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You've heard of hardware and software. But you may not know about firmware. Firmware is the programming that inhabits more and more appliances.
I couldn't understand why my Blu-ray DVD player was taking so long to load movies and in some cases wouldn't load them at all. Turns out the problem was out-dated firmware. Changes happen so rapidly that companies have to keep up with changing formats and new products. I went to the Sony website (it's a Sony Blu-ray) and found how to check the version of my current firmware. It was 2.0. Well, the current upgrade was 4.5. No wonder I was having trouble getting the newer DVDs to play.
Sony gave some pretty good instructions and I was able to upgrade the firmware without a problem. The movie that would not load the night before booted right up.
So, if you have an appliance that is having problems, and it has some kind of input, whether disc or a USB port, check to be sure you can't update the firmware. It might save you some money and frustration.
2 comments:
I'm so glad you found out what was causing it not to load!
Yep, among other things, we have to do that with cell phones and Yamaha keyboards from time to time!
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