Any PS3 playback problems with the 1.5 firmware?

[blublublu]

I've been experiencing some problems with the recent 1.5 firmware similar to those described in the following threads:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=795433

http://boardsus.playstation.com/play...cending&page=1

Anyone else here had any problems?

[shug7272]

I purchased a brand new PS3 on Friday, put in a brand new Saw 3 and it froze once. I upgraded to 1.5 before playing it. Must be a firmware issue. Sony will fix it.

[MrBogey]

Played Saw III after 1.5 update and had no problem whatsoever.

[theknub]

no problems here

correction:
after posting, i played KOH and it did lock up. i stopped playback and restarted and haven't had an issue since.

correction 2:
shortly after updating my last post, i ended up freezing two or three times. it seems to be really intermittent. sometimes it works with no problems and others have lots of freezes.

[dialog_gvf]

Wow. I'm sure glad I waited this time.

I rushed into 1.30 only to see the freeze up happen once (gone by 1.31).

I wonder if the 1.30 problem creeped into 1.50. It happens all the time in software. The patch wasn't applied to the base code.

Gary

[NovaBomb]

Can't beleive the post. I bought fifth element yesterday, and it froze twice during play. I thought I bought a defective movie, now I wonder if its the recent update.

[JTK]

Originally Posted by dialog_gvf

Wow. I'm sure glad I waited this time.

I rushed into 1.30 only to see the freeze up happen once (gone by 1.31).

I wonder if the 1.30 problem creeped into 1.50. It happens all the time in software. The patch wasn't applied to the base code.

Gary

Exactly.

The only hiccup I've had has been post install of 1.50 where I had a literally one second hiccup during a portion of the Making Of segment on the Black Rain BD.

The audio continued uninterrupted, the picture blinked black where it shouldn't have for maybe one second, and then all was well.

As is usual with the vast majority of discs: The making of features are not in HD. *shrugs* I don't know if that means anything or not.

Since installing 1.5 I watched Black Rain, Transporter 1, and Four Brothers without any incident.