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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 11-08-2008, 09:32 PM:

Tried several times to download the file but nothing happens after you check the I Accept box... Anyone else having troubles? I also tried to E-Mail them through the support site regarding this but the e-mail bounces.

Mark

Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 11-08-2008, 11:52 PM:

I didn't run into any problem clicking on the link that you supplied. If need be, I could download the file and e-mail it to you...provided that AT&T will allow me to do so.

Edit: I have a copy of the update on my local hard disc. Anyone that needs it should just e-mail me and I'll forward it over.

Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 11-09-2008, 12:05 AM:

Here, I downloaded the file for you. Let me know once you have it and then I will delete it.

Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 11-09-2008, 02:37 AM:

You still spelled it wrong, but what made you change from Blew to Blue? ARe you finally warming up to sony? [Wink]

Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 11-09-2008, 09:03 AM:

Thanks Guys!

Bobby, probably too large to e-mail and it's already a zipped file. I downloaded it from Joe's site and made burned the ISO. Still don't know why I can't download it... even shut down the firewall and it still wouldn't download...

Mike... No, not warming up to them... there's still way too much baloney involved. It's the only Sony piece I have in the house and it will probably be replaced by a high end Pioneer Elite Blu-Ray player around xmas time.

Edit: The firmware loaded just fine!

Thanks again!
Mark

[ 11-09-2008, 10:29 AM: Message edited by: Mark Gulbrandsen ]

Posted by Harry Robinson (Member # 265) on 11-09-2008, 09:09 PM:

I wonder if of you guys can help me on this one. I have a Sony BDP-S500 and Baraka won't play correctly on it. It tries to load, then finally displays, "Cannot read this disk." I fooled with it, pushing the enter button while it was loading, and it finally cued up. After that it cued whenever I loaded it. I thought all was groovy.

But alas, it froze up the player completely at 1 hour 20 minutes.

Thinking it might be the disk I exchanged it for another at Best Buy, and this one won't even load.

I have updated the firmware and spent at least two hours on Sony's esupport phone line talking to people in Manila. I bought this machine 6 weeks ago. I have taken every precaution to be as patient as I can be regarding early adoption of the format. Every other disk I have loaded in this player has worked perfectly, no hitches.

Does anybody have any ideas? I don't relly want to send the deck to Sony, and I bought it online (which I will never do again.

Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 11-09-2008, 10:35 PM:

First make sure the disk will play on another player... for instance at the store you bought the disk from. If it does then you've no choice but to send the player in for repair.

I had a strange incident with my player about a month ago... a friend accidently stuck an HD-DVD into it and the BDP-S300 wouldn't eject it... although mine uses a standard off the shelf Pioneer IDE drive there was no pinhole to release the carrage... but I discovered that there are two terminals on the back of the drive that look like "Master"/"Slave" select terminals that when shorted cause the drive to eject. Problem solved.
Mark

Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 11-09-2008, 10:51 PM:

Stand-alone Blu-ray players scare me. The PS3 works so perfectly in this regard and I am spoiled by it. I wouldn't mind having a stand-alone player for the bitstreaming capabilities, but the long load times and incompatibilities scare the bejeezus out of me.

Posted by Darryl Spicer (Member # 711) on 11-09-2008, 11:12 PM:

Who put out Baraka? Was it Fox by chance. I have the Speed disc and it will not play at all in my Sony BDP S350. It says Can not opperate this disc.

Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 11-09-2008, 11:44 PM:

I'm not sure if there's a problem with how Baraka was mastered or if a number of Blu-ray players need firmware updates. There's a thread at Blu-ray.com about people having trouble playing Baraka on a number of different players. But the list of affected players seems a bit odd.

Some have had trouble playing the movie on the following players:
Sony BDP-BX1
Sony BDP-S300
Sony BDP-S350
Sony BDP-S500
Sony BDP-S550
Samsung BD-P1500
LG BH200

What's odd is that some who own one of the player models listed above don't have any trouble playing the movie. The freezing error in Chapter 19 or the failure to load disc error doesn't repeat itself consistently on every one of the players in the list.

