Zabuki,
When you say "forced subtitles", do you mean that you choose subtitles from the main menu?
Subtitles aren't mandated on either DVD or Blu-Ray, so there's no specific guarantee that they will be available at all. That said, does the subtitle button on the remote not work as well?
--HDTech
I went to watch the first Godfather on blu-ray today and the player isn't displaying the forced subtitles and I went through the other subtitles and it would not display any of them. I then tried Godfather II and Transformers and had the same problems. While other movies such as Batman Begins and The Incredible Hulk had no issues displaying subtitles.
I'm already using the newest firmware that just came out the other day, not sure if this problem happened on the older firmware or not since I was watching the Godfather disc for the first time which caused me to notice it.

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