I think I have the dubious honour of reporting the first UBD-K8500 casualty. After only three plays the screen froze and went to mosaic five minutes into Salt. The red light now flashes constantly. Tried removing the plug for 30 minutes, 2 hours and even overnight but it is not coming back to life. Supposedly, holding down the stop button on the unit for 5 seconds will cause a hard reset but that won't work either. Audiovisualonline support have been helpful but I think they are looking at replacing it now. Of course, there are no stocks at present so I have to wait until more arrive.