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Is My Blu Ray Player The Only One That Sucks?

olds

olds

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50% of Blockbuster Blu Rays don't play, even after cleaning.
Is this normal or just me?
 
yep, old bluray players won't be able to play newer titles due to the stupid that is DRM
annoying how cyberlink/playback software keeps updating versions so PC users have this issue too

also some bluray players have issues with BD Live, so you might be able to find a way to disable it
 
The firmware is up to date.
I sent a Blu Ray back that didn't play. They replaced it and it worked some of the time. It would hang up in certain places. Washed the disc and it looked fine but still hung up.
Think I'll get a Blu Ray drive for my HTPC.
 
I owned one of the first Panasonic blu-ray players, and finally sold it and got a Panasonic 3D blu-ray player. I have had virtually no issues through the years, and I usually rent from Redbox.
 
Cinavia DRM is mandatory for all blu-ray players now so if you get a movie that uses it your current player may not be able to play it until it is updated. If it is an older player that doesn't get updates anymore then you will have to buy another one, manufacturers love this stuff.
 
Wouldnt it be nice if FW upgrades were on the BR disc to begin with? This way it could update your player semi-automatically.
 
oldsmoboat said:
The firmware is up to date.
I sent a Blu Ray back that didn't play. They replaced it and it worked some of the time. It would hang up in certain places. Washed the disc and it looked fine but still hung up.
Think I'll get a Blu Ray drive for my HTPC.
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if this is a rental only issue, some standalone bluray players have problems playing negligibly/imperceptibly scratched discs.
the problem seems a lot worse than DVDs, since it usually takes noticeable scratches to cause read issues on DVDs (maybe because of increased densities? or something).

as per my experiences with netflix,
computer bluray drives seem to have more tolerances (based on comparisons of PS3 vs computer w/ liteon bluray drive) when playing back barely scratched/damaged discs. instead of skipping/failing to play scenes, they return minor (in some cases unnoticeable) artifacts instead of completely skipping over damaged areas of a disc or completely failing to load
 
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In my BB queue, I converted all my Blu Ray requests to DVD.
Probably going to try a Blu Ray player in my HTPC.
 
Yes big media companies like Sony would never consider installing software behind a customers back.... *cough* rootkit *cough*
 
I got an old Samsung player that was never good to begin with. As I get most HD content from the internet I still see no reason to replace it.
 
Modelworks said:
Cinavia DRM is mandatory for all blu-ray players now so if you get a movie that uses it your current player may not be able to play it until it is updated. If it is an older player that doesn't get updates anymore then you will have to buy another one, manufacturers love this stuff.
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Cinavia is mandatory for players submitted to the BDA for certification after 2.1.2012. It is not mandatory all players in existence. If what you say above were to be true, the powers that be would have to be revoking BD keys for non-cinavia capable players right and left. This would be true even for those players that enjoy continued manufacturer firmware support but which are not capable of supporting cinavia due to hardware limitations. I haven't read anything that says that the BD gods have taken this route. I have a Panasonic player that is definitely not cinavia enabled. I don't know if this is because Panny has chosen not to include cinavia capabilities in a firmware update or if the player is technically not able to support it. In any event, it plays cinavia disks just fine.

That having been said, your second sentence rings true (although not due specifically to cinavia). The BD authorities have been tweaking the DRM in other ways for years, thus requiring constant firmware updates to enable players to play many new titles. If you have an older player that cannot be easily updated (or if the manufacturer has stopped supporting the player), you very well may be screwed. But it doesn't sound like the OP has such an old player.
 
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