DVD discs not compatible with Blu-ray player!

[MIB41]

Interesting but apparently true. I bought the Route 66 "Producers Pick" two disc set and to my unbelieving eyes the discs freeze up on my Sony Blu-Ray player, which is brand new. Each disc will play the production logo without sound and after 23 seconds they simply stop (BOTH discs). When I put them in a regular DVD player they play fine. An interesting problem but one I'm wondering if anyone else has ever seen. I also double checked my player to make sure my other discs were playing fine and everything was perfect.

[mego73]

All the DVD's I've tried on my Panasonic blu-ray player play like a champ.

It is a possibility that either there is a problem with the disc itself that the blu-ray player is especially succeptable or there is something about the disc that just does not agree with the player. When problems like this are found, they can often get solved by firmware updates that can be downloaded from the internet or burned to DVD from the internet if your player is not connected.

I'd check if the player's firmware is up to date.

[Dave Mc]

I've yet to run across this problem with a SD DVD, but I keep expecting it. Actually, I've had a few Blu-Ray discs that weren't quite compatible with my Blu-Ray player. Of course mine is already "out of date" at a year and a half, and eventually I got them to play, but a couple BR discs I've had issues with.

[JPkempo]

I would assume sony uses the same lasers in there players as the PS3.
There curent configuration is 2 lasers in the unit. I have come across a couple that would not read dvd but where fine with blu-ray.
The older units with one laser had the problem where they would read DVD and not Blu-ray.

Dave you sound like you need a firmware update. My dad has a older blu-ray player (I forget the brand). I went to the web site for the unit and burned the firmware on a cd and updated it for him and the discs he had problems with worked fine after that.

[MIB41]

Fantastic suggestions. It never occurred to me that you would or could update firmware on a DVD player. But, of course, this is my first Blu-Ray player so I'm learning as I go. Thanks gentleman!

[cjefferys]

Yes, by all means try a firmware update. That's the one thing about Blu-ray, it's still an evolving technology, so tweaks are occasionally needed. It's a bit of a learning curve for many, but it's really best to look at a Blu-ray player as a computer more than like a DVD player, and that sometimes you will have to connect it to the internet and do some updates for it. Although I have to admit this is the first time I've heard of a standard DVD having problems in a Blu-ray player.

[Dave Mc]

Yeah, I've updated. I check fairly regularly, and it has helped. I just have one of the version 1 players, and they've upgraded just about as much as they are going to.

[Galen]

...Do you have the PS3? Because the PS3 80 gigs work differently...They're fake inside...It works fine...Even bootleg stuff (Don't tell anyone we own them)...They work perfectly.

[mitchedwards]

Have not seen this problem with my Blue Ray player

[cjefferys]

...Do you have the PS3? Because the PS3 80 gigs work differently...They're fake inside...

"Fake inside"?

[Cosmicman]

I am not ready to convert to a Blue Ray player yet. Haven't had a good reason. I'll wait a bit and see how the Blue Ray thing transpires. Hopefully it will not become the BETA of movie players like a lot of engineer/electronic mags are predicting them to be.