Sony BDP-S1 firmware update
By Ben Drawbaugh 
posted Jan 13th 2007 8:57PM
posted Jan 13th 2007 8:57PM
There is no doubt we live in a time where almost every electronic device we own could use some sort of firmware update. Lucky for us HD DVD and Blu-ray player manufactures don't mind admiting when they made a mistake and release an update for their hardware. First to the market and first to release an update was HD DVD and then Samsung and now Sony. Based on the list of fixes we can only assume this was released as a direct result of issues with The Descent, but we will have to wait and see what users say after they have had a chance to download the disc image or order a disc from Sony.
The update is supposed to address:
- Improves BD-Java compatibility to enhance interactivity with some BD-ROMs
- Enhances playback compatibility with certain BD-ROM format discs
- Corrects the output signal status information for audio output and display when Linear PCM 5.1 channel soundtracks are played back via HDMI
[Via High-Def Digest]
It's The Descent, not The Decent.
How many people are actually going to go to all the trouble of ordering the CD and then flashing the firmware? Most people I know don't even have their DVD players set up correctly or run a PS3 with composite cables etc..
Yes, the firmware is supposed to address the non-playback issue of "The Descent." The problem lay in that the disc was mastered with a BD-J file placed in the wrong folder, and the player didn't know what to do when it looked in the correct place and couldn't find it.