Cy Berman
Standard Member
I have a Sony BDP-S580 "smart" Blu-Ray player and until recently enjoyed using it to watch TV via the BBC iPlayer. This week, (September 2014) it stopped doing so and the screen says that this "Device" is no longer supported!
Sony : BDP-S580 : BBC İPlayer to stop working on Home Audio and Video products
When I buy a car I don't expect that they will stop making tyres for it. When I buy a washing machine I don't expect they will stop making washing powder for it. Is there some kind of class action we can take against Sony, or the BBC, to get them to recompense us for the loss of functionality of equipment we bought in good faith only a couple of years ago? I am now faced with junking a perfectly good blu-ray player, so that I can upgrade to one that will get the iPlayer!
I will never buy anything marked Sony ever again.
Can anyone recommend a smart player that is less likely to go out of date like this? Ideally it would natively support iPlayer, Amazon, Youtube, 4oD, etc etc. What is the best bet at the moment?
Cy.
Sony : BDP-S580 : BBC İPlayer to stop working on Home Audio and Video products
When I buy a car I don't expect that they will stop making tyres for it. When I buy a washing machine I don't expect they will stop making washing powder for it. Is there some kind of class action we can take against Sony, or the BBC, to get them to recompense us for the loss of functionality of equipment we bought in good faith only a couple of years ago? I am now faced with junking a perfectly good blu-ray player, so that I can upgrade to one that will get the iPlayer!
I will never buy anything marked Sony ever again.
Can anyone recommend a smart player that is less likely to go out of date like this? Ideally it would natively support iPlayer, Amazon, Youtube, 4oD, etc etc. What is the best bet at the moment?
Cy.