Did Blu-ray score a goal in own net with BD+?

I'm one of those with the affected Samsung player. Extremely irritating that I get home and I'm excited to see that I received my copy of Fantastic Four: RotSS. I load it in the drive and it says loading for about a minute, then I get a big red screen telling me that I need a firmware update in order to play the movie. This SUCKS!. I pay almost $30 dollars for a movie that I can't watch.

So I go to Samsung's web page and the most recent firmware is from May. Hmm, I already loaded that back in May, so I apparently have the latest firmware. So I call Samsung tech support and they are clueless about the issue. The tell me to manually download the firmware and burn it to a cd. I tell them that I had downloaded it through the ethernet connection on the player and it says it's the same version. She says to try it manually. Well, I can't even get a download to complete from their site, the connection keeps dropping (their end, not mine).

Is this what we have to look forward to???? Needing a firmware update to get new titles to work??? What about companies that are notoriously slow with firmware releases? What happens with discontinued players a couple of years down the road?

[Post edited by khwiggins2 on Oct 3, 2007]

i feel your pain, i would feel the same way if it were me

Thanks for the comment. It looks like Blu-ray just took it a step to far.

Enough is Enough. One thing is that all special features are not compatible but the movie sure has to be.

We will follow the development and keep you posted. If others have other or similar experiences let us know and reply to this thread.

Bluray has been completely messed up since its inception. The bluray camp rushed to release players on the market because HD DVD was out first and they didn't want to be too far behind. Now look who's paying for it. The early adopters which are supposed to be the most important customers. You buy a new hi def movie and can't even watch it on your $1000+ bluray player. And people think bluray is great because??

I won't even buy a PS3 because it has a bluray player in it.

Thats why you go buy an HD DVD player. We all knew this would happen it was just a matter of time. I feel for you though and you are right you should be able to sit down and just watch your movies with no problems. And what about the people that are not computer savvy and can't burn firmware updates to a disc, did the companies think about that and not to mention not everyone has internet connection or high speed connection.

Will they accept returned disks under this scenario? Usually, retailers won't accpet returns on opened disks. If so, this situation is a begging for a class action lawsuit.

I cant play Fantastic four either This is annoying. I have both HDDVD and Bluray. I run them on a 1080p TV and cant see any difference. I will tell you one thing these Bluray "Glitchs" are getting stupid if you put out a product it should work..... Just my thoughts

where is johnson316? i'm wondering what lame BS he has to shovel with regards to the blu-ray camp selling discs that can't even be played because they were designed that way.

I was thinking the same thing. He's probably in some bluray forum talkin about how great it is to have 50GB disk capacity for all those interactive features...that don't work

interactive stuff on hd dvds and blu-ray discs are stupid anyway. the game on "300" hd dvd is really lame. there is lag time between the remote control and the player chip trying to process the battle. by the time the player accepts your commands, your army is already destroyed by the persians. (N)

as for "rise of the silver surfer"...i have zero interest in being either the silver surfer or galactus.