Samsung BD-P2500 FIRMWARE!

[bbarggren]

Just got my Smasung BD-P2500 last night, and WOW! My old-skool RCA rear project "lightbulb" TV has never looked so awesome. The 1080i signal through a HDMI to DVI cable was incredible. The setup was relatively easy, and surround sound through the optical digital output was great.

Then.......(Insert Jaws music here)..........

I installed the firmware update.

I wouldn't have bothered with it, but I need this FW update to get the Netflix downloads, which was the deciding factor on this model. I downloaded the update from Samsung's website and burned a CD. I followed their update instructions to the letter, and everything looked great. The player did it's update and shut down. I waited about a minute and powered it back up. It seemd to boot up kind of slow, but then I got the language selection screen. I pressed "1" for English, and it just sat there still at the menu. Nothing I did from the remote did anything. Powered off and back on several times and it now does nothing.

I now own a $300 brick.

Has anyone been through this? Is there any light at the end of this tunnel? I REALLY don't want to send this one back......I want it to work :-)

Thank You