Posted by Derek Janssen on 01/07/08 08:28

Gary Morrison wrote:
> Lloyd Parsons wrote:
>
>>>> 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.
>
>
> So then, what happens if you try to play a bluRay disk that requires an
> update and the player doesn't have that update? Does the player
> typically pop up a nice dialog box message and let you continue, or does
> it give you the ol' "blue screen of death" (in joking analogy wiht PCs)?

Um, if you buy a player with Profile 1.0 (most of them have it by now),
it means it'll be able to play the movie.
Which is not a bad thing to ask of a disk *or* a player.

If you happen to have a non-updated PS3...or player...that isn't
equipped with Profile 1.1 by now, you may not be able to access all the
various interactive bonus features, but you won't be left with a silver
coaster either.

(But if you really don't know these things, it always helps to ask.) :)

Derek Janssen (and is the "Blue screen of death" related to the "Red
Ring of death"?)
ejanss1@verizon.net

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