If you do run into unfamiliar territory, the manual is clearly written and informative. You can find it here. But the EPA is still in the midst of setting testing procedures for the Version 2. Pro, and took a reading during playback of a Blu-ray movie and another in standby mode. During playback, the meter bounced around the 22 to When I turned the power off, the meter plummeted to 0W, which in my opinion is where every respectable piece of consumer electronics should be when turned off.
And in practice, you definitely will notice less of a lag. But in Quick Start, the meter reading never drops below We are in a drought where I live.
Quick Start is like leaving the faucet running after I have stopped filling up my glass. To me, Quick Start makes no sense - it actually wastes cents - for the minor inconvenience of waiting for a DVD to load up. My first step whenever I setup a Blu-ray player is to check on the manufacturer's website to see if there is a new firmware upgrade. With this unit, you initialize the Ethernet link in the Communication Setup submenu within the Settings menu.
Of course, if you are not interested in seeing BD-Live content, you can ignore this Ethernet link rigmarole. You can still watch all the content that is on the DVD, including the extras. You just won't be able to access the BD-Live clips that are on the Internet. After that, it only takes a few minutes to walk through the other Settings submenus. Most of the choices are self-explanatory and you can always refer to the manual. As I said, you really don't have that many controls to tweak, which makes setup pretty painless.
Though the control freaks in the audience may experience withdrawal symptoms. As for audio setup, the Secondary Audio choice is worth noting. Secondary audio tracks on Blu-ray discs are usually encountered when you are playing one of the BonusView picture-in-picture extras where the director or crew member is adding a voice-over explanation. You will need to turn Secondary Audio on to hear these clips.
I recommend leaving Secondary Audio off unless you are exploring bonus content. I have immersed myself in watching enough Blu-ray players recently that I feel comfortable to say that even though there are differences between the models I have tested, most average once-a-week DVD viewers probably would not perceive a variation of picture quality between them when playing a Blu-ray disc. Basically, with all these brand name players, the quality of playback of Blu-ray discs is consistently high.
I've also spun enough Blu-ray DVDs lately to realize that all the players will run into bumps in the road, especially when accessing bonus material like BD-Live content. Since other players also had problems with this movie, I tend to lay some of the responsibility on the makers of the disc.
On the other hand, some more expensive players could not quite swallow the Maximum Movie Mode on the new Watchmen Blu-ray. In the clip of the car racing past the bleachers, I saw the telltale moire pattern in the seats during the less common cadences like But its playback of the more common cadence and the more important 24p clip was clean.
When you use a driver updater such as DriverDoc, not only does it update your Blu-Ray Drive drivers, but it also keeps the rest of your PC drivers updated as well. With a database of over 2,, drivers updated daily , you can rest assured your hardware is covered. Mainly, users avoid updating BD-HP22U drivers because they don't want to risk screwing up their hardware. BD-HP22U errors may be linked to system drivers that are corrupt or obsolete.
When the operating system that your device depends on gets an update, drivers can suddenly stop working with it. The good news is that Blu-Ray Drive drivers can be updated to correct any problems. Best Deals. United States. Remember New member Lost password. Home Theater. Best Blu-ray Movie Deals. Top deals New deals 12 13 14 15 16 Amazon Blu-ray. About What is firmware? Firmware Search firmware. Manufacturer Type Version Release date Downloads.
Sort by popularity Sort by date. It has some poor, convoluted instructions. Just unzip the file and put the update file on a USB drive. Don't put the file in a folder, place it on the top level root directory of the USB drive. If you put the file in a folder the player wont find the update.
So to update the player, I just need to download the firmware to a USB drive, correct? I called Sharp this AM, they added the movie to their "will not play" list and said they would call me back in a few days.
What a letdown. I plan to purchase an "older" BD today and see if that one works I took it back. You won't regret it! Bought it about two month ago and have had three movies I purchased don't play.
Narnia upset me the most as my two kids were really looking forward to it. I contacted Sharp and was told they are aware of the problems and that a firmware was forthcoming. That was a month ago.
Still nothing. Going to check out the Panasonic one mentioned above. I know that Costco has a Sony model. I may look at it as well. I got the movie new and knew nothing was wrong with the disc, but it wouldn't play.
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