Posted by Lloyd Parsons on 01/07/08 13:44

In article <qolgj.6315$%A6.266@trndny08>,
Derek Janssen <ejanss1@nospam.verizon.net> wrote:

> 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

Derek, we're not talking about the profile issue here. We are
discussing the problems with new blockbuster movies that come out that
need a firmware upgrade to allow the movie to play at all, or play
reasonably.

Think Pirates of the Caribbean. Virtually none of the players that
hadn't had firmware upgrades would load it. There are others.

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