Sony bdp-s760 - Blu-ray Forum

kurtz05 · 11-02-2012, 09:02 AM

Have had this since it came out , always kept it up to date firmware wise and never had any problems.

Until now....

Have recently had "Lawrence of Arabia" and yesterday "Steel Panther:British Invasion" (ok no classic but they are great

) both not load and say "INVALID".

Have seen other chat about possible laser issues but all other scores of discs work fine, only these 2 very recent ones are affected..so believe it to be authored in some new way that the old firmware can't handle....."Steel Panther" was 1 in a batch of 5 brand new (as in preorders so no old bds in the batch) that were received...the other 4 all worked perfectly, so convinces me its some sort of authoring issue...

This model has not had a firmware update since Feb 2011 ....in 21 months!!

Have logged it with them but obviously only have a small window to return them....surely there should be standard authoring guidelines so this does not happen ...now left with 2 blus , paid for , that cannot be used...real disappointing..

oh the irony of a sony movie (lawrence) not playing on a sony player...

ralph33ca · 11-23-2012, 11:50 PM

I also have this problem. It only seems to happen with recent Universal Blu rays. I have seen it with Snow White and the Huntsman and 5 Year engagement. I thought it had to do with the fact that I did not have a USB installed but that does not seem to be the case.

Any help?

Rockercub · 11-24-2012, 12:03 AM

The Sony site shows a firmware upgrade on 6/21/12:

http://esupport.sony.com/CA/p/swu-do...&os_group_id=5

I have a BDP-S360, and at one point, I was having problems with certain discs not playing. I eventually discovered that I had the player set to look for a network connection when loading a disc, but I didn't have a network set up. As soon as I switched off that setting, the discs played fine.

ralph33ca · 11-24-2012, 12:43 AM

Thanks for the info. I have the latest firmware and the network wifi setup.

I read some others having issues if the Ext USB was full. I did not have an USB installed so I thought that might be my issue but I have since tried with one.

I will give it a shot with the network settings turn off.

ralph33ca · 11-24-2012, 03:40 PM

No luck. Maybe its days are numbered. I think I will look into buying a Panasonic DMP-BDT500. I need the 7.1 analog outputs

11-02-2012, 09:02 AM	#1
kurtz05 Junior Member Member since:Oct 2011	Sony bdp-s760 Have had this since it came out , always kept it up to date firmware wise and never had any problems. Until now.... Have recently had "Lawrence of Arabia" and yesterday "Steel Panther:British Invasion" (ok no classic but they are great ) both not load and say "INVALID". Have seen other chat about possible laser issues but all other scores of discs work fine, only these 2 very recent ones are affected..so believe it to be authored in some new way that the old firmware can't handle....."Steel Panther" was 1 in a batch of 5 brand new (as in preorders so no old bds in the batch) that were received...the other 4 all worked perfectly, so convinces me its some sort of authoring issue... This model has not had a firmware update since Feb 2011 ....in 21 months!! Have logged it with them but obviously only have a small window to return them....surely there should be standard authoring guidelines so this does not happen ...now left with 2 blus , paid for , that cannot be used...real disappointing.. oh the irony of a sony movie (lawrence) not playing on a sony player... Last edited by kurtz05; 11-02-2012 at 09:20 AM.

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11-23-2012, 11:50 PM	#2
ralph33ca New Member Member since:Nov 2012	I also have this problem. It only seems to happen with recent Universal Blu rays. I have seen it with Snow White and the Huntsman and 5 Year engagement. I thought it had to do with the fact that I did not have a USB installed but that does not seem to be the case. Any help?

11-24-2012, 12:03 AM	#3
Rockercub Member Member since:Jan 2011 Location:San Fernando Valley, CA Blu-ray collection:80	The Sony site shows a firmware upgrade on 6/21/12: http://esupport.sony.com/CA/p/swu-do...&os_group_id=5 I have a BDP-S360, and at one point, I was having problems with certain discs not playing. I eventually discovered that I had the player set to look for a network connection when loading a disc, but I didn't have a network set up. As soon as I switched off that setting, the discs played fine.

11-24-2012, 12:43 AM	#4
ralph33ca New Member Member since:Nov 2012	Thanks for the info. I have the latest firmware and the network wifi setup. I read some others having issues if the Ext USB was full. I did not have an USB installed so I thought that might be my issue but I have since tried with one. I will give it a shot with the network settings turn off.

11-24-2012, 03:40 PM	#5
ralph33ca New Member Member since:Nov 2012	No luck. Maybe its days are numbered. I think I will look into buying a Panasonic DMP-BDT500. I need the 7.1 analog outputs