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Originally posted by Bluenose:
G98ah updated,
Has anyone else got any strange issues while playing DVD's with the new firmware?

It went on fine and reports everthing properly, 1080p available etc..

I get the Meridian splash screen but when I insert a DVD, it starts fine but the picture goes before or at the menu. This is with DVD's that played with 1.73 (which I don't have a backup of!)

Also, is the clicking (switching) normal, as this seems to have multiplied since the upgrade?

I'm going to test it in the morning after powering off overnight.
Most importantly, have you retyped the G98?

Second. I had the clicking in the G68 when I first upgraded. This, and an apparently unstable picture concerned me so I reflashed and got problems. Since the upgrade, I only temporarily connected the G98 so I have not connected sound so cannot comment on the clicking.

It may be that the clicking went away when I retyped, it maybe that it is still there. My apparent picture instability was to do with me viewing a menu on a my sons DVD that I was unfamiliar with - Madagascar - the crates on the beach juddered but trying this in another player it behaves the same.

As for blanking when a disc is played, I think this has got worse. I think it is my display resynching to input - the only thing that I can think of it that it needs to do this when HDCP is triggered at the start of the main feature so a bit of handshaking needs to go on. I have asked Meridian for an option to keep HDCP active irrespective of the copy protect flag on the source material. Either that or for some reason the output of the G98 is being blanked - this may also trigger the clicking of the G68. If this is the case, its a retrograde step and maybe the G98 should output a blank screen instead. I notice something about implementing an HDMI mute function - not sure what this is but maybe it is related.

Meridian owner since 1992
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