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In article <i5be7v$4tp$>,
John McWilliams <> wrote:

> > Frankly, it should be against the law to label the disc a certain way if
> > it doesn't play in players that are sold to play discs labeled that way.
>
> I understand you don't like it, and I agree that some mfgs. have screwed
> up. But much of the problem is the producers of disks.

Then they should be sued for labeling the discs wrongly. Don't tell me
it works in a Blu-ray player when it doesn't work in a Blu-ray player.

On 8/28/10 PDT 1:29 PM, Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
> In article<i5be7v$4tp$>,
> John McWilliams<> wrote:
>
>>> Frankly, it should be against the law to label the disc a certain way if
>>> it doesn't play in players that are sold to play discs labeled that way.
>>
>> I understand you don't like it, and I agree that some mfgs. have screwed
>> up. But much of the problem is the producers of disks.
>
> Then they should be sued for labeling the discs wrongly. Don't tell me
> it works in a Blu-ray player when it doesn't work in a Blu-ray player.

Go for it!

Whinging on usenet produces nothing.

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lsmft

In article <i5c50b$bs$>,
John McWilliams <> wrote:

> > Then they should be sued for labeling the discs wrongly. Don't tell me
> > it works in a Blu-ray player when it doesn't work in a Blu-ray player.
>
> Go for it!
>
> Whinging on usenet produces nothing.

I'm not sure what "whinging" is, but only losers tolerate consumer
electronics crap like discs not playing. "Oh, that's OK, I'm sure it
will play on my next player that's also labeled Blu-ray." Yeah, right.

On Aug 26, 9:07*pm, malczew...@mho.com (Frank Malczewski) wrote:

> When The Matrix came out on DVD it was one of the worst (best?) titles
> for testing player compatibility. *Many different players had problems
> with its "follow the white rabbit" feature, and had to have updated
> firmware in order to play it properly.

Was Memento another one? There was supposed to be a mode that played
the movie in chronological sequence, but it would skip around, playing
from a chapter until the end of the movie before backing up to the
previous chapter.

In message <>, UCLAN wrote:

> Most newer BD players have Ethernet connections and check for updates
> automatically as soon as you power them up, or however you want based
> on how you set up that feature.

Is there a way to let them do this without also enabling their less savoury
Internet-access functions?

In article <i5b2f3$vqg$> "Stewart" <> writes:

>It seems as if it would be annoying. I prefer to watch a movie when I
>put it in the player, not after downloading and installing upgrades.
>Of course, I haven't had one yet that caused it to happen on my
>PS3.......

Most of us don't want to pay extra for video games. However, your
experience shows that it is possible to build a player that works, the BD
player manufacturers just are not willing to put the effort into doing it.


Alan

"UCLAN" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Stewart wrote:
>
>> It seems as if it would be annoying. I prefer to watch a movie
>> when I put it in the player, not after downloading and installing
>> upgrades.
>
> Most newer BD players have Ethernet connections and check for
> updates
> automatically as soon as you power them up, or however you want
> based
> on how you set up that feature.

One may not want all updates if there is nothing askew. From what
I've seen, auto updates can be turned off.

"Alan" <> wrote in message
news:i5d2o4$h9t$...
> In article <i5b2f3$vqg$> "Stewart"
> <> writes:
>
>>It seems as if it would be annoying. I prefer to watch a movie when
>>I
>>put it in the player, not after downloading and installing upgrades.
>>Of course, I haven't had one yet that caused it to happen on my
>>PS3.......
>
> Most of us don't want to pay extra for video games. However, your
> experience shows that it is possible to build a player that works,
> the BD
> player manufacturers just are not willing to put the effort into
> doing it.
>
>
> Alan

The kids and grandkids use it for games....I just wanted the player.

Stewart wrote:

>> Most newer BD players have Ethernet connections and check for updates
>> automatically as soon as you power them up, or however you want based on
>> how you set up that feature.
>
> One may not want all updates if there is nothing askew. From what I've
> seen, auto updates can be turned off.

Yup. That is why I wrote "...however you want based on how you set up that
feature."

On Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:32:43 -0600, Howard Brazee wrote:

> On Sat, 28 Aug 2010 11:44:28 -0400, Kimba W Lion
> <> wrote:
>
>>But if Blu-Ray wants to achieve mass market acceptance, the manufacturers will
>>have to reach the stage where the players are like appliances: plug it in and
>>it works. Even with tomorrow's Blu-Ray discs.
>
> I plugged mine in and it worked. I also plugged it into the
> Internet for future upgrades.
>
> My car has better tires than the manufacturer supplied. I found
> that the recommended detergent that came with my washer didn't get out
> a stain, so I got some stain remover for that unanticipated dirt.
>
> Lots of things have achieved mass market acceptance that nevertheless
> get upgraded. Most of the upgrades are more difficult & more
> expensive than Blu-Ray player upgrades.
>
> I remember when some people had UHF tuners sitting on top of their VHF
> TV sets. That was the old style upgrade.

Don't forget color...

But wait, there's more: I remember in the late 40's people having big
magnifying lenses to put in front of their 8" TV sets (which were
monochrome, of course).

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Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)