Korro
join:2008-03-15
Pittsburgh, PA | reply to Sentinel
Re: BluRay player - does brand matter?
This is all actually pretty funny. If Sony killed HD movies...why is it that Many movies will not play on a Sony. Did HD DVD have these kind of issues as well?
You would think the manufactures of Blue Ray discs would use the correct codecs. |
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imrf
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join:2002-06-06
Utica, MI
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| said by Korro  :Did HD DVD have these kind of issues as well? There hasn't been a disc that my Toshiba HD-DVD couldn't play. But there were some problems that I read about before buying mine, and a firmware update fixed them, and they were quick about it. Now the Xbox 360 add-on has had a fair amount of issues, some took a while to resolve, others were quick.
Sony has to update the PS3 fast since that is what's driving BR. If they don't get the bugs fixed in the console, they'll screw themselves over and people will stop buying their stuff. |
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Dustyn
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join:2003-02-26
Ontario, CAN | Funny how some of the first consumer DVD players ever produced don't need all these stupid firmware updates. Even today my old Pioneer Elite DVD/LD combo plays todays latest DVD releases without issue. |
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imrf
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join:2002-06-06
Utica, MI | You're lucky. Many first release DVD players had problems with dual layer discs. Many couldn't handle the layer switchover. Most needed a firmware update, others were paper weights. |
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Dustyn
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join:2003-02-26
Ontario, CAN
| said by imrf :You're lucky. Many first release DVD players had problems with dual layer discs. Many couldn't handle the layer switchover. Most needed a firmware update, others were paper weights. Really?
I wouldn't even know how to go about performing a firmware upgrade on an ancient DVD/LD unit (if one was available). There are no special ports for such a procedure? |
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imrf
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join:2002-06-06
Utica, MI
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·WOW Internet and C..
| You download and ISO, burn it to disc, usually a DVD, and put it in like a movie. It runs special code and updates it. My Panasonic RP-91K used to get updates. They would tweak out things, such as speeding up layer changes, or fixing glitches from those New Line Cinema Infinifilm DVDs. |
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Dustyn
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join:2003-02-26
Ontario, CAN | Hey, that's pretty cool. 
I might have to look into this.
But, as of now everything is working fine so... |
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imrf
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join:2002-06-06
Utica, MI | The old golden rule, if it ain't broken, don't try to fix it.  |
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mordin
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join:2005-05-28
Moncton, NB
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said by Korro :This is all actually pretty funny. If Sony killed HD movies...why is it that Many movies will not play on a Sony. Did HD DVD have these kind of issues as well? You would think the manufactures of Blue Ray discs would use the correct codecs. It's not the codecs but the Blu-ray format. From what I've read HD-DVD was a finalized format and was being released for sale. Sony didn't want HD-DVD to get an early lead so they releases a sort of 'beta' Blu-ray format. Knowing the format wasn't finished and would change. The problem comes with manufactures using the newest version before the updates are released for the players (for the players that can be updates).
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