Released 5 November 09

http://www.cdwow.co.nz/blu-ray/pulp-fiction-blu-ray/dp/6304089

Pulp Fiction has been out on Blu-Ray since 2009.

Ummm... I would think that patents by definition are anticompetitive. Aren't they?

"One of four police officers disciplined for the incident on Nov. 27, 2009, Michael Sedergren, has filed an application for a criminal complaint against videographer Tyrisha Greene. Sedergren, who was suspended for 45 days, claims it was illegal for Greene to videotape him without his consent."

I've seen the "Cops" TV program. Do the police get the suspects consent to film them?

Nice ad hominem. :-/

Nice xkcd reference. :-)

Bigger power transformer in the older gear? Tubes?

I never liked Thunderbird 3.x. Thunderbird 2.x is just what I want.

I suspect that many Joe Sixpack's don't know about backups, or if they have, haven't set some backup system/process/plan up. I guess it's good that Windows 7 Action Center warns about backups.

Do all Windows PCs ship with a CD? What about retrieving the user's data?

What if someone used a Debit Card?

The info I gave wasn't correct. I'm sorry about that. It seems that even with "BD Internet Connection" set to "Do not allow", my Avatar disc still accesses the internet and loads the extra content. I am not sure whether this is due to a recent firmware update, or some other reason. Removing the memory stick for results in a message saying "This feature requires Local Storage..." when loading it, so I would guess it's still trying to do something internet related possibly?

I know that the 2010 Sony's can turn BD Live feature off. Is there such a setting for your player? Or one can remove the USB memory stick used for BD Live - should the player not have onboard storage. Internet access is not mandatory for blu-ray players - one can disconnect.

Citation please?

Most Blu-Ray players will play DVDs also. So most Blu-Ray player owners do not need to replace any DVDs - let alone entire collections - unless they choose to. With most Blu-Ray players, one now has more choice of formats for future purchases.

Newer Blu-Ray players are much faster to load discs than they used to be. 12 seconds to load Dark Night and 23 seconds to load POC1 (Samsung BDC-5500) is pretty good in my opinion. I have a 2010 model Sony and it seems pretty quick to load discs - except when connected to the internet with BD Live enabled (can turn this off) and some disc wants to load extra features from the www. But on the whole, this player is pretty quick to load.