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post #2461 of 2547
12/11/10 at 12:25pm
what movies are you guys having issues with? I've recently watched Inception, Last Airbender, Sorcerers Apprentice and Winter Bones on MKV with no issues.

Hope the pixelation issues do not come back
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post #2462 of 2547
12/12/10 at 11:53am
Some of the newly encoded mkvs are pixalizing, while others play fine. I even sent a sample mkv to JVC and they said they will investigate on their end. Some of the ones that i tried were foreign language films. I know someone with LG BD370 US version and he is not having any issues. Seems like it's just this JVC unit.
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post #2463 of 2547
12/12/10 at 9:45pm
That is interesting, because I tried the latest BD370 update on my JVC BP1 and it didn't fix the pixelation problems with the newer MKV files. They have the identical hardware, so I don't see how the BD370 owner is not getting the same pixelating problems that we are with the BP1.
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post #2464 of 2547
12/13/10 at 10:32am
I tried that as well on my JVC (v7173) but still had pixalization. Looks like the BD370 US version may have a different firmware. The firmware that you and i tried was from the LG Japan site. Knowing LG, they release so many firmwares for their units and don't bother putting them all on their website. Most people get the latest firmware via network upgrades. My friend ordered a disc with latest firmware from LG. I'll be getting that in a week or two.
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post #2465 of 2547
12/14/10 at 9:06am
can someone post a sample here and I can test?
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post #2466 of 2547
12/14/10 at 11:58am
I just tried Apocalypse Now and it did not work, but Hearts of Darkness (documentary included on a different disc did work). Then I put in Dr. Zhivago which had worked before but now gave me a disc error. I still have to update the firmware but it is puzzling that a blu-ray would work before and not now.
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post #2467 of 2547
12/14/10 at 1:52pm
I'm a JVC man myself, but they don't seem to manufacture Blu-Ray players (but only Pro recorders) or TVs anymore. And what is up with this BP-1 lately? Seems like there's been a lot of problems playing the newer Bu-rays. I would hate to be stuck with this kind of trouble, glad I returned mine a year ago and 'almost' bought the Oppo BD-83 but somehow that didn't happen either. Looks like the opportunity calls for the new BD-93 when it hits.
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post #2468 of 2547
12/14/10 at 2:38pm
I understand where you are coming from. My player is having problems reading standard DVD discs. I have to open and close the tray until it reads it. This can take 20-30 times. With BD it loads with no problem. Oppo player in the future. When is the release date for new Oppo player ?CES?
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post #2469 of 2547
12/14/10 at 10:33pm
Toy Story 3 won't play; the play arrow appears briefly but then it goes to the BP1 menu screen.

That's on two different discs from Netflix.

My player's is 1 1/2 years old and I've never done a f/w update.

How risky is it?

Maybe it's time for a new player anyway; is there anything significantly faster out now?

Fast loading is nice but more important to me is overall responsiveness in operation, i.e. how fast does it respond to commands and how fast/smooth are FF and REV.

It would also be nice to recover the feature my previous Panasonic BD30 had of showing subtitles on the lowest FF speed.
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post #2470 of 2547
12/15/10 at 7:54am
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Originally Posted by noah katz View Post

Toy Story 3 won't play; the play arrow appears briefly but then it goes to the BP1 menu screen.

That's on two different discs from Netflix.

My player's is 1 1/2 years old and I've never done a f/w update.

How risky is it?

Maybe it's time for a new player anyway; is there anything significantly faster out now?

Fast loading is nice but more important to me is overall responsiveness in operation, i.e. how fast does it respond to commands and how fast/smooth are FF and REV.

It would also be nice to recover the feature my previous Panasonic BD30 had of showing subtitles on the lowest FF speed.

Toy Story 3 played fine on my unit. You just have to upgrade to the latest firmware on JVC site. v169. Not risky at all. Copy the ROM file onto a USB drive (root of the USB) and then power up the unit. It takes less than 30seconds.
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post #2471 of 2547
12/19/10 at 1:47pm
It worked and TS3 plays, thanks!

Had a bit of a scary moment when the instructions said to open the update file (no can do) and save it, but just dragging it from my desktop into the flashdrive directory worked.
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post #2472 of 2547
12/19/10 at 7:27pm
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Originally Posted by noah katz View Post

It worked and TS3 plays, thanks!

Had a bit of a scary moment when the instructions said to open the update file (no can do) and save it, but just dragging it from my desktop into the flashdrive directory worked.

Glad to hear all went well. I have updated twice, both without issue. Very smooth process overall.

