Problem with my Sony BDP-S590 and Netflix. Unit freezes up!

[zak88lx]

I have a problem with my Sony BDP-S590 player.
When I start Netflix either via onscreen menu or the red Netflix button on remote, the unit goes to a black screen and the unit freezes and is completely unresponsive to the remote, or the buttons on physical player.
It just sits there indefinitely with 'Net' displayed on the blue led screen, and a black TV screen.

The only way to get out of this frozen mode is by holding down the power button on front of unit for 5 seconds, and then it eventually resets back to the home menu.

This seemed to start happening after the last Netflix update that occurred on my player.
All other features work fine, but going to Netflix is a guaranteed freeze-up with black screen.

Any ideas on how to fix this?
Is this a known issue with this player and the latest Netflix update?

Thanks!