It's likely to be some sort of firmware issue, or an issue with how the disc was mastered. It's widely known most studios test their Blu-ray discs on the Playstation 3. How many other models of BD Players tested beyond the PS3 isn't known.

Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 11-10-2008, 12:26 AM:

quote: Joe Redifer
but the long load times and incompatibilities scare the bejeezus out of me.

Those that work with Linux based equipment understand the long boot up/software update times. The only thing I dislike about the BDPS-300 is the crawler load thing at the beginning of some movies. That IS DEFINATELY annoying but none of the new players I know of suffer from this. The BDPS-300 really is a dinosaur as players go... it uses a first generation Pioneer IDE interface BD transport... so you can't expect too much from it in terms of speed. Newer players that utilize SATA drives seem to load ALOT faster than this now old beast is capable of. I have also considered just putting my own player together built on a PC base since BD drives are becomming much more reasonably priced. If I were also into video games I'd probably consider a Play Station but I don't have time nor the need for any more games than my daily job already affords me.

Mark

Posted by Chris Slycord (Member # 4239) on 11-10-2008, 02:17 AM:

quote: Mark Gulbrandsen
Those that work with Linux based equipment understand the long boot up/software update times.

It's not entirely accurate to say "Linux loads slowly" considering that most of the "slowness" you see in the boot-up sequence is usually the distribution you're using choosing to use an antequated init system. There are a few different options for faster, parallel init replacements.

Posted by Tony Bandiera Jr (Member # 2365) on 11-10-2008, 02:21 PM:

quote: Mike Heenan
You still spelled it wrong, but what made you change from Blew to Blue? ARe you finally warming up to sony?

The forum has software that will put up a notice about using insults or derogatory language, I found this out when I tried to post those two words together. [Big Grin]

Try it yourself and you'll see.

Edited to add:

I have the BDP-S301 and it has had an attitude problem from day one. Sometimes it refuses to load anything, other times it doesn't lock the HDMI output in sync.

I had to return a BDP-S1 to Sony for repair, they didn't have the parts in stock and had to send us a replacement player.

Overall I have been extremely displeased with the quality control of Sony's products lately.

I installed a Samsung at one of my last screening rooms and it has worked flawlessly with heavy use.

Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 11-10-2008, 03:58 PM:

Out of new standalone BD players, the Panasonic DMP-BD35 seems to be a real winner. You can buy one for under $300. Amazon is selling it for $264. It's BD Live capable out of the box, supports all the next-gen audio formats, loads discs noticeably faster than most standalones (but still not as fast as the PS3). C|Net awarded the player an Editor's Choice award -the first they've given to any standalone BD player.

Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 11-10-2008, 04:29 PM:

quote: Bobby Henderson
It's BD Live capable out of the box

Fuck you, DVD. We have BD-Live!

Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 11-10-2008, 04:33 PM:

I bought the new For Your Eyes Only Blu Ray, and tried it on my dad's player (sony 301 model). It loaded for like 5 min then did nothing. I then upgraded the firmware, and it took awhile but eventually got to the menu, and I pressed enter to start the movie, and it just froze. I gave the disc to my friend who has a PS3, and he said it worked with no hitches. And as far as I can tell, the Bond discs don't have any ultra fancy extras either, so I dont know why it wouldn't work in a standard player.

Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 11-10-2008, 11:29 PM:

quote: Chris Slycord
It's not entirely accurate to say "Linux loads slowly" considering that most of the "slowness" you see in the boot-up sequence is usually the distribution you're using choosing to use an antequated init system. There are a few different options for faster, parallel init replacements.

I agree and I mis-stated it... In most pieces utilizing Linux as the basis there is alot of acncillary stuff to load in. It seems like this stuff is what takes an eternity. Just watch a Dolby Server system boot up sometime... There must be 30 other programs... all Linux based loading in to make the thing go... Boot up to working Show manager takes like a little over 4 min!

Mark