Will there be a day when we buy players that don't need firmware updates? All I want is to put in my disc in press play and that the damn thing works. Not worried that I have to go online and download crap for the machine. Oh well!
Unfortunately no that day will never come. These are no longer simple devices. They are essentially full blow computers with gobs of software running on them. Updating our consumer electronics via downloadable firmware is here to stay.
The other bonus it brings is updates for movies. Studios and CES can issue updates to fix the playback of a movie that is having issues. In theory, no more issues with movies not being able to be playing on a player like you would see every now and then on DVD.
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med1320 @ Feb 25th 2008 4:53PM
Will there be a day when we buy players that don't need firmware updates? All I want is to put in my disc in press play and that the damn thing works. Not worried that I have to go online and download crap for the machine. Oh well!
cclaunch @ Feb 25th 2008 5:04PM
Unfortunately no that day will never come. These are no longer simple devices. They are essentially full blow computers with gobs of software running on them. Updating our consumer electronics via downloadable firmware is here to stay.
zargon @ Feb 25th 2008 5:07PM
The other bonus it brings is updates for movies. Studios and CES can issue updates to fix the playback of a movie that is having issues. In theory, no more issues with movies not being able to be playing on a player like you would see every now and then on DVD.
Killer @ Feb 25th 2008 5:19PM
"All I want is to put in my disc in press play and that the damn thing works."
But..But...That would be too simple and consumer friendly, which is ofcourse agianst Corperate policies.