![]() ![]() Here, you’re provided with access to the same impressive range of apps as before, complete with the all-important BBC iPlayer and Netflix, only this time the layout has been tweaked to include the themed ‘Signature Services’ of Family Story, Fitness and Kids.Įlsewhere in Smart Hub is a search tool and Your Video, which recommends movies from on-demand sites. The amount of features is astonishing, chief among which is the revamped Smart Hub portal. USB ports are found on the front and back. The black box design is softened somewhat by the curved, silver trim along the bottom, and I dig the way the touch-sensitive controls are built into the display panel just above the disc slot.ģD compatibility is ensured by the HDMI v1.4 output, an Ethernet port is provided for non-Wi-Fi users and a Common Interface slot lets you add pay TV channels, but there’s no second HDMI or multichannel analogue out. It’s the successor to the BD-D8500, tweaking its basic blueprint with a few new tricks for 2012. It’s an approach taken by Samsung for the BD-E8500, whose ‘Smart PVR’ not only brings you all the usual TV trappings like twin Freeview HD tuners and a 500GB HDD, but also the company’s online internet portal as well as playback of 2D and 3D Blu-ray discs. Slapping it on a product guarantees instant kudos, enticing buyers with promises of extra web content and clever networking tricks. Smart is still the big buzzword in the AV world. This PVR is so much more than just a twin-tuner time shifter. ![]()
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