Firmware update question?

[Jase Fox]

Hi All,

Just a quick question on firmware, would you recommend to always add new firmware to your bluray players even if your not experiencing problems?

I ask because i own the Denon 2500bt transport & new firmware has come out for it which states on the changelog that its to enable the bluray "casino" to play & also a few of the older bond movies etc now i wont be ever getting casino or any of the older bond movies, so would you suggest i still download the latest firmware or just leave it until i do have any kind of issues etc?

Any suggestions?

[rubystone356]

I always do the updates. sometimes they don;t list what they have done with the update..so it could add something that is important.

Jacob

[fupduk2]

My default answer is yes since my BD player is networked and does it's own thing. Simply cutting out the middle man......me.

[BluRoo98]

I know I will get some comments on this - but my last firmware update to my Samsung Blu-ray player caused more issues than the previous version. When I called Samsung - they said "we don't recommend upgrading your firmware unless you need it" - so let the comments come "thats because samsung is horrible" - either way - I was able to downgrade by installing the old firmware and the issues I was having went away. My understanding is that Samsung is able to download old firmware - I wouldn't try it with other players unless you have heard of success doing so. Because of my experience - I will never downoload a new firmware until I absolutely need to because my movies arent playing. Just my thoughts.

[typ44q]

for my panasonic bd-35 I always installed the updates as soon as they were available and will do the same with my Oppo.
The only time I ever had a problem was with my Samsung 5000 where it worked much better with the old firmware and like HD2blu did, I ended up installing an older firmware which "fixed" the problem but of course without the benefits of the newer firmware. I will say that player left a really bad taste in my mouth for samsung electronics.

I would say if you are unsure about it, wait a few days after it is released and check here or over at AVS to see if anyone is having problems with the update.

[bongzilla]

I usually do not,