Movies BD-UP5000 will not play - Page 3

I have only tried 3 discs so far; Balls of Fury HD-DVD, The Heartbreak Kid HD-DVD, and 3:10 To Yuma Blu-ray. I have quite a few discs in my collection that are suspect. LFODH and POTC:AWE are two that I will have to try, since they blow in my Samsung BDP-1200.

Add:

Sunshine Bluray - audio no video
Resident Evil Ex - audio no video

Yes I know I have sunshine. Wal mart had it out early

So far have played "High School Musical 2" and "Ratatouille" on BD with no issues, great picture and sound via Toshiba 40RF350U.

Having problems with Resident Evil: Extinction as well.

"Play movie" accesses some sort of behind the scenes extra but the audio of the actual movie.

As of this moment, I'm unable to play the movie correctly to my dismay.

Mia

It almost sounds like it is accessing the alternate stream intended for the 1.1 instead of the "main" video. Have you tried accessing the movie via "Scene Selection"?

Excellent suggestion! I did and it didn't.

For giggles, I tried a multitude of other option combinations... commentary on/off, PiP on/off, etc... no avail.

Thank you for your good intentions nonetheless. Very sweet.

Oh ya, little PS here...

I noticed when I push "stop" it plays the actual movie for 2 to 3 seconds before returning the Samsung screen.

At this rate, I could infact watch the entire movie... I'll just call in and ask for a week off work.

Mia

You did not get the "angle" icon popping up in some scene of Ratatouille and a slight audio hiccup?
What do you have the display Messages setting set to? on or off?
Thanks!

If you turn off the display messages, can you still pull up the info screen?

I need to test this with Ratatouille tonite.

On Rat, were you able to return to the menu after starting playback of the movie? I had no such luck and after attempting to do so, the only button that was functional on the remote was the power button. I can confirm subtitles *DO NOT* work on Rat.

Ummm .. bull*hit?

All the blu-rays on that list that I have play just fine on the BD-UP5000. Of course, I've got the November rev update. Just a click away by ethernet.

Standard behavior of HD DVD on all players. Blu and SD play from stopped position.

Tried numerous times, it says:
WARNING: This player is not equipped with the latest firmware and is unable to play this disc. Please visit your manufacturer's website and follow their instructions on how to install the firmware on your player.
For more information on Blu-ray and firmware updates please visit www.foxbd.com/cs

My player info:
S/W:071108.02_1114_0924.11_XAA
Region: A/1 (BD/DVD)
Output to DVI

This is the first disc I've had a problem with after trying about 30

One person's report shouldn't receive a response calling him a liar in such a way!

We have all seen a number of discs that have issues playing on some 5000's and not others.

Please try and be a bit more respectful to others.

Yup, I'd like to know if kcmurphy did anything other than load the disc and start playback of the movie in the case of Rat, then turn it off to reach his conclusion. I've seen a consensus so far in the case of dodgy navigation (good luck trying to get to the menu once the menu begins) and movie angle icon pop-ups during the movie itself.

my 5000 has a build date of 12/2007 and came with the newest firmware already on it and all of the discs I have that others have listed at being problematic or don't play work just fine for me.

Guess I should consider myself lucky.

^Can you list those discs? Thanks.

Considering on buying the 5000 here. Not gonna buy a stand alone Blu Ray player for the same price that has no ethernet port (feel really bad for those who bought the older versions but now cant play 1.1 discs). Has anyone tried any of Universal's HD DVD combo discs on the player such as Bourne Ultimatum or The Good Shepherd? The combo discs has serious playback issues with 3rd gen of HD DVD players.

Re: Combos, Bourne Ultimatum played without a hitch...also had no problems with TMNT (only watched about 10 minutes and skipped to a few chapters, however). I'll be trying out Flags of Our Fathers, Children of Men, Breach and Evan Almighty soonish.

Luckily for me, I have no problem playing any Fox studios movies. BUT, I did have a problem with only ONE disc or set of discs. And that was from the Star Trek: The original series season 1 HD-DVD combo set. It wouldn't play one disc and the next it kept hiccuping or skipping. So far I've been able to play everything EXCEPT this. Transformers was just fine on my player. So I dont know if it's the discs or the player. Someone help me on this?

Sorry for the bluntness. Should have phrased that better.

I was more than a little concerned getting this player with all the negative comments (like this thread), and I am happy to find that most of the problems were overstated. At least for my player, in my setup with the November code.

