HD-DVD: Discs With Playback Issues

[lfletcher]

Thought it may be worthwhile having a thread to keep track of the HD-DVD discs that people are experiencing issues with and what players they affect. Here is the info that I have collated so far, please feel free to add your issues and I will update the first thread.

Title				Region		Issues On	Resolved By Firmware Update
Alexander			French		XA1, A1
Alice Cooper Live at Montreux	US		XB360
Children Of Men			US		XE1, E1
The Chorus			French		XA1, A1
DVE				US		XB360
Dream Girls (Disc 2)		US		A1
Enemy At The Gates		French		XA1, A1, E1
Friday Night Lights		US		E1
The Good Shepherd		US		XE1, E1
Happy Feet			US		A1, A2
Hollywoodland			US		XE1, E1
Relentless Enemies		US		XB360
School For Scoundrals		US		XB360
Smokin Aces			US		XE1, E1
Two Brothers			French		XA1, A1
Perfume				German		E1
Planet Earth			US		XB360		Download latest update from Xbox Live

[KevD]

You can add the E1 to both Children Of Men & Hollywoodland, only issues I have had so far

[lfletcher]

Originally Posted by KevD

You can add the E1 to both Children Of Men & Hollywoodland, only issues I have had so far

Added. Have you upgraded to v1.5 firmware? I read that this helped some people with playback issues (and not others).

[KevD]

Originally Posted by lfletcher

Added. Have you upgraded to v1.5 firmware? I read that this helped some people with playback issues (and not others).

No, I havent yet Will do so and give Hollywod a try and report back (still waiting on replacement COM!)

[mikehb]

Originally Posted by lfletcher

Added. Have you upgraded to v1.5 firmware? I read that this helped some people with playback issues (and not others).

There is no v 1.5 for the E1 current v1.3 so far am under the impresson v1.5 is for u.s. machines only

[lfletcher]

Originally Posted by mikehb

There is no v 1.5 for the E1 current v1.3 so far am under the impresson v1.5 is for u.s. machines only

Erm yeah I knew that, just testing I'm sure it'll be along shortly for the UK models, I'm just ahead of my time

Either way I hope that there is a firmware fix for all models to get rid of the troublesome discs.

[theo cupier]

Add:

Alice Cooper Live at Montreux on X360.

[KevD]

Add E1 to Smokin Aces.

They better come up with some software for this problem with Universal combos soon.

[theo cupier]

Originally Posted by theo cupier

Add:

Alice Cooper Live at Montreux on X360.

Apparently Microsoft have acknowldged a firmware issue with this title and it will be fixed in the next firmware update (for which we continue not to hold our breath)

[AES256]

Spotted this on the insider thread wrt CoM. For what it's worth:
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...&#post10336642

[hottstuff]

Stalingrad (French release) HD-DVD shows error code on my updated E1.

Children of men worked fine.

[Andris L]

I have problem with Friday Night Lights on my E1 however it plays fine on 360's add on.

[lfletcher]

Updated. Nabbed some new info from AVS as well.

[hottstuff]

Watched Smoking Aces last night with no problems on my E1

[AES256]

Originally Posted by lfletcher

Updated. Nabbed some new info from AVS as well.

Some statistics on CoM from AVS FWIW.
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=838130

EDIT Also watched Enemy at the Gates (Stalingrad) a few days ago on the XE1 (firmware 1.3) with no issues. Went through all the extras, paused the film for maybe 8 minutes, rewound and fast-forwarded etc. Couldn't get it to fail