Samsung Upgrades an Upgrade
November 19, 2007

Samsung can't seem to get it quite right with BD + playback. The manufacturer released a second firmware upgrade today to improve the ability of its Samsung BD-P1000 to handle BD +, which is an ehanced form of copyright protection for BD titles. Samsung first rolled out BD + firmware in October, following people complaining that their Samsung players were tripping up trying to run such Fox BD titles as Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.
Well, Samsung didn't have much of a choice, as copyright protection guru Macrovision has agreed to plunk down $45 million to purchase the BD + technology. Macrovision, in a fun coincidence? said it was purchasing BD + on the same day that Samsung posted its latest firmware. 
Macrovision wouldn't agree to pay that kind of cash if it wasn't dead set on promoting its BD + for the long-term. Let's hope this Samsung upgrade sticks!

Posted by Susanne Ault on November 19, 2007 | Comments (0)