hi guys

just got this player from a forumer here...cool stuff! this player is surely better than my first player philips bdp3008. so yeah, thx man!


ok...now a dilemma...as at now it has this old firmware "Ver.1016.1 Aug.17.2010" ...

so far it can playback my 'ahem' blu ray, ori blur ray...and vis usb can play most files inc. mp4 with audio ....and so far only has problem with one mkv 720p file now ... it's a Metallica live in France concert, pic ok, but audio so bad coz it has DTS 5.1 ... can only bits of bad-gobbled-jerky audio ...

i've already connected the player to the internet and now the player can play Youtube and even can surf to Google Earth (i kid you not ) ... but it keeps on asking me on upgrading to the latest firmware "Ver.1020.1 Dec.27.2010"

so you guys think i should update? will i still get mp4 with audio and improve most mkv or other video file playback with this update?? and can it still play all ahem / ori discs with this upgrade??

scared to upgrade coz nanti can't go back to the old settings...

any good advice appreciated

cheers guys!!

regards

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Added on March 31, 2011, 7:03 pmbtw- this player is now selling at best denki for rm499...there's LG vand cheaper at rm399 but not sure if it's media player capability is a good as this samsung...

still awaiting for advice on whether i should upgrade the samsung's firmware or not btw ...

This post has been edited by silbii: Apr 5 2011, 09:32 AM

still an ok price bro ... Harvey Norman's still selling at RM899 if i'm not mistaken

so which firmware do you have there? is it the latest? i'm still contemplating on whether to upgrade my firmware or not :

this latest firmware...any issues playing bluray, or with mp4 or mkv files?

for bluray, this player does not play one bluray movie of mine. My other (olde) philips bluray player does play with no problem. So not feeling satisfied and really not sure if updating the firmware can fix this.

with mp4 - do you still get audio for all mp4 files? for my titles now, all mp4 has audio. Just afraid if i'm gonna lose this functionality with the new update.

for mkv - do you get subtitles to appear for all your mkv movies which has .srt or .sub files (of the same name and located on the same folder film) appear? appearently i got one or two titles than won't show subtitles at all.

anyone with similar issues do update

thx

This post has been edited by silbii: Apr 18 2011, 12:50 PM

Hearing that, now I'm not that eager to upgrade firmare

Just got a D5100. Sadly it can't play big mkv files smoothly (i.e. > 4GB) ... it plays but jerking like crazy ... and the files i tried are just >4GB mkv 720p files, it's not even full HD!

anyone experiencing the same problems?

wanna try upgrading firmware but can't so far...

any advice appreciated!

thx

i actually own the C5500 as well and the few same large files can be played there flawlessly (no jerk at all)., But playing in this newer D5100, they jerk like crazy ... which doesn't really make sense. I thought newer models should be more versatile with newer firmwares etc...

puzzling eh?

sent and email too to samsung msia about this and they want me to bring the set over to test... hmm... that's kinda leceh i guess

anyone out there with D5100 do comment!



This post has been edited by silbii: Aug 18 2011, 12:04 AM

my c5500 can play ahem blu ray ...

and ahem blu ray is not too bad actually... but buy original better if you have the means of course