But the thread is titled "Movies BD-UP5000 will not play", when in fact it will play at least some of them (and all that I own) at least into the opening credits. Now, perhaps there are some odd issues, but they DO play, so I'm probably not the only one who could have phrased things better.

Just got my 5K a few days ago. Build date shows 11/07. First disk I put in was Ratatouille. Once that things starts playing, you can't stop it, pause it, fast forward, eject, etc. Neither from using the remote or directly on the player. Only button that would work was the power switch. Prior to play, I was able to navigate the menu, but if I hit play (or skipped to a chapter and hit play), the aforementioned problem happened.

I called Samsung level 2 tech support, and they informed me that they have had several problems with this title, but since this player is only two weeks old, there were no firmware updates at this time.

Next I put in the HD of Batman Begins and it played fine, although no resume play function. I was told by Samsung tech support that this function does not exist in the HD world, although in my Toshiba's instruction manual it claims that HD discs that are advanced (which was indicated by ADV light on that player) are the only discs that lack this feature. The tech support guy boasted that BD discs can indeed resume play.

That being said, I decided to test this theory and put in the BD of Teminator. Sure enough, resume play worked! So I hung up the phone with the tech support guy. Murphy's law- next was the BD of Spiderman 3, which played fine BUT the resume did not work (even tried using the "resume" button at the bottom of the remote). I then read somewhere that the coding on more "advanced" discs (both BD and HD) lack the resume function.

I'm going to try a few other titles tomorrow including LFoDH, and I'll report back.

I really hope they get the problems fixed with this player as it looks sweet and it sure is nice to not have a slew of equipment on my rack. I'd hate to return it......

Please don't apologize by writing your comment off as being 'blunt', and then point out that the thread is at fault.

Explain to us how the title of the thread
is somehow equally as inflammatory or as rude as your

I've got a 5 year old who tries to use the "he did it too" defense. Please be bigger than that sir.

Here is why. I doubt many of us have more than a single BD-UP5000 to test with, we each have our own individual reality.

The creator of this thread gave it a simple and accurate title. Is it correct for each person? Apparently not, but it brings to light many playback issues with the Samsung.

Does this make the poster stating that his given list of movies that did not play wrong? Not if they 'did not play' for him . As a point in fact, for those with DVDs that do not play in their players, this thread is aptly titled.

A posting simply stating;

"I had no problems playing these titles" ...or something to the effect of

"they all play fine for me, could there be something you can check in your settings?" would be what most polite individuals posting in this forum.

It is certainly more civil than "bull*hit?", which was not so much "blunt" as it is rude and disrespectful.

Well, Spence, I guess we see things differently. I see calling the player broken because it "won't play" titles to be both rude and wrong. There are lots of folks nervous about what they go to to preserve their large HD DVD disc collection now that the war is over, and it HELPS NO ONE to have a thread making what appear to be incorrect claims.

I simply responded to the flat-out assertion in the thread title that the player is broken with NO IT ISN'T! Was that claim stated more strongly than it could have been? Certainly. Was it more or less true than claiming that the BD-UP "won't play" discs? IMHO, the thread title is demonstrably false.

LFoDH update. This played fine on my 5K, although there appears to be no "resume play" function available for this disc (same issue I had mentioned in above post re: my Spiderman 3 and HD discs) . I'll try POTC AWE later......

I am currently viewing The Bourne Ultimatum, which has played without error so far. I took a phone call and paused it, and later looked up to a Universal 'screen saver' which had apparently kicked in. It was the first time I'd seen a screen saver while paused.

Kind of cool!

kcmurphy88? We do indeed see things differently, and agree to disagree. Cheers!

Spence

I could not load Mr Bean's Holiday HDDVD at all. I had to power cycle the player just to eject it.

Mine has played all that has been thrown at it until tonite . Tried Sunshine (another Fox title)with major problems-first no picture but had audio. Then big black box in bottom quadrant. Never could get it to play properly.

Tried with my BD30 Panny and no problem

Was looking forward to 7.1 LPCM on "3:10 to Yuma" but it seems to be stuck on the Loading screen. Anyone else with this prob??

I also cannot get the movie to play. All the intro trailers play fine, I'm stuck at the screen where I should hit play. The problem is that I can't hit play. Anyone have any ideas?

I don't even get that far - just the Loading screen with the little gears moving