Warning: IRON MAN Blu-ray Disc with player incompatibilities

[Mr. Hankey]

Just a quick warning to those purchasing Iron Man on Blu-ray:



My favorite local parallel importer is reporting that many of his customers have been returning their copies of the film since they refuse to play on their BDPs. So far, it's been people with OLDER Samsung players and ALL Sony stand-alone players.

It works fine with the PS3 and (so far) all other brands.

There will probably be a fix for this online soon, probably when the disc has been officially released already.

[milken]

That sucks.  What version of Iron Man is having these issues?  US's AVC TrueHD version or German's VC-1 DTS-HD version?

[Mr. Hankey]

My parallel importer's supplier is from the US, so I assume it's the US version.

[jimmylr]

maybe a firmware update will solve the problem.

[Mr. Hankey]

A customer with a Sony BDP-S300 did the latest firmware update yesterday, and it still refused to work.

I'm assuming they'll figure something out by the time the title is officially released in the States, since they're going to have major problems if they don't.

[Marl☆1]

Sayang...excellent reviews and awesome PQ/AQ ratings.  Still on pre-order mode in Amazon though - caution then to those who placed in advance:


Iron Man (Ultimate Two-Disc Edition) [Blu-ray] ~ Robert Downey Jr., et al. (Blu-ray - Sep 30, 2008)
Buy new: $39.99 $27.95
 
Available for Pre-order. This item will be released on Sep 30, 2008.

[darkwing]

ano kaya problem? although it doesn't matter to me, PS3 is still the best BD player

[thesaint]

ilang format ba meron ang video ng Bluray movies?

[iiinas]

ilang format ba meron ang video ng Bluray movies?

isa lang naman, ang problema is dun sa mga added features na minsan hindi compatible dun sa mga 1st gen na bluray players. as the news said, walang problema sa playback on a ps3 only the older samsung and sony bluray players.

[thesaint]

ito yung na search ko.

MPEG-2 HD
H.264 / MPEG-4 AVC
VC-1

ito pala ang mga video format ng bluray movies...

FYI,

[jimmylr]

malamang sa BD Live or Profile 2.0 and problema.

[Mouldingo]

MY TWO CENTS - 9/23/08 - by Digital Bits editor Bill Hunt

It appears that there's been a problem with Paramount's Iron Man Blu-ray Disc. We're getting reports from many retailers that the discs have been recalled, and they've had to ship back their stock. Apparently, there are issues with Disc One playing properly on select Sony Blu-ray player models. Indeed, not long after I received my review disc, I also received a "fixed" replacement copy of Disc One. The title is still set to street on 9/30 and we're currently hearing that fixed discs WILL be shipped to retailers in time to meet street date, so there should be no problems with the disc when you purchase it next week. We also suspect that if any bad discs do manage to hit store shelves on street date, a replacement program will be available for those consumers who need it. We've got inquiries into the studio on all this, so we'll let you know as soon as we hear anything official

[Moks007]

isa lang naman, ang problema is dun sa mga added features na minsan hindi compatible dun sa mga 1st gen na bluray players. as the news said, walang problema sa playback on a ps3 only the older samsung and sony bluray players.

Yup hassle talaga those early profile 1 players. And they are selling the sony s300 at 199 now? Rip off artist again ang sony, they should just give it away ..I wouldn't bother on this player. I may be wrong, but I know its profile 1.0 lang ata itong s300. And here in the Phils its selling what 40 thou? ..

[bono vox]

Yup hassle talaga those early profile 1 players. And they are selling the sony s300 at 199 now? Rip off artist again ang sony, they should just give it away ..I wouldn't bother on this player. I may be wrong, but I know its profile 1.0 lang ata itong s300. And here in the Phils its selling what 40 thou? ..

grabe talaga dito sa pinas! kainis! 

[metaura]

Buti nalang PS3 gamit ko

[Mouldingo]

Kawawa yung parallel importer nito...magkano ata aabutin para palitan yung defective BD

[Mouldingo]

Looks like the Blu-ray release of Iron Man may be postponed

Bad news Blu-ray fans -- it appears Paramount hasn't gotten past all its production problems and it just might affect the Blu-ray release of Iron Man. Easily one of the biggest movies of the year, Iron Man was expected to really move some volume on Blu when it was set to release this Tuesday on September 30th, but after some rumors that review copies weren't working in some players, Paramount issued a full recall. At this point the studio is doing everything it can to deliver enough replacement discs to retailers, but if it doesn't happen in time, then we'll all have to wait another week until October 7th to take in the latest sci-fi action flick.

http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/09/24/looks-like-the-blu-ray-release-of-iron-man-may-be-postponed/

[den1224]

Bitin naman! I've been waiting the whole month for this release. 

[Dunedain]

Wow! Good thing it plays on my BD player (which just happens to be a PS3).

[vtec3]

fortunately mine also played flawlessly, using also PS3  although have not tried disc 2, mayron din ba issue dito?

[demmet]

It play flawlessy on my ps3... sad to say.. it skip/plays without audio on my sharp aquos bd player.. .weird.

[bono vox]

no problem playing to my panasonic bd30. 

[jojitv]

Anyone tried this on a Samsung BD-P1500?

[john martin]

The Sony BDP-S300 has a newer firmware update. Ver. 4.30

http://www.sony.com.ph/support/download/product/bdp-s300/modelfirst

[Bolshoie]

first time i played this on a PS3 nagkakaron ng times na pag lumilipat na ng scenes bumabalik ako automatically sa xmb then i just played it again.after that flawless na siya weird

[vajonesp]

My friend bought one, and it doesn't work 


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[bono vox]

My friend bought one, and it doesn't work 


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what player bro?

[mika888]

Anyone tried this on a Samsung BD-P1500?

It works fine with a sammy bdp1500. 

[oReOsHaKe]

Looks great on my Panasonic DMP-BD30... 

[jojitv]

Anyone tried this on a Samsung BD-P1500?

Have tried it on my Samsung BD-P1500 and it works fine.