After several attempts, I finally got through to someone at Sony.

I was told to reset the player, by pressing Stop and Power (on the unit)
simultaneously for 10 seconds. Lo and behold, the movie then played.

I was also told this would reset the player to factory defaults, but it
didn't. Everything was as I had left it.

So... Sometimes Dogbert /is/ correct...

On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:15:04 -0700, "William Sommerwerck"
wrote:

After several attempts, I finally got through to someone at Sony.

Hint: It would have been nice if you had disclosed the maker and
model number of the problem Blue-Ray drive. An amazing number of
problems can be fixed by firmware updates.

I was told to reset the player, by pressing Stop and Power (on the unit)
simultaneously for 10 seconds. Lo and behold, the movie then played.

Hmmm... I couldn't find any reference to that using Google. Must be
an inside secret. Don't tell anyone.

I was also told this would reset the player to factory defaults, but it
didn't. Everything was as I had left it.

My guess(tm) is that it resets the region code.

So... Sometimes Dogbert /is/ correct...

Yep. I gave up reading Dilbert since I started losing hair in the
middle and looking (and acting) like Pointy Hair Boss.


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150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com
Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558

After several attempts, I finally got through to someone at Sony.

Hint: It would have been nice if you had disclosed the maker and
model number of the problem Blue-Ray drive. An amazing number
of problems can be fixed by firmware updates.

Had you read the original post, you would have known that the player indeed
had the latest firmware.

If it's of any interest... IJ&tKotCS plays fine, but "Starship Troopers"
will not play. And it's a Sony (ie, Columbia) disk.

I shut the player off and unplugged it. Who knows...

On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 21:00:39 -0700, "William Sommerwerck"
wrote:

After several attempts, I finally got through to someone at Sony.

Hint: It would have been nice if you had disclosed the maker and
model number of the problem Blue-Ray drive. An amazing number
of problems can be fixed by firmware updates.

Had you read the original post, you would have known that the player indeed
had the latest firmware.

Ooops, sorry. My NFilter spam trap ate your original message. I was
reading the replies, which did not quote the model number.

If it's of any interest... IJ&tKotCS plays fine, but "Starship Troopers"
will not play. And it's a Sony (ie, Columbia) disk.

Weird. So much for the region code theory. Which one? Starship
Troopers One, Two, or Three?

I shut the player off and unplugged it. Who knows...

Is this your posting (under an alias)?
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090328204853AAzDsbG
If not, you're not the only one with a problem "Starship Troopers"
Blu-Ray disk or player.

--
Jeff Liebermann
150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com
Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558

If it's of any interest... IJ&tKotCS plays fine, but "Starship Troopers"
will not play. And it's a Sony (ie, Columbia) disk.

Weird. So much for the region code theory. Which one? Starship
Troopers One, Two, or Three?

The first.


Is this your posting (under an alias)?
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090328204853AAzDsbG
If not, you're not the only one with a problem "Starship Troopers"
Blu-Ray disk or player.

In all sincerity, thank you for doing for me what I should have done for
myself. It didn't occur to me to search for others with the same problem.

This is not my posting, but the description is identical. Guess I'm going to
have to call Sony again.

One responder said "Maybe your player has its s***ty movie filter
activated". "Starship Troopers" got really mixed reviews, with many
reviewers rather missing the film's anti-war, anti-fascist message -- which
were apparently not exactly what Robert Heinlein was thinking when he wrote
the novel (which I have not read).

"Jeff Liebermann" wrote in message
news
On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:15:04 -0700, "William Sommerwerck"
wrote:

After several attempts, I finally got through to someone at Sony.

Hint: It would have been nice if you had disclosed the maker and
model number of the problem Blue-Ray drive. An amazing number of
problems can be fixed by firmware updates.

I was told to reset the player, by pressing Stop and Power (on the unit)
simultaneously for 10 seconds. Lo and behold, the movie then played.

Hmmm... I couldn't find any reference to that using Google. Must be
an inside secret. Don't tell anyone.


"STOP" and "POWER" together, or sometimes just holding "POWER" whilst
applying line power, is a typical reset sequence, used by many manufacturers
of many different types of equipment ...

Arfa


Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558

William Sommerwerck wrote:
If it's of any interest... IJ&tKotCS plays fine, but "Starship Troopers"
will not play. And it's a Sony (ie, Columbia) disk.

Weird. So much for the region code theory. Which one? Starship
Troopers One, Two, or Three?

The first.


Is this your posting (under an alias)?
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090328204853AAzDsbG
If not, you're not the only one with a problem "Starship Troopers"
Blu-Ray disk or player.

In all sincerity, thank you for doing for me what I should have done for
myself. It didn't occur to me to search for others with the same problem.

This is not my posting, but the description is identical. Guess I'm going to
have to call Sony again.

One responder said "Maybe your player has its s***ty movie filter
activated".

LOL.

"Starship Troopers" got really mixed reviews, with many
reviewers rather missing the film's anti-war, anti-fascist message

The SS style uniforms on the intelligence officers were a bit of a giveaway.

-- which
were apparently not exactly what Robert Heinlein was thinking when he wrote
the novel (which I have not read).

The book is nothing like the movie. Seeing the movie after reading the
book, it seems like the director had his tongue firmly in his cheek.


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The book is nothing like the movie. Seeing the movie after reading the
book, it seems like the director had his tongue firmly in his cheek.

No question. You have to be rather dense not to get it.

"William Sommerwerck" wrote in
:

....
"Starship Troopers" got really mixed reviews, with many
reviewers rather missing the film's anti-war, anti-fascist message --
which were apparently not exactly what Robert Heinlein was thinking when
he wrote the novel (which I have not read).

You might enjoy reading some extracts from one of Heinleins books.
The extracts, which can be read at
http://www.angelfire.com/or/sociologyshop/lazlong.html
were published in a very pretty booklet entitled 'the notebooks of Lazarus
long'.

Here are a few to whet your appetite:

[quote]
Certainly the game is rigged. Don’t let that stop you; if you don’t bet,
you can’t win.

Any priest or shaman must be presumed guilty until proved innocent.

Always listen to experts. They’ll tell you what can’t be done and why. Then
do it!

Get a shot off fast. This upsets him long enough to let you make your
second shot perfect.

There is no conclusive evidence of life after death. But there is no
evidence of any sort against it. Soon enough you will know. So why fret
about it?

If it can’t be expressed in figures, it is not science; it is opinion.
[unquote]




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please pardon my infinite ignorance, the set-of-things-I-do-not-know is an
infinite set.