New member here with bdp-s1

[rbuzz]

A new member here and I wanted to say hi. I just got my sony bdp-s1 yesterday and it is a beauty to look at. I hooked it up to my sony tv via hmdi cable to try it out. Using the included blu-ray disc the picture quality is fantastic! Unbelievable color and picture detail. I next put in a dvd-r in order to test the upscaling feature. Again the picture is fantastic, not quite as good as the blu-ray, but still great. I watched about 75% of the movie and then had to quit. This morning I tried to watch the last part of the movie and the player has locked up. There is no display on the tv and the disc will not eject. The only thing that shows up is the "power on" light on the front panel. None of the controls work either on the player itself or the remote. When I do power up the unit I do hear a faint sound that sounds like the drive is spinning, and then the faint sound of a cooling fan. Then after a while the unit goes silent. The tv screen never comes on with the intro screen or anything. I did contact sony technical help, but they couldn't help. The dvd r- is supposedly a format that the bdp-s1 supports, is it possible that I got a defective disc? Certainly there must be some way to get the disc out of the unit. Maybe the disc is defective and not completely loading. Has anyone else had this problem or does anyone know of a way to open the disc door? Sure the unit is under warranty but I would rather not return/replace it or have it worked on if is just a disc issue. Any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated.