New Sony ES Player BDP-S1000ES - Page 39

I ordered and received my free firmware #014 update disc from Sony (free since this player is still under warranty).
I installed it today.
It installed with no problems, it works perfectly fine, and after doing some testing, I am satisfied my player remains free of cinavia.

So you took a chance anyway, huh. Well thanks for doing that. Can you confirm: there wasn't any specific disc issue that you were experiencing was there? That the update fixed?

This was less of a chance than it sounds, as I had gotten confirmation from Sony via their Tech Support forum that they will not include cinavia in a firmware update without listing it - and I had already applied a new update to my S550 - AND the S1000ES player I initially updated is one that lives in a closet in the box . . I did not update my primary home theater S1000ES until I had finished updating and testing the other one.

I do not recall ever having a single problem playing a title on any of the Sony players I own (S350, S550, S1000ES).
This update did not fix anything I was having trouble with, because this player has always worked just fine.
I expect these players will last many years, based on past experience with Sony optical media players.

Lawless still won't play after a FW update. Since I am on vacation I will need to buy another BD to check it.

Is this happening trying to play it in a Sony BDP-S1000ES? Does the disc load up at all? If yes - when/how does it fail? Is it a retail version - rental?
What does it do when/where it fails? Is the disc in good condition - no scratches, finger prints, dirt, etc.?
If the disc isn't playing correctly, can't you just return it as defective?

Bought a 48$ BD player and it plays fine. Checking other BDs but is may be going back!

I mean the 1000ES

I have an ES1000 and Lawless played fine a couple weeks ago.  It was a Netflix rental.

Ok I tried several BDs and somtimes they play fine and somtimes they will not play until i turn an empty machine off, reboot, load disk again and that will usually work. The $48 works fine!

DO NOT update your player I updated mine and now it doesn't play some of my older blu rays...is there anyway to get back my old firmware?

Unfortunately, I've never heard of anyone being able to revert to a previous version of official firmware. Hackers have found ways to load a completely different set of firmware in some players, but that's not quite the same. (I wouldn't be a bit surprised if they do that by making the player think it's getting firmware with a really high version number.)

If you haven't already, please report the problem to Sony. It's all too easy to patch software to fix a newly discovered bug and break something that used to work. Of course, they'll need to know exactly which of your titles won't play, and that you've confirmed that new discs do play.

I have been running my BDP-S1000ES with the latest firmware ever since that newest firmware came available and was confirmed to be free of cinavia.
The player continues to work flawlessly playing everything I throw at it. I doubt that the firmware is the issue with someone's BDP-S1000ES malfunctioning.

My 1000ES Blu-ray player died last week after 4 years

I am going to miss it, it was a wonderful player! I placed an order on the S790 today and I am going to see how the S790 compares to the 1000ES when I get the S790 on Friday

Doesn't the BDP-S1000ES have a 5 year warranty? (At least in the US)

They do but I called Sony and asked for a replacement but they said the S1000ES are not avaiable anymore so they offered the S790 as a replacement

Does it not even power up at all? Refuse to read discs?

When I turned it on, I saw smoke coming out of the player from where fan was! So I quickly unplugged it I have no idea why it did this

Power supply failure. Fan failure ? If thats the issue it would be repairable so long as you can get the parts. Sonys online parts database is worth searching.

I will look into it! Thank you!

Yep - that would surely get my attention also. If it was my player, I would set it up on a bench, pull the cover off, clean any dust out of the inside and plug it in again with my hand on the plug to disconnect power quickly. Maybe you can spot where the smoke is coming from & address the problem. But be attentive and quick so you do not cook a circuit board in case that is the issue.
If you decide to scrap it, let us know, it might be good for parts for one of us hanging on to our S1000ES player (I surely have no intention of giving up mine & spare parts might be a good thing).

FWIW, at least one ex-1000 owner is very happy with a 790.
http://www.avsforum.com/t/1386151/official-2012-sony-bdp-s790-thread/2370#post_23028917