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Talk since you posted this at AVS

There are detailed requirements regarding player compliance. If a given title doesn't work because a player hasn't passed all the test discs there is a process for ensuring the player is made compliant within specific time limits. If the vendor fails to do so they may face penalties and increased obligations on future player models. New test discs are released on a regular basis and the obligation to pass them generally extends to older models (depending on when the model was released).

A given disc may fail due either to a non-compliant player or due to a disc authored in a way which goes beyond what the spec guarantees. I don't know the details of the disc you mention, but in general the studios work diligently with the vendors to ensure their content will play on all players, so I would expect to see it addressed in a forthcoming firmware update.

Can you try and find out if the problem with the Samsung 1200 is that the discs are beyond the spec or if it is a player problem?
There are many discs that cannot play on this machine right now. The oldest goes back more than 2 months now which is Pixar Shorts.