The Descent giving fits to BD-Java-less Blu-ray players {Engadget HD}

Jan 15th 2007 12:01AM I spoke with several informed people at CES and apparently the BD-J content is not the problem. Due to the different levels of performance in players, some DVD authors insert a variable onto the disc that checks which player the disc is in and adjusts the menu display accordingly. For example, on more powerful players, a circular menu design would smoothly turn from one option to the next which on less powerful menus the options would chunk from one to the next- so to speak. Apparently the problematic players in question do not have the ability to process the player variable and give the black screen of death. The good news is that it should be an easy firmware fix and should be remedied later this year.