Samsung announced that it would start selling a 4K, Ultra HD (UHD) Blu-ray player from early 2016. The South Korean tech titan made the announcement at a press meet at Berlin's IFA 2015 trade show on Wednesday, Sept. 3. While this announcement is a signpost in the gradual delivery of new film and TV resolution into our homes, the company also that the Blu-ray player will also serve as a streaming service for 4K content from Amazon, Netflix and YouTube.

IB Times reports that even as numerous UHD (also referred to as 4K) screens are available in the high-end market these days, it is more difficult to acquire high-resolution content to watch on them. The South Korean tech giant is hopeful that a UHD Blu-ray player will help in solving this problem. According to Samsung, its first model will cost less than $500 (£350).

In fact, Samsung used its first of two Berlin events to introduce a range of new SUHD (super ultra HD) televisions, having superior image quality from the same UHD resolution as their predecessors. The TVs will have HDMI 2.0a connectivity that will work with HDR (high dynamic range) video, boosting picture quality further.

This time, Samsung's SUHD televisions are on display all over the company's enormous booth at the IFA 2015. Both curved as well as flat screens are on display, and Samsung claimed that half of all UHD TVs sold by the company are curved.

After Wednesday's announcement, Samsung's SUHD range will include 28 different models varying in screen size from 48-inch to a massive 105-inch. A huge 8K screen is also displayed at Samsung's booth. However, having four times the resolution of UHD, it is unlikely that it will be on sale any time soon.

Utilizing Samsung's presentation event, the Blu-ray Disc Association announced that 'Kingsman: The Secret Service' will be the first 20th Century Fox film to be sold on Ultra HD Blu-ray. However, they are yet to reveal the price for such discs. It can be expected that at launch, the films will cost around £20 (roughly $30). The discs are so expensive because they can hold up to 100GB of data - a must when each frame of a UHD film is four times larger than that of one shot in regular HD. In addition the latest discs also have space for higher-quality sound using Dolby's new Atmos system that comprises channels for ceiling-mounted speakers.