PS3 odd problem trying to play The Descent

[calgarymarc]

I know the feeling when a disc won't play. I had the same problem when I tried to play 'Stomp The Yard'. My disc would show up on the screen, it would try to load, then it would just go right back to the main PS3 screen when you turn it on.

The reason that it wouldn't play is because I had changed the BD/DVD Region setting to 'Canada' (as that is where I live). I tried playing it on my laptop, and it worked fine. It took me a while to figure out what was going wrong, so I changed the region setting back to 'USA' and it started with no problems.

Funny how this works with the PS3, considering Region A discs include Canada, USA, and Japan (among others).

Also, to remain on topic, The Descent won't play in my laptop player. I think it has something to do with the BD-Java capabilities on the disc itself. Oh well, i'm sure they'll have a firmware update sometime.

Marc