Last week we reported that owners of Samsung's BD-P1000 and BD-P1200 Blu-ray players were having problems playing back Fox's
latest Blu-ray titles, "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer" and "Day After Tomorrow". Samsung has been quick to respond to the
problem and has released a pair of firmware updates. According to a blog post at PC World, owners can download the updates from
Samsung's website or, in the case of the BD-P1200, via its built-in ethernet connection.
Samsung today has issued a
firmware update to its BD-P1000 and BD-P1200 Blu-ray players. The firmware is in response to these reported issues, but it also makes
some other performance tweaks, according to Samsung.
The BD-P1000 firmware update may be downloaded from Samsung's site and
burned to disc. The firmware fixes the freeze-up issue reported with Fox's BD+ titles.
The BD-P1200 firmware update, which may
downloaded via Samsung's site or installed via the player's ethernet connection, improves playback compatibility in some movies, fixes
the BD+ issue, enhances performance of in-movie games, and fixes audio noise in some movies.
It's good to Samsung
responding this quickly. Hopefully, we'll see an update from LG in the near future as well. If you're having trouble finding the
firmware updates, they can be downloaded here (BD-1000P) and here (BD-1200P).
