Samsung’s next-gen UHD Blu-ray deck improves on its predecessor with a beefed-up feature list, a slick new operating system and stunning 4K pictures. Build quality could be better, however, and it lacks features found on rival players.

Easy to set up ; Good picture quality ; Great multimedia features ; High quality display

No 3D support ; No Dolby Vision support ; No SACD/DVD-Audio support

After a rather cheap and cheerful debut 4K Blu-ray player last year, Samsung has stepped up its game considerably with the M9500. It performs better, it looks better, and it provides some genuinely innovative and useful features. A couple of other...

Great 4K playback ; Excellent user interface ; Quiet and fast playback

Additional services likely superfluous ; No Dolby Vision support ; No 3D Blu-ray support

What all this amounts to is a major "win" in the usability department: if you're after an Ultra HD Blu-ray player that will provide a genuine upgrade to the connected functionality in your living room and offer a better user experience than your older...

Flawless playback ; Superb 4K upscaling ; Auto correct frame rate with streaming ; Twin HDMI outputs ; Excellent features set ; Easy to setup

No Dolby Vision support ; No 3D Blu-ray support ; Pricey

There's no doubt that the M9500 is a very capable 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray player that can be setup with the minimum of fuss. If you simply leave it in its default auto settings it will optimise its output to suit your display and deliver a flawless...

Great picture on 4K UHD TVs ; Samsung software interface is great ; Easy setup ; Decent price

Lacks Dolby Vision support ; Design and build lacks.

This is a solid 4K UHD Blu-ray player. The build quality and remote quality could be better but it does pair well with 4K UHD TVs. If you’re not interested in an Xbox One X and just want 4K UHD Blu-ray playback capbility, then the UBD-M9500 is a great...

I’m in my 13th year of reviewing consumer electronics, and I’m continually amazed at the industry’s pace of innovation. In the span of about 20 years, we’ve gone from bulky, backbreaking CRT displays to flat-panel TVs that hang on the wall, as well as...