On the way to the victory lap, lets do a firmware fix(Credit: CNET)
Blu-ray may be coasting to a format war victory over archrival HD DVD, but it's still got some mopping up to do in the meantime--namely, improving player compatibility with some of the more popular movies already available. Samsung has begun rolling out firmware upgrades for all of its players to address issues that have plagued some users when watching Blu-ray versions of such favorites as Ratatouille, Spider-Man 3, Live Free or Die Hard, Blade Runner, and Pirates of the Caribbean 3. According to Samsung, the updates will be available as follows:
Samsung BD-P1000: new firmware (available January 25) | CNET review
Samsung BD-P1200: new firmware (available February 2) | CNET review
Samsung BD-P1400: new firmware (available January 26) | CNET review
Samsung BD-UP5000: new firmware (available soon) | CNET preview
The latter three models can be upgraded directly over the Internet via their Ethernet connection once their respective update goes live. For the BD-P1000 (or if you don't have your player near a network connection), you'll need to go to the support page on Samsung's Web site, download a disc image to your PC, burn it to a CD or DVD, and then pop it in the player. The links are provided above, but note that the current firmware listed may not yet be the updated one.
One word of advice for Samsung: it would be nice to get a changelog on those support pages (or even an "info.txt" in the Zip file) that lists the date of the update, and exactly what issues it's addressing.
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