BD-P1500 Update 2.6- Anyone able to update to this firmware? Hi fellow BD-P1500 owners,Has anyone made use of the 2.6 firmware upgrade of Jan 20, 2010?I tried using the same CD update I succeeded with Firmware 2.5 without a hitch yet this one seems to be loading and then after a while it just sits at the blue screen of clouds and never proceeds.Fortunately nothing get glitched or changed to ruin my regular BD playing but its not happening. Has anyone succeeded with this upgrade?How did you do it and if not is there an official or unofficial story as too why it is not working.Also, where do I look to check most current Firmware, like on Windows where you check which system you are using and wether 32 or 64 bit. I cant seem to get a lead on where the menu is to be found.I humbly thank you for any info. BD-P1500 Update 2.6- Anyone able to update to this firmware? Hi fellow BD-P1500 owners,Has anyone made use of the 2.6 firmware upgrade of Jan 20, 2010?I tried using the... » Read More BD-P1500 Update 2.6- Anyone able to update to this firmware? Hi fellow BD-P1500 owners,Has anyone made use of the 2.6 firmware upgrade of Jan 20, 2010?I tried using the same CD update I succeeded with Firmware 2.5 without a hitch yet this one seems to be loading and then after a while it just sits at the blue screen of clouds and never proceeds.Fortunately nothing get glitched or changed to ruin my regular BD playing but its not happening. Has anyone succeeded with this upgrade?How did you do it and if not is there an official or unofficial story as too why it is not working.Also, where do I look to check most current Firmware, like on Windows where you check which system you are using and wether 32 or 64 bit. I cant seem to get a lead on where the menu is to be found.I humbly thank you for any info. « Show Less
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I just uploaded the 2.6 firmware on my BD-P1500 player. I was having issues with the new release of Sherlock Holmes. After the upgrade it is still jumping on the same scenes, after 3 bluray disc exchanges. Does anyone know if the new version will be out soon. Samsung said they usually come out every 3 months with new firmware updates.
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Where did you get the firmware 2.5 ? My BD-P1500 is having problems reading new bluray discs.
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Hi Gus, Its not on Samsungs site but you find it on cnet here . Good Luck, know the feeling.http://forums.cnet.com/5208-13973_102-0.html?threadID=362657
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updated firmware on Jan 20 2010 and now blu rays do not play and some dvd will not play either. I did the upgrad through either net and usb 3 times each. Do not buy one of these players!. I have had nothing but trouble since I got not even a year ago. Support was no help at all. I now know more than their support. They did not even tell me to try turning off BD live and using a usb stick. They just wanted money for the repair.
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Do not upgrade the firmware if you have no problem with the player. Many users told their players freezed after updated. You'd better backup your current firmware before upgrading the new ones. You may visit Samsung's website read it carefully then you may manually download the latest firmware to the usb or directly to your player from the rj-45 wire from your Internet router to the rear(LAN)plugin of the player or wireless to player. http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/BD-P3600
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Works fine for me. Never seen it. For almost an year restarted it only two times to upgrade the firmware.
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Hi Jose, This unit has a firmware update. You can update it via internet or you can also download the update to a USB drive and plug it in this system to update. -Anthony
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You can download the updated firmware from the link below. It works fine for me.https://www.dropbox.com/s/lwswhirzv3hb1vz/V3-20120501.zip
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did you ever get this solved? the manufacture web site seems to be gone, and I can't find the firmware to reinstall.
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I received this LG BD670 as a gift. Kept getting "update failed." LG sent me a CD. Still wouldn't update. Sent it back and got another one (same model). Still doesn't update. Wouldn't a thumb drive work the same as the CD? Just wondering if there is anything else I should try before I send it back. Really love the picture quality as well as everything else about it. I only know this because my daughter has the same one.
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I bought my projector about 6 months ago and have done nothing to upgrade the firmware. The projector has run beautifully since I've had it with no firmware updates. You can see my review of the product on Amazon. I think the firmware concerns were with the models produced late 2011 and early 2012. You should be good now unless you get an older model or unless some new problem has cropped since I last checked.
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i upgraded as well and have had no problems with previously unviewable blu-rays. Until tonight...the mummy returns is the first movie that doesnt play since i upgraded the firmware. anyone know anything about this?
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I'm not sure if this will help this problem, but LG does have a new firmware update for this player. It can be found on their website LG_BD_7303M51.ROM. It's a pretty recent update that came out on 12/5/12 so it may fix the problem. Here's the link: http://www.lg.com/us/support-product/lg-BP200#
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I encountered same problem. In June 2010 (18 months after purchase), my Sony BDP-550 stopped recognizing Blu-Ray disks. All other types of disks still work. Sony had me upgrade the firmware and reset device to factory settings. No effect. The Sony customer support people pretend that they have never heard of this problem. I sent them a dozen on-line reports by others who talked to Sony and were also told to upgrade the firmware without effect. Now, I am trying to get a written quote for the replacement of this defective BDP-550, but Sony will not provide it. They want me to mail them the player with a credit card number without ever providing written estimate.
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http://www.opendrivers.com/modeldriver/panasonic_dmp-bd75-driver-download.html go here for the only STABLE firmware upgrade 1.19. DO NOT allow it to update the "latest" firmware 1.33. nothing but problems. (this is based on what i have read from researching to buy this player, which i would be willing to buy now that i found the old firmware - i do not own this yet) UPDATE: i have also read that when AFTER you update the firmware, it resets the output to composite (lowest resolution). so if you are doing firmware via: HDMI cable, it may "appear" to be dead or broken once updated. so trying having both cables hooked up and after the new version is installed and your screen turns black, switch your TV input to composite and see if you see something now, then go into your menu and switch your resolution setting back to 1080p. then change your TV input back to HDMI. (i had this problem before on my HDMI dvd player, i was using the composite cables to an old tube TV, and tried the 1080p setting. everything went black and couldn't see anything to change the setting back.)
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I have a BDT220 model with the same problem. That was really annoying. But out of curiosity I downloaded the latest firmware last night (10/13/2012). It seems have fixed the problem.Now it resumes playing without asking, even after a power off.
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I just downloaded the latest firmware update from the samsung website to a flash drive and went through the steps to update the BD player. Now, I'm having the same problems that everyone is reporting - it won't play a Blueray disc. It get's stuck in the "load" mode. It will, however, play a DVD without a problem. So, like many others before me, I will be taking it back to the store. Samsung wanted me to send it to them, but I don't think I'm going down that nightmare road.
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Am I crazy, or is it more than a bit offputting that, after buying a machine, you then have to start getting upgrades for it just to be able to play newer discs? My machine's about two years old, and the last disc I bought wouldn't load. Seems like a rip-off to me. And it's not like blu-ray sales have been strong enough to justify this sort of customer fleecing.
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My Sony BDP-s550 just stopped playing blu-ray discs as well. I tried to upgrade the firmware but that failed. Sony support couldn't help me to get it working either. I ended up throwing it in the trash. This was very frustrating. I will definitely not buy another Sony blu-ray player.
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April 9, 2009: Over 3+ months of mulitple firmware updates (which apparently were successful, but without successful playback of many Blu-Ray discs) I FINALLY got Samsung to email me a shipping label to send my BD-P2500 in for repair. Long story short: It was a defective unit. After 2/12 weeks of "service", Samsung sent me a different unit which now works fine, so far.... (UGH)