece of computer hardware. A simple glance will make that more than clear.
What such a glance won't immediately reveal is the full capability of the newcomers.
While the 3D Blu-ray logo is more than visible on the left front side, there isn't an obvious sign showing the 4K support.
And we aren't talking about simple 4K UHD resolution playback, although films in that qualify will definitely be supported.
What we are speaking of is the ability of the Blu-ray player to upscale videos from Full HD resolution to (1920 x 1080 pixels) UHD 4K (3840 x 2160 pixels). The Sony 4K X-Reality Pro video processor is used here.
All current Blu-ray disc standards are supported, for both 2D and 3D: onboard decoding of Dolby Digital, Dolby True HD, DTS HD MA, DTS HD HRAD, etc.
Two HDMI outputs are available, as is an optical digital audio output and even integrated Wi-Fi 802.11 (wireless connectivity).
All in all, the newcomer has everything required to playback MPEG-2, MPEG-4, JPEG, DivX HD, AVCHD, MKV, WMV and MPO formats.
Not only that, but Samsung made sure the Smart BD F7500 player, as the device is called, can, in addition to streaming movies and TV shows, download apps, browse the web, use social networking sites (Facebook, Twitter) and even shop online.
The price of the Samsung Smart BD player is $259.99 / 199-259.99 Euro. Owners of 4K UHDTVs, displays and projectors should have enough money for that if they can afford the TVs and such in the first place.
