Samsung BD-E8500

usability, design, size

price, reliability

44% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

Design, Bedienbarkeit

69% der Kundenmeinungen auf Amazon.de bewerten dieses Produkt positiv.

100% des avis sur Amazon.fr donnent une note favorable à ce produit.

Hugely generous feature list ; Appealing new ‘lifestyle’ services ; Easy, intuitive operation

Can’t access the EPG while two recordings in progress ; Slightly noisy standard def Freeview pictures ; Smart Hub needs more catch-up TV content

Dual tuner for recording flexibility is a great option ; well-designed smart hub with plenty of features ; good picture with decent motion and upscaling ; good build

Sound is a bit on the thin side

This Samsung’s dual recording ability is its star feature – but it’ll have to amp up its performance to beat its rivals

Wealth of features; smooth, fast operation; crisp HD pictures

Can’t access EPG when recording two channels; Freeview SD; needs more catch-up TV

Wealth of features; smooth, fast operation; crisp HD pictures

Can’t access EPG when recording two channels; Freeview SD; needs more catch-up TV

Scherpe HD-beelden DLNA Snelle werking Een overvloed aan features 2 tuners; DVB-T/DVB-C 500 GB harddisk

Geen toegang tot EPG bij gebruik 2 kanalen Freeview SD

Apologies for the below; rant coming up! Extremely disappointed to advise that we three BD-E8500M DVD hard drives (all set up with Samsung TV's). Over the last 18 months every one of the BD-E8500M units has developed the same fault, each losing the...

Easy to set up

Three units purchased, four times they've lost TV Channels and will not retune, requiring repair. All out of warranty and one has already same fault. Samsung simply state out of warranty and will charge for yet another repair; which will no doubt be...

Very easy to set up and use. Recording from free view is as simple as one click. Great picture quality.

Using the on screen keyboard is very slow

Very easy to set up and use ; Recording from free view is as simple as one click ; Great picture quality

Using the on screen keyboard is very slow

Very well designed unit, relatively easy to set up and navigate. Great image and sound quality. Very stylish design. Bought this unit for my 74 year old father who sussed out how to use it in minutes and loves it.

None that have materialized so far.