Samsung BD-P1600/XAC can't play newer Blu-rays

Just applied the June 2011 firmware upgrade 2.17. I still get "This disc can't be played" when I try to play it on the BD-P1600. Although Samsung says it still supports 2009 products in 2011, the fact that this 2010 Blu-Ray disc still won't play is proof they don't.

As I said above I also bought 2 Samsung LCD TV's. I paid a premium for a LN40B750 because of the "apps" feature. Forget about it, 2 years later & still the weak original set of apps. The TV won't update the firmware any further because it already has firmware more advanced than the website! I assume the the higher firmware upgrades were removed because of problems. The TV picture is great but if you want a "smart" TV just purchase the best basic model and get yourself an Apple TV to add features. You'll save money & tons more features.

I have firmware 2.21 XAC installed. Barely any bluray movies will work. About an 80% FAILURE rate. DVD movies play just fine. Support your products? Does not seem like it.

But hey, just blame it on my faulty unit.

You know of any fixes 4 years later?

Canada for example demanded that we have an office in a city of their choosing and many other rules. Since the governments want control over content and players this has lead to the fragmentation you are writing about.

It's not the company's fault entirely.
Bob

It is the job of a corporation to manage around governments. If it cannot do that, it must refrain from seeking world markets.

fredricwilliams,

I agree with you that it seems many corporations are unable to work globally -- they are able only to have global names with local and incompatible products and no cross-border service. Since millions of people live and work outside their home countries, this seems rather stupid, however,

fredricwilliams -

It would find themselves under fire from said governments.

But that's a DIFFERENT discussion. Do I read now that this is a grey market unit? Ouch. Ouch. Dang!

What a way to learn this lesson. You see this in cameras, laptops and other things. My advice is to not do that again.
Bob

using "gray market" as you do, had I bought a Korean player in Korea, it would now be "gray market" in the US. If I bought a US player when I was in Korea, it would have been "gray market" when I bought it from the US.

It does not change how our governments have meddled with such and created this mess.

In Canada it was interesting to see how their gov dictated where the service center was and more.

Your ire is misplaced.
Bob

fredricwilliams - In other words, for you stay-at-home provincials, all people who move from one country to another should buy a new player for each move.




And re-purchase movies in those regions too. It's far bigger than a Blu-Ray player.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_lockout

While governments are a barrier to almost everything, effective industry must find successful workarounds. The problem is nothing new -- here is what Henry Thoreau wrote about it in Walden a in the mid-1800s: "Trade and commerce, if they were not made of Indian rubber, would never manage to bounce over the obstacles which legislators are continually putting in their way,"

If a company was to try to get around the government's agenda, laws and more then you find they are usually thrown out.

You seem to understand this and I read the REGION issues with the media which is something bigger than that player in pure dollars.

-> Talk to your governments. Unless you want to be ruled by companies.
Bob