The rout is on for Blu-Ray

Swell.

I have "updated" my Samsung 1400 in January and February (every 30 days). I can go up to the Blockbuster and pay $4.50 to rent the latest Die Hard in BluRay to see if it will play now that I have done two firmware updates. If it still does not play do you think Samsung or Blockbuster will refund my money? Never had this problem with any Toshiba HD-DVD player.

On the heals of Warner Bros. decision to go with Blue-Ray, it appears that a knock-out is close at hand....

Blu-Ray article from Slashdot (http://slashdot.org/)today;
Samsung Sued Over "Defective" Blu-ray Player

"Anneka notes that, although both Netflix and Best Buy threw logs on HD DVD's funeral pyre today, things are not all going Blu-ray's way. A Connecticut man is suing Samsung, the maker that brought the first Blu-ray players to market, over its "defective" BD-P1200 player. The lawsuit seeks class-action status. The problem is that the Samsung BD-P1200 is a "Profile 1.0" player that can't play some Blu-ray discs and Samsung has no intention (or ability) to upgrade these players via firmware."

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080211-samsung-sued-over-defective-first-gen-blu-ray-players.html

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9062002&intsrc=hm_list