The Running Man BD

[jliedeka]

I picked up a bunch of catalog titles from a recent Amazon sale. Last night I tried watching The Running Man and it wouldn't play in my Oppo BD-83. I got as far as a black screen with a little animated man running then it went black and hung. I have the most recent firmware so I'm wondering if I got a bad disc.

Google didn't help. Does anyone here know if there were any problems with this disc?

Jim

 

[j_garcia]

Clear the stored onboard memory and try again. That's what Oppo is going to tell you too, unless it is a known issue disc.

 

[jliedeka]

I tried clearing the cache. It didn't help. I also tried the disc on another player. It plays on my old Sony. I guess it's time to email Oppo.

I'm just surprised to be the first one to find an issue for a movie this old.

Jim

 

[j_garcia]

Do you have the latest firmware installed? That is what they are going to ask, but they are pretty good about responding (especially if it is a problem they have already seen), so do email them.

 

[jeffsg4mac]

Also, try disconnecting the internet connecting to the Oppo. I have had several movies that would not load on my samsung because they were looking for something over the net. As soon as disconnected it they loaded right up.

 

[jliedeka]

I do have the latest firmware which came out in March. I installed it from the network connection and it seemed to go smoothly.

I'll try disconnecting it from the network. I really only use it for firmware upgrades which are pretty few and far between these days.

Jim

 

[mtrycrafts]

I do have the latest firmware which came out in March. I installed it from the network connection and it seemed to go smoothly.

I'll try disconnecting it from the network. I really only use it for firmware upgrades which are pretty few and far between these days.

Jim

I had a BD that would take eternity to load on my HT BD but the other one by the TV, a really cheap one, much faster. Who know why.

 

[j_garcia]

I do have the latest firmware which came out in March. I installed it from the network connection and it seemed to go smoothly.

I'll try disconnecting it from the network. I really only use it for firmware upgrades which are pretty few and far between these days.

Does it say this disc has BD Live features? That's the only thing that a disc should typically try to access. I don't see anything listed on that disc about BD Live features.

I had a BD that would take eternity to load on my HT BD but the other one by the TV, a really cheap one, much faster. Who know why.

ALL discs or only certain ones? If all, there can definitely be a big difference in how long various players take to load. The earliest players tended to take quite long to load, while most current players are fairly quick. My $100 player loads as fast as my much more expensive player. If only certain ones, are either connected to the web?

 

[jliedeka]

My older Sony player played the disc without problems and loaded to the menu fairly quickly. Disconnecting the network did nothing. I already had BD-Live disabled.

It sure is annoying when there are problems with Blu Ray discs. The percentage has been pretty small for me, though. Last night I watched Memento and it stuttered in parts but luckily the movie itself was fine - just the studio and distributor animations in the beginning and one of the extras.

The Running Man is the first disc I've gotten that the BDP-83 couldn't play.

Jim

 

[jostenmeat]

How is the PQ on Running Man? I know there is probably worse out there, but I have to admit this movie could have been my least favorite book adaptation that I've seen. I mean, this is if IIRC, is it only one day of survival, limited to only the premises of a game show, where in the book it's an entire month in the entire world?

 

[zhimbo]

I got as far as a black screen with a little animated man running then it went black

Isn't that the movie?

 

[j_garcia]

I've only had one disc not play at all. It would start, stutter and freeze. I put it in the ps3 and got the same thing though, so it was a bad disc. Did you email oppo yet?

 

[jliedeka]

I have not. I have a couple of other gripes about my Oppo lately.

One, I can no longer power the unit on with the remote. It's not a huge deal since I have to load a disc anyway and once it's on the remote is completely functional.

Two, I got some weird behavior trying to play the Planet of the Apes BD. When I selected Play from the menu, it froze up. After power cycling, I went to scene selection and started the movie that way which worked fine.

Three, although this may not be the Oppo's fault: I tried playing an HDCD, Shaman's Harvest - Shine. It was unplayable. The HDCD indicator on my receiver kept flickering but not on the player so it's probably a problem with the disc or the Marantz. I was able to play the disc on my Xbox 360 which probably ignores the HDCD part. I don't really see the reason for HDCD, especially for pop music which is compressed. Anyway, I wish the Oppo would decode that stuff. I have it do all the decoding for Blu Rays because the Marantz can add pops to the new lossless codecs.

Jim

 

[jliedeka]

This is weird. I had another disc that was giving me problems. I power cycled the Oppo, no change. Then I unplugged it. Now The Running Man plays flawlessly. (After plugging it back in, of course

Jim

 

[mtrycrafts]

This is weird. I had another disc that was giving me problems. I power cycled the Oppo, no change. Then I unplugged it. Now The Running Man plays flawlessly. (After plugging it back in, of course

Jim

Must have been that initial shock of current that got it running again.