Beware Speed

I got a second copy from Amazon with the same result. Both discs from Amazon had no insert on left side and there was no security stickers on the package. It was, however, shrink wrapped. Some people are reporting no problems other than slow load. It appears that a bad batch got out the door and arrived at Amazon. Your analysis that it is blank disc seems very likely as there are no product or lot marks on the reverse side near the center.

Mine is from Amazon, but did play fine on my panny. No sleeve either. Seemed a little slow to load too, almost like KOH.

Make sure latest firmware is installed.

Picked up The Transporter today. Loaded about the same time it takes my other BD's to load. Looks like this problem is being narrowed down to The Speed disc itself.

Yes, I have the latest firmware. No problem with all the other Fox discs. Just SPEED.

Maybe during the week we'll get more info as to what happened with certain copies of Speed. Some people get the disc to play after about 4-5min. Looks like I'll pass on buying t for now, bummer.

It seems that everyone having issues not being able to load discs is using the Sammy...

No problems playing Speed last night on the Panasonic with FW 1.2. It looked very nice. Maybe this thread should be "Beware Speed on Samsung"?

No problem with Speed here, I'm using a Sammy with latest firmware. Got mine from Circuit City and the box came with an insert and a firmware upgrade warning card.

No problem here either. Of course I am using the DTHEATER version...

I was hoping the Philips version had the newer firmware for this problem....but it does not.

I had to start the movie 4-5 times to get the circle swirls...and finally have it play.

Looks pretty good though...with nice sound also.
I only watched the D-theater version once...so I can't recall if this version is some what better....or the same.

I called Fox Consumer Department and the person I talked to indicated that they had no other inquiries regarding problems with SPEED. They told me I could return the product to Fox and that they would evaluate and send replacement disc in about 4-6 weeks.

The phone number that I obtained from the Fox Home Video website is 1-888-223-2FOX.

Apparently both Speed and League of Extraordinary Gentlement require the update to play on Samsung, because of Java features.

I cannot get Speed to work on Sammy with upgraded firmware. No problem with X3, Transporter, LXG. I don't think it had a security seal or insert. Received mine from DVDEmpire.

I saw some Fox titles the other day (I don't believe it was Speed) and couldn't believe my eyes when I saw 18Mbps listed as the bitrate. Aren't new technologies supposed to improve on the old? The D-VHS copy I have (assuming all Fox titles are the same; only a few are marked) is 28.2Mbps. All I can say is wow, way to go Fox. Just over 1/2 the bitrate of D-VHS...YEAH!!

Mine won't play either. I have the latest firmware installed on my Sammy.

I was going to pick this up tonight too.. Not so sure now.

No problem on my Panasonic.....

Vern

Mine finally arrived from Amazon, no problems on my Sammy (latest firmware).

So, just how did you stick a DVHS tape into a DVD slot?

Greetings,

I watched Speed on my Panasonic with no problem other than a longer load time. Pic and sound quality are very decent.

Regards,

Well, I gave it a miss for now. I picked up a few titltes after work, after my FW update completed n my Sammy.

Looks good on PS3

UPDATE: After receiving the most current firmware disc and loading it on the Sammy today, both Speed and Behind Enemy Lines now play for me. Before the firmware update they both would sputter along with the whole screen going green every few seconds...

I have the same problem with Ice Age 2 and another one from netflix. Both discs were brand new with zero scratches. The other disc of the 3 played fine. Using the sammy BD1000. Not sure what to think of that. I also have the latest firmware installed.

I had two copies of SPEED from Amazon and neither would load on the Samsung player. I returned one to Fox. No problem with other Fox titles but several did slow load.

Today, I got new Sony BDP-S1 player and it was able to load and play SPEED but the load process took a very long time.

My take on the problem is that perhaps both the player and the disc contribute to the problem. Note that it appears that SPEED causes no problems to many Samsung players
There was a similar problem in early days of DVD where the disc was at the edge of spec limit. When a player was also within but at edge of spec the disc would not read. I think that the problem was corrected by more careful production of the disc. As I recall, this involved a number of early Anchor Bay discs.

This is from memory, so if someone who is more of expert on disc production and specs please correct or supplement.

Now how did you get that to load in the Sammy?


Damn I'm slow today. First the MPAA thread and now this.