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Third is, there WILL be occasional skipping and freezing. The only way to stop it is to stop consuming their products. It's called "Special Edition", "Limited Edition", "Ultimate Edition", "Final Cut", "Director's Edition", "Deluxe Edition", "Collector's Edition." The practice by these companies folks is known as Double Dipping. There is a firmware update for those of you who can no longer load your players. (Which was just a guess) Oh, how I miss the days of The Good Guys store (superior technological advisors). I've managed to limit the number of occurrences that this happens by making sure I clean all rental dvd's before placing them inside my player.
And do yourselves all a favor by doing your own research before making a buy. I've had this device for some time now. The loading issue is one of three issues that I've had with it. When I went to Best Buy to purchase this product last year and asked them if it played TrueHD they didn't even know what I was talking about, and then came back after their little huddle and said yes.
And to make matters worse most of the sales agents are not aware of the features and specifications of the products they are selling to you. That is why we have mistakenly purchased this player that's not capable of doing what other newer devices can do. the smart companies out there will throw out a bad to fair product, knowing it will be consumed by us anyway because it's "new technology", then make a better product and sell it to the same consumers for more money. Good luck.
The same thing is done in the dvd industry. I received mine through Sony. And naturally, we buy it again. The second is that it doesn't have HD audio (DTS-HD,Dolby-HD, TrueHD).
Anywho. Technology is being pushed out to the public before it is ready to be sold. This also helps to keep your player running better and lasting longer by not getting clogged with dust, dirt, and yes.people's left over chicken grease. This may be helpful to some, but on a side note: I've learned through years of technology purchases to never buy a new technology because it won't do what you will want it to do until a new device comes out later.
I had to update the firmware. And a third time.
Or even asked if I ALWAYS wanted new firmware updates even without being asked.This is nonsense. Every time I try to watch a new release (The Dark Knight, Quantum of Solace) I find myself in this loop of (1) needing new software, (2) ordering it and (3) waiting 2-3 weeks to watch the DVD that I purchased.It's too bad that Sony has never heard of wireless connectivity that might allow for the player to be updated automatically.
I bought this several years ago when the HD/Blue Ray wars ended.I purchased several Blue Ray discs and was content with the initial viewing. So I had to order the firmware (for free) which Sony delivered two weeks after ordering.Then it happened again.
I have no idea whether they have improved their most recent releases, but I would be very wary of Sony Blue ray players. Although it was unconscionably slow in loading - or even opening the DVD tray - the viewing was crisp, clear and very exciting to watch.Then I purchased something else - and it wouldn't play.
But as I live in a Mac-environment, the burning of the CD with the appropriate software was not easily accomplished.
SD-DVD is poorly processed. I spent $700.00 for two when they were introduced. Starting time, loading times are unacceptable.
Brand name recognition is not what it used to be. I lot of hard earned money down the drain. This Sony BDP-S300 is not worthy of a full review.
Purchased 2, one for the bedroom and one for the family room. Save your money for another player. Thanks Sony.audiomeister
Quality of the hd/bd is glossy without detail @1080P24fps. Technology of this player will be supersede in all areas by many newer products for half the money.
I wouldn't know, as I haven't gotten it to load a movie at all yet. Supposedly, firmware 4.5 solves this issue, but I wouldn't know.
I couldn't even find the current firmware version without digging through to find a hidden menu (System Menu > Video Setup > TV Type > 16:9 > Blue button) when obviously the firmware version is critically important on this (and perhaps other) Blu-Ray players.Overall, I'm unimpressed. I can't find the ISO of the firmware to burn.
This player is very slow to load movies. Wall-E in particular causes problems.
The saving grace of the BDP S301 (which is identical to the S300) is that I got it from a friend who was so furious with it, he bought another one and threw this one away in my direction, so it didn't cost me anything but time. Some people have reported 10-15 minute load times.
Apparently, the incompatibility and slow load problem is ameliorated somewhat with firmware upgrades, but in their infinite wisdom, Sony distributes firmware not as an ISO image, but as a.EXE that somehow expands into an ISO, which means Mac users have to scrounge around for the ISO on fora.Disney movies often don't play at all.
Both representatives told me the essentially the same useless information I got off the web site. It does still work, but I'm going to purchase a new Blu-ray unit today from anybody but Sony. I bought the BDP-S300 in March of 2008. The unit has the 4.5 current firmware update. It took about an hour, to take the unit apart, remove the DVD and reassemble it. The DVD would not load, and would not eject from the player. I contacted customer service via the internet and then by phone.
I gave up with Sony and decided I had nothing to lose by taking the unit apart my self. (They also told me there is no mechanical way to eject a stuck DVD).
I recently attempted to play a rented Blu-ray DVD. After all the unit is 1 month out of warranty.
I've had all the freeze up problems, problems with rented DVD's mentioned in these reviews. They also told me Sony would extract the DVD for $142.00 plus shipping.
You would think the inverter of Blu-ray would make a better piece of Equipment. The unit is 1 month out of warranty.
I followed the instructions for ejecting a stuck DVD, it wouldn't eject.
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