The Omen (1976) bluray playback problems I have had the sharp bd-hp20u since February of this year. I have had some problems with playback on some of my discs. The recent problem I have had is when playing The Omen bluray that was just released, the main menu comes up, but when I either try and play the movie, select a movie scene, and choose any of the special features included, my tv screen just goes blank, and nothing plays at all. Has anyone had the same kind of problem with this specific disc? The Omen (1976) bluray playback problems I have had the sharp bd-hp20u since February of this year. I have had some problems with playback on some of my discs. The recent problem I have had is... » Read More The Omen (1976) bluray playback problems I have had the sharp bd-hp20u since February of this year. I have had some problems with playback on some of my discs. The recent problem I have had is when playing The Omen bluray that was just released, the main menu comes up, but when I either try and play the movie, select a movie scene, and choose any of the special features included, my tv screen just goes blank, and nothing plays at all. Has anyone had the same kind of problem with this specific disc? « Show Less
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I have a similar Problem with my Samsung BD-P 1400. When I try to start the movie it goes straight back to the menu. With part 1 I could trick it by selecting a random chapter and then skip back. With parts 2 & 3 the menu came back aswell but sadly without the menu text. I tried every chapter of Part 2. Didn't work. (After rebooting the disc each time).
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Hi Ruben, Yes, I had a loading issue as well except on my PS3. I bought be Omen box set. The re-make plays fine, but the origanal 3 do not load properly. They get as far as menu and when I hit play or select a scene, it shows it's loading then goes right back to the menu again. I've since gotten a refund and posted this error on the blu ray forum. I also rented the 3 movies off netflix and got the same error so this is a error on fox home videos end. hope they can resolve this issue unless they really don't care. Let's hope so. Chuck
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Since I couldn't get it to work properly and sent it back, I may not be the best person to ask. Since it didn't play BluRay properly, I suspect that there may be issues with BluRay 3d.
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I have played Dark Night on my 2500 and it did wery well could be you got a bad blu-ray dvd. From Netflix
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Yes, the lack of resume function for BD-J discs (unfortunately, there are quite a few released under this format) is the most annoying problem of Blu-ray format. Can't imagine how the original developers come up with such format, lacking basic user friendliness training (let alone breaking a feature that exists since analog tapes). I really hope there can be a fix to either the format or players in the near future.
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You are right, it is linked to the BD-Live option, but if you reset of inactivate BD-Live, it goes away. I have 2 player, the BDT215 and BD85K and I have no issues till date. The freezing, pixelating issue seems to be a disc issue. Some players can play slighly imperfect disc better. But this is possibly the best player on market currently.
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Anybody?....we have tried everything. There is supposed to be an option for av out in the quality video settings. However the options in quality are the same as in panel quality. Very dissapointed right now. How do I get them both to play video as well as hearing the movie?
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I have a problem with this Blu-Ray player, too... but my problem is different. The system sound is fine, and it plays regular DVDs just fine... but if we try to play a Blu-Ray, the play keeps getting interrupted and/or randomly skipping forward or backward by itself. We even took the batteries out of our remote control thinking maybe that was the problem, but the system still randomly stopped/skipped around in playing the Blu-Ray. Any ideas?
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I have also had that problem but with only one Blu-ray set. An error message pops up saying that the disc can be played only on Region 2 players only. I can only suppose that this set was produced in such a way that it would not work on multi-region players. It is the only disc I have that does this. I have loads of Blu rays from the UK and these and all others from everywhere else play just fine.
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I just had an 11 minute freeze on Benjamin Buttons Blue Ray. Froze from 1:16 to 1:27. I rebooted, and repeatedly tried no fixes. Just couldn't correct it. No freeze on Slumdog Millionaire. These are the first two movies I played on my new Blueray.
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I haven't had that issue with mine and I have been using it for years. Does it happen with multiple blu-ray disks or just one? When I first got mine a few years ago I do remember having some issues with it but I was able to contact support and they walked me through the steps to correct it. If it is happening with multiple disks, I would suggest calling them. Their customer support number is 800-726-7864. Have the product model number on hand as well as connected to the internet through the Ethernet port. Be prepared for a lengthy call. I wouldn't suggest calling them until you have a good hour or so to devote. My experience was pleasant and I hope yours will be too. Good luck! I haven't had that issue with mine and I have been using it for years. Does it happen with multiple blu-ray disks or just one? When I first got mine a few years ago I do remember having some issues with it but I was able to contact support and they walked me through the steps to correct it. If it is happening with multiple disks, I would suggest calling them. Their customer support number is 800-726-7864. Have the product model number on hand as well as connected to the internet through the Ethernet port. Be prepared for a lengthy call. I wouldn't suggest calling them until you have a good... » Read More I haven't had that issue with mine and I have been using it for years. Does it happen with multiple blu-ray disks or just one? When I first got mine a few years ago I do remember having some issues with it but I was able to contact support and they walked me through the steps to correct it. If it is happening with multiple disks, I would suggest calling them. Their customer support number is 800-726-7864. Have the product model number on hand as well as connected to the internet through the Ethernet port. Be prepared for a lengthy call. I wouldn't suggest calling them until you have a good hour or so to devote. My experience was pleasant and I hope yours will be too. Good luck! « Show Less
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I've played many moves on it but perhaps they've all been regular DVD. I know I've successfully burned many BluRays (for iTunes sharing to Apple TV, which is the primary reason I bought it) but when I just tried to play a BluRay on the computer (VLC Media Player installed Win8 Bootcamp on Mac Mini hardware) I got an error, so maybe there is an issue playing BluRays. I'll mess around with it and see if I can get it to work and let you know.