I'm still impressed with this player. It just keeps chugging along with out complaint and does a really good job at upconverting DVD's too.

Regards,

RTROSE
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post #2473 of 2547
1/4/11 at 7:01am
I have been using the JVC XV-BP1 for a little over a year now - great player. I have been using a 640GB external hard drive and everything has been fine, but I recently upgraded to a 2TB and when I use that drive the player freezes and shuts down. The HD works fine on my ps3, mac, and PC. Any solutions or anybody else having problems with this size external hard drive and their XV-BP1?
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post #2474 of 2547
1/7/11 at 6:57am
This title never starts with the flash drive plugged in. The Player Actually Shuts Down Entirely & I Have To Power It Back On. I take the flash drive out and the movie plays with no issue.

I had a couple other issues like TruHD Audio not starting unless I switched to another audio track and back to TruHD.

Not very useful, but hey, they responded.

This is the response today:

Dear ____________,

Thank you for contacting JVC Customer Care, my name is Tamara, your email care specialist. We value you as a JVC customer and appreciate the opportunity to be of assistance.

I understand that you are experiencing some difficulties with your Blu-Ray player.

If you haven't already done so, please consider downloading and installing the update that is available for the XV-BP1 at:

http://support.jvc.com/consumer/custrel/index.jsp.

If the problem persists, then you may want to consider sending the player to a JVC authorized service center for evaluation. For more informaiton on JVC's service policy, please use this link:

http://support.jvc.com/consumer/supp...=1&item=29#294

If you have any other questions please let us know at customerrelations@jvc.com.

Sincerely,

Tamara H.
JVC Customer Care

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post #2475 of 2547
1/7/11 at 7:22am
Again not very helpful.

Dear _______________,

Thank you for replying. I am Jose, your email care specialist.

Unfortunately, we currently do not have any other firmware updates available for the model XV-BP1. If you've already updated your Blu-Ray player's firmware yet the problem remains, then it's best to verify if your Blu-Ray discs have any hairline scratches on the non-labeled side of the disc.

Note that all Blu-Ray discs will have a greater chance of become unreadable whenever there's even a slight harline scratch on the surface of the disc. This is due to the fact that these new discs will have pits recorded on the recording surface that's a micro-fraction of how the pits were recorded on CD and DVD discs. These older disc technologies rarely encountered these playback issues due to the larger size pits recorded on the recording material. To learn more about how these disc technologies work, you can refer to the following link:
http://www.howstuffworks.com/blu-ray2.htm

This will require either cleaning the discs using a Blu-Ray Disc Cleaner or purchasing a DVD Lens Cleaner through any local electronic stores. Some of these items can even be purchased through any online stores.

If we can be of further assistance, please let us know at customerrelations@jvc.com or by phone at 1-800-252-5722 between the hours of Monday through Friday 8AM to 8PM CST, Saturday 8AM to 5PM CST or Sunday 9AM to 4:30PM CST.

Sincerely,
JoseJ
VC Customer Care Center
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post #2476 of 2547
1/10/11 at 7:00am
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Originally Posted by trinifox View Post
This title never starts with the flash drive plugged in. The Player Actually Shuts Down Entirely & I Have To Power It Back On. I take the flash drive out and the movie plays with no issue.

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Same here, unit shuts down after trying to load disc! Did not try to unplug U drive through.

LG 370 firmware fixed the problem though. Now it plays "Sound of Music" OK.
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post #2477 of 2547
1/10/11 at 6:22pm
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Originally Posted by zhe zhang View Post


Same here, unit shuts down after trying to load disc! Did not try to unplug U drive through.

LG 370 firmware fixed the problem though. Now it plays "Sound of Music" OK.

Is this the same Fw a few posts back? I think mine must be faulty now as Disc 1 in the BBC Life series no longer loads.
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post #2478 of 2547
1/11/11 at 12:00pm
My Player is still going very strong. No issues playing DVDs or Blu Rays. The only movie that took longer than normal to load was The Expendables. I'm running the lastest firmware version.

Picture and audio are top notch.
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post #2479 of 2547
1/11/11 at 1:18pm
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Originally Posted by trinifox View Post

Is this the same Fw a few posts back? I think mine must be faulty now as Disc 1 in the BBC Life series no longer loads.

