Samsung BD-C8500

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Samsung BD-C8500

A number of new high-end Blu-Ray players have been released recently by Samsung but one of its most feature-rich is the Samsung BD-C8500 with a huge choice of facilities that will compliment any users’ home entertainment system and allows it to rival anything that its competitors currently offer.

Of the many features offered on the Samsung BD-C8500 the one that sets it apart from all but a few players is the DVB-T2 terrestrial digital tuner that allows users to watch a wide range of HD Freeview channels on top of the usual Blu-Ray movies.

Users also have the ability to use a range of additional features on their Samsung BD-C8500 player including the popular BD-Live Profile 2.0 system that allows them to view additional content like movie trailers, interviews, games, cut scenes and more, and also Samsung’s own Internet@TV that gives users access to services such as Blockbusters, Netflix, Picasa, Pandora and many others.

Both these features need to be accessed over an internet connection and the Samsung BD-C8500 provides access either by using the Ethernet connection at the back of the player or by using the built-in Wi-Fi connection to connect wirelessly.

The Samsung BD-C8500 also comes with a 500GB internal HDD which allows users to store anything from the HD programs on the Freeview service to the huge choice of downloadable content that the different online services offer. Once stored on the drive users can then transfer the relevant data over to either DVD or Blu-Ray discs for future viewing.

Looking at the various Samsung BD-C8500 features

With the vast array of different Blu-Ray players currently being sold it can be difficult for new players to stand out but with the Samsung BD-C8500 there are enough facilities and features to allow it rival anything its other Blu-Ray competitors have to offer. This includes:

- Full HD 1080p picture quality providing rich, vivid and incredibly realistic video output
- Remove black on-screen banding automatically by using Screen Fit that converts 21:9 over to 16:9 aspect ratio
- DVB-T2 Broadcasting terrestrial digital tuner that allows users to view free-to-air HD channels saving them a monthly fee
- Access to a wide range of different entertainment like music, videos, news, social networking and much more using Samsungs’ Internet@TV service
- Store all digital content from the various freeview HD channels, Internet@TV and BD-Live Profile 2.0 sources onto the built in 500GB Hard Disk Drive (HDD)
- Connect the Samsung BD-C8500 wirelessly to any wireless home network using the built in Wi-Fi connection

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