Magnavox NB500MG9 freezing? Any advice?

[JarettS]

i have the Magnavox NB500MG9 and not really happy with it. couldnt play The Strangers, disk froze at the same point about 1/3 through. exchanged disk, same thing with replacement disk. couldnt even advance to next chapter, i had to buy the regular dvd. ha ha, i have a bd player but have to watch the regular dvd version, how bad does that suck?!?! had same problem with Firewall. does anyone know is that because of the outdated firmware? i think it probably is but any info would be appreciated. i dont think its a hardware issue because i will see it freeze at the same point all the time. reboots and it still freezes. also, it never froze on any dvd's even scratched ones.

i emailed funai about firmware upgrade and waiting for reply, but know what its gonna be. their gonna bascally say my player is disposable and there not releasing any upgrades. i didnt know that the firmware was such a big deal when i bought it or i would have got the ps3.