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Posted by Jay G. on 06/14/06 12:09
On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 00:05:32 GMT, Roy L. Fuchs wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 18:13:12 -0500, "Jay G." <Jay@tmbg.org> Gave us:
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>>On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 08:08:03 -0400, Bill wrote:
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>>>> Name *any* DVD that *ever* needed a firmware upgrade to play DVDs
>>>> correctly.
>>>
>>> http://www.dvdfile.com/news/special_report/production_a_z/toshibafirmwareupgrade.htm
>>
>>Ha! A Toshiba! So this is just par for the course for them.
>>
> More likely what we are seeing is a cutting edge implementation.
Not really, DVD players have been capable of firmware upgrades for years
now. They a hardly ever officially used though, since most manufacturers
don't ship defective products.
> What once required a trip to the shop now happens from a connection
> within the consumer's home.
Wow! I could download and burn to a CD a firmware upgrade for years now,
again. It looks like a number of consumers are still having to bring the
Toshibas back to the shop though.
> For all my retarded ass knows,
Fixed.
> it is the NEC drive in the case
> that got the firmware update, and it is all stored on the micro-drive
> on my system board.
>
> So that shoots your "Toshiba can't design it right" crap right in
> the head... boy.
Yes, hypotheticals are scary. If they can't catch a drive error, then they
didn't properly test their systems. And if the drive was used in their
final *design* of the machine, then it is a fault of their *design*.
-Jay
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