I got one of these players for Christmas and got it working on Jan 6. The delay was due to having to run an ethernet line from my computer room to the tv room (and through 8 inch think concrete walls in my basement). When I turned it on the rirst thing I saw was the notice from Sony that update 07.4.10 was available adding level 2 to my player. This evening I saw this article on engadget, went down to the tv room and switched on the player and there it was - just as engadget had reported - the player notified me that version 07.4.15 was ready. Took about 15 minutes to download and install but all went perfectly.
Now the only question is - what did this change? The "features" of this update are exactly the same as had been listed for version 10. Since I only have a few blu ray titles so far I'm guessing this update my have prevented problems that have been reported on the use of some titles I don't own. Still it good to know that even though Sony has had this unit on the market for a while, and I've only had it in service 25 days Sony has provided 2 firmware updates over that same span of time.
While this may be considered an entry level player I am finding it to be an excellent choice.
Hey there...I'm new to this player bought it couple days ago, can i download the firmware on a disc and then install it? Sorry for the stupid question!!!!!
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I got one of these players for Christmas and got it working on Jan 6. The delay was due to having to run an ethernet line from my computer room to the tv room (and through 8 inch think concrete walls in my basement). When I turned it on the rirst thing I saw was the notice from Sony that update 07.4.10 was available adding level 2 to my player.
This evening I saw this article on engadget, went down to the tv room and switched on the player and there it was - just as engadget had reported - the player notified me that version 07.4.15 was ready. Took about 15 minutes to download and install but all went perfectly.
Now the only question is - what did this change? The "features" of this update are exactly the same as had been listed for version 10. Since I only have a few blu ray titles so far I'm guessing this update my have prevented problems that have been reported on the use of some titles I don't own. Still it good to know that even though Sony has had this unit on the market for a while, and I've only had it in service 25 days Sony has provided 2 firmware updates over that same span of time.
While this may be considered an entry level player I am finding it to be an excellent choice.
Hey there...I'm new to this player bought it couple days ago, can i download the firmware on a disc and then install it? Sorry for the stupid question!!!!!
richardh: Seems to be minor fixes and not new features:
Improves BD-Java compatibility to enhance interactivity with some BD-ROMs.
Improves BD-Live performance to enhance interactivity.