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I've had mine for almost three years, but I didn't start using it often until recently. I had problems playing some Disney Blu-Ray disks I purchased for my son... The picture and sound would cut out intermittently when watching the movies, and it seemed to get worse each time we watched them. I figured my problem had something to do with anti-piracy nonsense, since I refused to update the firmware... A friend ended up an expensive paperweight when he did the firmware update. I solved my problem (at least so far) by taking my home theater receiver out of the loop and connecting the blu-ray player directly to the TV via HDMI. So far, so good. I've had mine for almost three years, but I didn't start using it often until recently. I had problems playing some Disney Blu-Ray disks I purchased for my son... The picture and sound would cut out intermittently when watching the movies, and it seemed to get worse each time we watched them. I figured my problem had something to do with anti-piracy nonsense, since I refused to update the firmware... A friend ended up an expensive paperweight when he did the firmware update. I solved my problem (at least so far) by taking my home theater receiver out of the loop and connecting the blu-ray... » Read More I've had mine for almost three years, but I didn't start using it often until recently. I had problems playing some Disney Blu-Ray disks I purchased for my son... The picture and sound would cut out intermittently when watching the movies, and it seemed to get worse each time we watched them. I figured my problem had something to do with anti-piracy nonsense, since I refused to update the firmware... A friend ended up an expensive paperweight when he did the firmware update. I solved my problem (at least so far) by taking my home theater receiver out of the loop and connecting the blu-ray player directly to the TV via HDMI. So far, so good. « Show Less
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Thanks for the reply, it is helpful. I saw a 3D bluray disk of Monsters Vs Aliens with about 30 minutes from the movie, which is all they had. I also felt the source material may not have been well done for 3D. The picture quality also dropped noticably but both may have been because the 3D settings needed tweaking.
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I had a similiar problem but it seems to cure easily. First, my opinion is that the very tight pitch on a blu-ray makes it critical to have a disc inserted correcly (i.e. aligned). I kept getting the 'no disc' error message but would then take the disc out and 'clean it' i.e. really just rub it on a cloth and reinsert and it played. In summary, I think this player is just plain finicky/pick....BUT....it makes for a great picture and awesome sound once you 'clean' and reinsert it...try it...
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I had to go into the settings and change the name to PC, which made it look much sharper like a regular monitor. I recall it's something like clicking in the HDMI that you're possibly using and then tools and search for PC I think. I installed a blu-ray player in my PC and keep having problems with software etc. For the costs, I could have bought a less hassle, much better blu-ray player without the annual software. Some of my blu-rays won't play and crash the computer to the point of shutting down on the PC alone. Doesn't seem to be a fix so far.
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Thats a long freeze. I've never had one like that but I had plenty when I was using this player. It would freeze for about 10 seconds in several Blu-ray movies I owned. I've only heard about it from a handful of people so I'm wondering if random players are leaving the factory bad. Can you get a decent Blu-ray player for under 200 bucks? I had a Samsung before this that had Audio sync problems. At this point I have like 15 Blu-ray discs and no player. I refuse to pay more than 200 for one as I could spend a little more than that and build a Home Theater PC.
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Take my advice and stay away. It seems to be a hit or miss with the 1600. Mine unfortunately was a miss. Lots of quality control issues for Samsung. Amazon had an alert flag on the player right after I bought mine (figures) that they were looking into the recent complaints. I see now the alert flag is off. Never did play any blu movies. Support from overseas said that the movies were too new and I would have to wait for a firmware update. Sent it back the next day and got a Sony D360 which works great. Would really liked to have the Samsung because my TV is one and it is awsome. Oh well guess I'll just have to keep another remote around. Take my advice and stay away. It seems to be a hit or miss with the 1600. Mine unfortunately was a miss. Lots of quality control issues for Samsung. Amazon had an alert flag on the player right after I bought mine (figures) that they were looking into the recent complaints. I see now the alert flag is off. Never did play any blu movies. Support from overseas said that the movies were too new and I would have to wait for a firmware update. Sent it back the next day and got a Sony D360 which works great. Would really liked to have the Samsung because my TV is one and it is awsome. Oh well... » Read More Take my advice and stay away. It seems to be a hit or miss with the 1600. Mine unfortunately was a miss. Lots of quality control issues for Samsung. Amazon had an alert flag on the player right after I bought mine (figures) that they were looking into the recent complaints. I see now the alert flag is off. Never did play any blu movies. Support from overseas said that the movies were too new and I would have to wait for a firmware update. Sent it back the next day and got a Sony D360 which works great. Would really liked to have the Samsung because my TV is one and it is awsome. Oh well guess I'll just have to keep another remote around. « Show Less