Posted by Lloyd Parsons on 01/06/08 03:54

In article <wMXfj.378$vX6.248@trndny05>,
Derek Janssen <ejanss1@nospam.verizon.net> wrote:

> Lloyd Parsons wrote:
>
> > In article <47803d42$0$10968$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>,
> > Gary Morrison <mr88cet@texas.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Thanks for the thoughts.
> >>
> >>Lloyd Parsons wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>I guess you don't have one...
> >>
> >>Correct, I don't yet, but I intend to get one soon, but probably a
> >>Samsung BD-UP5000.
> >>
> >>
> >>>Constant firmware upgrades. Almost everytime a new blockbuster comes
> >>>out.
> >>
> >>So I gather that HD-DVD players don't have similar upgrade issues?
> >>
> >
> > Not as often.
> >
> >
> >>I've heard about players having Ethernet connections for firmware
> >>updates. How does one perform these firmware upgrades? Do you hook it
> >>up to your Ethernet router and then do some sort of command from its
> >>menus to tell it to search for firmware upgrades?
> >
> > The HDDVD players all have ethernet, most BD players don't.
>
> No, the only BD player I've got just has a built-in Bluetooth Ethernet
> connection
> Which means I can't connect a cable to my living room, I just have to
> download all my Profile 1.1 updates on the Settings menu directly from
> Sony's own network over wireless...
>
> (See, that's the problem with PS3 owners, we just *can't figure out*
> what all this "slow loading" and "no 1.1" complaining stuff is about--
> Is it, like, actually happening somewhere, or is it another one of those
> urban legends still hanging around from '06?) 0_o??
>
> Derek Janssen
> ejanss1@verizon.net

Uh, Derek, your PS3 doesn't have a 'bluetooth ethernet' connection. It
has a wireless ethernet connection which is a different thing.

The Bluetooth in the PS3 is for the controller and other remote items.
Has nothing to do with ethernet at all.

And, yes the PS3 is the best of the bunch of BD players by a big margin.

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