Samsung unveils world’s first Ultra HD Blu-ray player at IFA 2015

Samsung announced the world's first Ultra HD Blu-ray player at the IFA 2015 in Berlin

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Samsung’s new UHD Blu-ray player, is the first of its kind and will launch in Europe first.

At the IFA 2015, Samsung announced a new Ultra HD Blu-ray player, which supports UHD Blu-ray disc playback. Samsung becomes the first company to make such a product announcement around 4K and HDR videos.

Samsung says that their Ultra HD Blu-ray player is capable of providing four times the resolution and 64 times higher colour expression compared to standard Blu-ray player. Samsung’s UHD Blu-ray player also supports HDR and can play Ultra UD videos at the rate of 60 frames per second as well.

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Samsung says their player can also upscale content to provide UHD resolution for any disc and supports 4K streaming services. Like the Samsung curved SUHD TVs, the Ultra HD Blu-ray player also has a matching curved design.

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Samsung’s UHD Blu-ray player will also support HDR pictures.

Samsung also announced that its SUHD TVs are capable of displaying High Dynamic Range (HDR) picture quality, for greater contrast, better colours and details.

It also announced support for the new HDMI 2.0a specification, which enables the transmission of HDR metadata across external HDR-compatible sources. Samsung will release this firmware update to its SUHD TVs.

Samsung’s new UHD Blu-ray player will launch in Europe first, followed by other parts of the world.

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