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RE: Its really just the early adopters that have to deal with these things.

Posted by 4season on May 27, 2007 at 11:46:23:
You can download the firmware as disk image files from Toshiba's Canadian website, and the CDs you burn from them ought to be as safe as the ones Toshiba is mailing you.

The other reason I mostly leave my player disconnected from the internet is because the potential is there to use it to track my viewing habits, and far too many parties (like all AACS consortium member companies) might have access to it.