Earlier this summer, Sony
promised that it would be pushing out a firmware update in the future that would add
BD-Live functionality to its
BDP-S350 Blu-ray player. Fast forward a few months, and lo and behold, it has kept its word. Available right this very second, the version 010 firmware adds in BD-Live support and improved BD-Java compatibility / improved sensitivity to the Remote Commander signal while in standby mode. Hop on down to the read link and get that 56.23MB download going -- given Sony's typically slow (and by slow, we mean hosted over a 14.4k modem) servers, you could be waiting awhile.
[Thanks, Dan and
Brendan]
Update: Seems as if the URL download has been pulled, though users are reporting that the Network Update directly through the player works fine.
posted Sep 25th 2008 at 9:27PM
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
shawnmos @ Sep 25th 2008 9:32PM
Do you need a memory stick to enable BD-Live on this player?
Darren @ Sep 25th 2008 9:36PM
The download page just suggests doing a Network Update, so it gets sucked in straight over the 'net.
shawnmos @ Sep 25th 2008 9:42PM
What I mean is, does this player have the required 1GB of internal memory, or do you have put in a memory stick to enable BD Live?
Brett @ Sep 26th 2008 5:53PM
Memory stick is required to make it Profile 2.0 compatible.
unknowngeek @ Sep 26th 2008 9:39AM
The player has no internal storage, you must add a usb stick. I used a Kingston 2GB on mine. Fits fine. There is a cute Sony-branded one as well.
Mitchell @ Sep 25th 2008 11:04PM
Where is my Samsung BD-P1500 firmware!!!!!
That was promised a few months ago as well!
Maybe they will jump on board now that Sony has. Then again, once I have 2.0 ill pry use it one time to see what the hype is about then forget it ever exists.
Mitchell
why not the LS2LS7? @ Sep 25th 2008 9:56PM
14.4K modem? That's not nice. I'll have you know that Sony laid in a 2nd T1 line recently to handle the increased loads.
Eric @ Sep 25th 2008 10:58PM
An additional 1.544 Mbits?!?! WOW! What an increase!!!
CubeGuy @ Sep 25th 2008 10:20PM
"Sony's typically slow (and by slow, we mean hosted over a 14.4k modem) servers"
I read that as "(and by slow, we mean bend-over 14.4k modem) servers"
I lol'D.
MI @ Sep 25th 2008 10:32PM
Can't be as slow as the load time for the BDP 300.
Speaking of which, the load time any better on the 350?
mntwister @ Sep 25th 2008 11:19PM
Friend owns one, load time is closer to the PS3 now, much faster than the 300. This is going at certain places for $299....the blu-ray invasion has begun. I am sure complaints of some type will follow hehe.
GhostDoggy @ Sep 26th 2008 5:14AM
I hope it was just my experience that was an anomaly, but last weekend I played with this at Costco and navigating through the player's menu was slow. I mean, my PS3 that I've owned for almost a year was much faster.
WebDev511 @ Sep 26th 2008 10:11AM
I'm pretty sure Costco hasn't upgraded the firmware in their demo units.
If this means I can bitstream TrueHD and DTS-MA for $100 less than I paid for my PS3, that would be a good thing...if I could sneak it past the wife, but the big BLU front panel makes that unlikely.
Greg Niblett @ Sep 26th 2008 9:32AM
I just updated my player, it took about 10 minutes total (download and firmware update).
As for the above questions:
The 350 is easily twice as fast as the 300.
It loads discs much more quickly, the only downside is that it doesn't have analogue 5.1 output.
Eric @ Sep 26th 2008 10:53AM
Makes sense since they added it to the BDP 300 a couple weeks ago. I installed it on mine then and it's working great!
The Fuzz 53 @ Sep 26th 2008 12:11PM
No way. That last part was a joke right? 14.4k modem?
m4x1k5guy @ Sep 26th 2008 4:56PM
I was going to download the update now but the "010" firmware isn't there anymore, just the "007".
Anyone know whats going on?
Cryptoid @ Sep 26th 2008 7:35PM
It appears Sony pulled it from their website. A newly discovered bug perhaps? Although I was able to download "010" I'm going to wait a bit until this is all ironed out before applying.
David Susilo @ Sep 26th 2008 9:06PM
I can't download it too. :(
lowjack @ Sep 27th 2008 9:58AM
Sony has a poor history lately when it comes to firmware updates. I updated mine yesterday to 010 and everything seems to be fine, but the fact that they yanked the update from the website worries me .........
Cryptoid @ Sep 30th 2008 8:38PM
Looks like the 010 is back up on Sony's website.