Yes. I got the info from this thread a while ago
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post #2480 of 2547
2/7/11 at 2:57pm
I have the latest firmware, I get "disc error" and the disc ejects with 2 movies that used to work fine, none of the 5 discs for Bladerunner, nor Reservoir Dogs.
On Apocalypse Now only Disc 1 will work, but the bonus discs I also get "disc error."
I've tried everything, updated it via the LG firmware, used a USB stick in when it starts to no success.
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post #2481 of 2547
2/8/11 at 2:33am
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Originally Posted by dean l View Post

I have the latest firmware, I get "disc error" and the disc ejects with 2 movies that used to work fine, none of the 5 discs for Bladerunner, nor Reservoir Dogs.
On Apocalypse Now only Disc 1 will work, but the bonus discs I also get "disc error."
I've tried everything, updated it via the LG firmware, used a USB stick in when it starts to no success.

I have the same problem w/sd DVDs. A quick search of the net said either spindle motor or laser head needs cleaning.

However I can play blu rays.weird? I believe we got the occasional JVC JUNK.
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post #2482 of 2547
2/8/11 at 1:11pm
Actually since this model is made by LG for JVC, we should blame LG.
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post #2483 of 2547
2/8/11 at 1:21pm
What happened? JVC completely abandoned home theater and televisions? The best DVD player I've owned (to this day) is my JVC XV-SA600. I wanted to get a Blu-Ray player as an upgrade, sticking with JVC and bought BP-1 but I had it returned after a day. I didn't like the bright blue light and the display is lacking playback info. It also took very long for the tray to open and close. The XV-SA600 is still in full force as we speak, and never a hiccup.
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post #2484 of 2547
2/8/11 at 9:12pm
Your BP-1 must have been defective. My BP-1 has a very fast tray--from standby to open is less than 2 seconds, and the same for closing. Don't forget that the very first Blu-ray and HD-DVD players would take a full minute or longer to load a movie up--my Toshiba HD-DVD XA2 takes 34 seconds just for the tray to open.
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post #2485 of 2547
2/14/11 at 12:40pm
Is there a way to keep the player from timing out when put on pause, or setting it to a longer time?

I looked through the menus and didn't see anything.
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post #2486 of 2547
2/27/11 at 6:28am
Does anyone know where I can find a list of compatible external hard drives for the JVC XV-BP1? Or if there is a limit to the capacity you can hook up to the JVC XV-BP1? I would rather not sell my blu-ray player, but I do need it to be compatible with a larger hard drive (right now my 1TB just causes it to freeze).
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post #2487 of 2547
3/4/11 at 6:10pm
well, finally saw the pixelation issue that is the same as the problem last year. Movie is Hereafter

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General
UniqueID : 195324526983485653089548995721862765085 (0x92F222B2B05E0BA092271419B5BADA1D)
Complete name : C:\\\\Movies\\Hereafter (2010)\\Hereafter (2010).mkv
Format : Matroska
File size : 1.80 GiB
Duration : 2h 9mn
Overall bit rate : 2 000 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2011-02-26 17:55:26
Writing application : mkvmerge v4.4.0 ('Die Wiederkehr') built on Oct 31 2010 21:52:48
Writing library : libebml v1.0.0 + libmatroska v1.0.0

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 3 frames
Format settings, GOP : M=4, N=29
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 2h 9mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Nominal bit rate : 1 806 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 13.5 Mbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 536 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.35:1
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.110
Writing library : x264 core 112 r1867 22bfd31
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=4 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=hex / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=4 / sliced_threads=0 / slices=4 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=1 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=2 / weightp=0 / keyint=24 / keyint_min=2 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=26 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=1806 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / vbv_maxrate=13500 / vbv_bufsize=15000 / nal_hrd=vbr / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Color primaries : BT.709-5, BT.1361, IEC 61966-2-4, SMPTE RP177
Transfer characteristics : BT.709-5, BT.1361
Matrix coefficients : BT.709-5, BT.1361, IEC 61966-2-4 709, SMPTE RP177

Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version : Version 4
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : A_AAC
Duration : 2h 9mn
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
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post #2488 of 2547
3/6/11 at 7:38am
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I have been using the JVC XV-BP1 for a little over a year now - great player. I have been using a 640GB external hard drive and everything has been fine,

What file system you have on this HD - fat or ntfs?
In JVC manual any word about using HD. DO you connect HD to JVC by USB?
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post #2489 of 2547
3/6/11 at 8:46am
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Originally Posted by destructor View Post

What file system you have on this HD - fat or ntfs?
In JVC manual any word about using HD. DO you connect HD to JVC by USB?

Yes, format your HD to fat32 and plug it in using USB cable. Remember, to make your files less than 4gb
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post #2490 of 2547
3/6/11 at 2:46pm
I think the drive maybe going out any ideas where I can get a blu-ray drive for the BP1, other than that it has been working flawlessly.
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