I have the Samsung BDP1500 and I just rented The Wackness from Netflix. I got what appears to be a brand new disk - no signs of wear or scratches. Had updated the Sammy firmware once since buying it (to enable BD-Live). Just downloaded and updated to version 2.3, dated January of 2009. Was having trouble doing the live update online even though its hooked up to ethernet with a DHCP server, so I downloaded the CD ISO and updated that way. Update was successful (much more responsive) but still fails to play The Wackness, ending with an eject and a "Disc cannot be played" message. Reported the problem to Netflix and they're sending me a replacement disk, but I'm doubtful that this is the problem.
THIS IS THE KIND OF STUPID (expletive deleted) THAT WILL KEEP BLU-RAY FROM BECOMING MAINSTREAM!!! Can you imagine telling your technophobe mother that all she needs to do is either hook up her Blu-Ray player to ethernet and update online or download an ISO, burn a CD, and update that way? Ridiculous.
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