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Joe Murphy Jr

In Reply to: RE: Actually you can posted by Jack G on November 08, 2008 at 10:50:24

A dozen or so? Below is a link to a player list (about 30 players). It only took me a few seconds to count off 7 players (all more than a month old) not on that list. How many more do they have that I didn't count? What happens when there's 50, 70 or 100+ players? Your comment falls flat -- even now.

What I'm sure we can agree on is that the studios/authoring houses/replicators need to work with the player manufactures before mass production of the disc takes place.

I'd go further by suggesting that a sample disc could be sent to each manufacturer to test in their players and the manufacturers could be given a time-frame (1 month maximum, in my opinion) to get their asses in gear and write firmware updates for their players which would need it or figure out if the disc is incompatible for other reasons.

Here's the obviously-not-updated BD player

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RE: then be my guest - Jack G 05:22:25 11/11/08 (2)
OK 30ish, that's still not a big deal-we aren't talking hundreds here. The point is, problems can be found and dealt with before the discs hit the street, if the studio cares, as Paramount proved. Fox just doesn't give a damn. Why people defend Fox's clear contempt for their customers (or total incompetence) is beyond me.
Jack
- Why are you so sure Paramount recalled and changed all Iron Man Blu-ray discs? - Jazz Inmate 17:04:55 11/16/08 (1)
  I read that rumor too. Paramount did not substantiate it, nor did any industry insiders.
  
  LG, Samsung and Sharp make lots of crappy products that don't work the way they're supposed to. Blu-ray is the least of their problems, so you may want to hold manufacturer's to some standards rather than whining about a format that has worked perfectly for most adopters. I'm sorry your experience with it has been poor, but it may be a bit of self-fulfilling prophecy.
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  Call it, friendo.
  - You forgot Sony - Jack G 06:27:09 11/17/08 (0)
    Two or three of Sony's stand alone players wouldn't play the troublesome bond movies either. Sony makes crappy products too, that don't work like they are supposed to, but you already knew that.
    > > > so you may want to hold manufacturer's to some standards < < <
    That's what I am doing, including software manufacturers, despite the fact that the BDA doesn't. Why you give them a free ride is beyond me.
    Jack
    
    Edits: 11/17/08

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