There is some good news for owners of Samsung 2013 (F9000 series) and 2014 (HU series) TVs, as the company will release the Samsung TV 2015 UHD Evolution Kit (SEK-3500U), that will allow you to update your TVs to the latest Tizen Operating System, in-line with their 2015 and future Smart TVs. After the update your TV will offer greater performance with a redesigned, smooth and fast User Interface.
Samsung Sek-3500 Review
I can tell you what my experience is with a different model. I have an un55hu8550fxza with the Evolution Kit SEK-3500. Find me a casino. Adding the evolution kit gave my TV the correct HDMI ports needed for HDR. I'm able to run HDR using an Xbox One S. However HDR on my set doesn't look good. Many are still controlled on the original TV OS. Although the SEK-3500 is not required, you will have to connect the SEK-4500 to either an HDMI port directly on your TV or an HDMI port on your existing one-connect box because it uses Displayport to HDMI rather than only using the proprietary Samsung One Connect Port (which is displayport based). The SEK-4500 is designed with the latest Smart TV update for owners of select 2012-2015 Samsung TVs. Enjoy the new on-screen user interface and remote control featuring Bixby Voice and auto input detection. Can you confirm these sek 4500 from austraila work in uk model tvs and all uk apps etc work before myself and others order them as they are cheaper than the 3500 that were hard to find but still a few pound to buy if they end up a paper weight.
The new update will include the new HEVC and VP9 codecs that will give you improved picture quality with 4K video @ 60p. The box will retail for 399 euros and consists of the new One-Connect box and the new Smart Control remote TM1560A.
Samsung SEK-3500U 2015 Evolution Kit
- 2015 Software Update to the Tizen Operating System with new redesigned Smart Hub
- Faster New Octa core processor
- Additional RAM
- Updated Touch Remote with new pointer operation
- One-Connect Box
- One-Connect cable
- MHL 3.0 connectivity for connection to mobile devices
- HDMI 2.0 ports that support 4K Video @ 60p
- HDCP 2.2, MHL 3 and VP9 Support
Make sure you update your TV software to the latest version before installing the SEK-3500U hardware. What does yt mean in texting. Full updating instructions will be found at Samsung.com
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Sek 4500 Review
New 2015 Evolution Kit
Samsung introduced its Evolution Kit program in 2012. Every year since then, the company has released a new Evolution Kit that can be connected to certain TVs to upgrade hardware, Smart TV features, and sometimes picture quality.The new 2015 Evolution Kit (SEK-3500U) has an octa-core processor inside and will upgrade the TV operating system to Tizen. Tizen is a new multi-device platform developed by Samsung and Intel. The Evolution Kit also adds VP9 decoding support, which allows owners to stream YouTube in 4K for the first time.
There is another major change for owners of high-end 2014 TVs such as HU9000, HU8700, and HU8550 because SEK-3500 apparently (1, 2) also enables the TVs to process the new PQ format used for HDR content. The 2014 TVs are edge LED based and can obviously not output a high enough brightness level to claim full HDR support but according to owners HDR content plays and is a clear improvement over non-HDR content.
A new Smart Remote is also included with the upgrade.
Samsung says that SEK-3500 works only with 2013 (F9000 & S9) and 2014 (HU6900 & above) UHD TVs. Samsung has promised to keep supporting its 2012 and 2013 HD models, too, but no 2015 Evolution Kit has been made available for these TVs yet.
Samsung SEK-3500 is available now in the US for $400 and looks like a nice upgrade for owners of high-end 2014 TVs. The same Evolution Kit is coming to Europe for €399 Euro but no release date has been announced.
