Samsung SEK-2500U Evolution Kit (2014 Model)

Well I like some of the other reviewers was a little concerned about this purchase however I am pleasantly surprised so far with a few exceptions. First off unlike the others reviews here my old 2013 cable did not work at all. Once I swapped it out for the 2014 it installed perfectly. I have a UN55F9000. So my concerns are 1. While watching some programs/movies on cable I can see movement of what should be stationary items...very weird, and they are not what I would think are CGI items. 2. I loaded up an episode of Breaking Bad on Netflix but was not as impressed with the picture as I thought I should be. No WOW factor. 3. The cool thing is now Netflix does show suggestions for 4K programs in the browse area. (This did not show before the upgrade) The nature stuff is good but again just not the WOW I was expecting 4. Now I may have missed something here but I was expecting the 4K preloaded movies that others were alluding too but I got nothing with this purchase and after shelling out $400 for this thing I'm not quite ready to spend $300 more for the hard drive and the movie pack. I guess I have to do more research for the right settings etc. and am hoping for more 4K content soon! If anyone reading this can offer suggestions they would be appreciated...thanks

Received this on August 2, 2014. Everything works as it should. The box is a July 2014 build. I backed up the old (2013) box, selected the 2013 UHD Evolution backup and followed instructions. Connected the new box and cable, works perfectly. Once the new box connected, it downloaded to the current software version of 1150.6. Can watch Netflix in 4k. Can also now buy and use the Samsung movie packs that were not available to users of the 2013 65F9000 owners. It has HDMI 2.0, as well as USB 3.0. What will not work anymore is the sample movie pack that was sent to 2013 UHD owners. It uses a different compression that Samsung no longer uses. No loss there, I can get the 4k movies from Youtube.

So I recently purchased the new 75" UN75HU8550FXZA as I'm not a big fan of the curved screen, and at the same time also purchased the UHD video hard drive. 'The Samsung rep' told me the UHD Drive was ONLY compatible with the 8550 if used in conjunction with the USB-3 port on the SEK-2500U Evo kit. So after purchasing everything, the Evo SEK-2500U IS NOT compatible with the 8550 series what so ever (even though it has the the EVO port on it, just like it's bigger 9000 series brother), it's meant for 'next years' EVO kit (even though the rep said the SEK-2500 would already add additional processing to the 8550, necessary to playback the UHD content). So now the UHD Video pack DOES NOT WORK on the TV's usb-3 port, nor does the EVO kit work AT ALL (enters an endless power cycling mode) with the 8550. So all said and done I am left with expensive paper weights and no 4k content after buying all samsung products via the reps recommendation. I have called samsung support 5 times now, had them 'attempt' to remote into the TV, but after 6 hours on hold and no help what so ever I am left BEYOND dissatisfied with the products.

As with the previous reviews from June and July, I too was nervous about the quality of this product. I can re-assure everyone that everything now works fine with the latest firmware. I got it, followed the upgrade instructions with no problems. Now i just need to swap out my receiver to one that support hdmi 2.0

I am pretty sure that this kit will work with compatible TVs but make sure that yours is one of the ones that this will work with. The info says that it will work with the 2014 smart hub but I found that it will not work with a UN50HU8550 LED TV. After many tries to get it to work, and finally contacting Samsung support, I was informed that this kit will not work with 2014 TVs. The kit that will work with my TV will be released sometime early next year. Easy Amazon returns are very helpful with this item.

One of the good things about customers product review is that a prospective customer can learn from others mistakes. Run the evolution kit backup on my TV set (UA55F9000), powerd the unit off and removed the plug... unvoxed the evolution kit an installed it. I tried to use the old cable, as it was nicely hidden and tied up and did not work. Worked after new cable was installed. To a while to get used some of the menus but once done I tested a couple o movies and TV channels and I notice very small improvements on the image definition. Need to work on the voice and motion controls as they not working as they should