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This is 2007. most gear is built to get software/firmware updates

Most new gear has a jack for hooking it up to a network so it stays current. The new plasmas from Pioneer have this feature as well. Updating software and firmware has become standard practice. I admit, when I got my Tivo, the importance of a network connection was totally new to me. I didn't like the idea, but the Tivo needed to regularly download schedule information and get the latest software updates. When I got my Harmony learning remote, the updates seemed like a real pain until I realized this is how it's done nowadays. Gear requires constant software and firmware update. This isn't unique to Blu-ray gear. Computers, Tivos/DVRs, remote controls, display devices, receivers, etc, etc....all need to be hooked up to the network if not all the time then once in a while.

The reason you think the PS3 is the only blu-ray player to not require updates is because it IS hooked up to the network and IS frequently being updated. That's just the way electronics manufacturers make their products nowadays. It has less to do with blu-ray than with the direction of the overall consumer electronics industry. I didn't like it either, at first. But if you set up a network and hook up all your gear, it's fairly easy.
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