Which BD Player manufacturers provide the best firmware support? - Blu-ray Forum

cueman98 · 12-06-2008, 02:37 AM

Hi all. I'm thinking of buying a second player for my main t.v. room. I have a magnavox player now, a solid player so far, but I want to upgrade. Which player manufacturers provide the best firmware support?

Thanks.

MoPe · 12-06-2008, 03:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cueman98

Hi all. I'm thinking of buying a second player for my main t.v. room. I have a magnavox player now, a solid player so far, but I want to upgrade. Which player manufacturers provide the best firmware support?

Thanks.

To my knowledge, Pioneer is quick to produce FW updates. However that is only the case, because Pioneer is using a totally new chipset in their players, and there have been a few bugs along the way.

After the 4th FW update, it is the most stable player yet. No freezes, or skips, improved load times, etc.

Which could be a good thing or bad thing if you think about. Most players are on there 1st of 2nd FW. I'll look past the "bugs" in reward for more "tweak-ability" than any other BR player.

ryoohki · 12-06-2008, 03:30 AM

I had a BD30 for a year and panasonic did marvelous thing fixing their stuff rapidely. i now have a S350 from sony, they had only one FW update for now (september) but everthing work just fine right now..

Blu Titan · 12-06-2008, 03:38 AM

Word of advice...Samsung is the worst.

plowmanjoe · 12-06-2008, 03:53 AM

how about the ps3? i'd say they have the best firmware support but i haven't had any other player to compare.

Yeha-Noha · 12-06-2008, 04:45 AM

Sony.

I had the S301 player for well over a year. Their fw updates were the key to the successful operation of that player. I never had any problems playing any BDs.

On, BF I bought the S350. It's last update is the v010 released in September. It has played every new BD release I got flawlessly so far.

cueman98 · 12-06-2008, 07:18 AM

Thanks for the replies. I appreciate the input.

img eL · 12-06-2008, 07:19 AM

PS3 by miles & miles & many more miles

jsteinhauer · 12-06-2008, 10:51 PM

PS3 is not a manufacturer. Sony supports all of its players very well. My BD-S1 is still better than many on the market.

12-06-2008, 02:37 AM	#1
cueman98 Active Member Member since:Dec 2006 Blu-ray collection:1	Which BD Player manufacturers provide the best firmware support? Hi all. I'm thinking of buying a second player for my main t.v. room. I have a magnavox player now, a solid player so far, but I want to upgrade. Which player manufacturers provide the best firmware support? Thanks.

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12-06-2008, 03:30 AM	#3
ryoohki Blu-ray Samurai Member since:May 2007 Home Theater Gallery:6 Blu-ray collection:6 Blu-ray reviews:8 Trading Score:5	I had a BD30 for a year and panasonic did marvelous thing fixing their stuff rapidely. i now have a S350 from sony, they had only one FW update for now (september) but everthing work just fine right now..

12-06-2008, 03:38 AM	#4
Blu Titan Super Moderator Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Edo, Land of the Samurai Home Theater Gallery:42 4K collection:41 Blu-ray collection:2864 Blu-ray reviews: 2 Trading Score:92	Word of advice...Samsung is the worst.

12-06-2008, 03:53 AM	#5
plowmanjoe Senior Member Member since:May 2008 Blu-ray collection:6 Trading Score:2	how about the ps3? i'd say they have the best firmware support but i haven't had any other player to compare.

12-06-2008, 04:45 AM	#6
Yeha-Noha Power Member Member since:Jan 2008 Blu-ray reviews: 43	Sony. I had the S301 player for well over a year. Their fw updates were the key to the successful operation of that player. I never had any problems playing any BDs. On, BF I bought the S350. It's last update is the v010 released in September. It has played every new BD release I got flawlessly so far.

12-06-2008, 07:18 AM	#7
cueman98 Active Member Member since:Dec 2006 Blu-ray collection:1	Thanks for the replies. I appreciate the input.

12-06-2008, 07:19 AM	#8
img eL Senior Member Member since:Nov 2008 Location:Michigan Blu-ray collection:5	PS3 by miles & miles & many more miles

12-06-2008, 10:51 PM	#9
jsteinhauer Gaming Moderator Member since:Aug 2007 Blu-ray reviews:120 Trading Score:66	PS3 is not a manufacturer. Sony supports all of its players very well. My BD-S1 is still better than many on the market.

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