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  1. CraigF

    Playback issues with Samsung BD-J5100 - need advice

    ^ Sometimes all it takes is a delicate wipe of the lens. I like to do it directly, rather than with special cleaning devices, to make sure I'm getting at the exact part. A little 99% isopropyl on a microfiber cloth...won't hurt anything. But yeah, chances are the blue laser's dying. Typically...
  2. CraigF

    Playback issues with Samsung BD-J5100 - need advice

    Not of any help per se, but you could see if the BDs that always play are single-layer (BD-25), and the ones that are iffy or don't play at all are BD-50s. This would at best merely cement in your mind that the Blu laser is dying (getting too weak for cleanly hitting that second layer). If it...
  3. CraigF

    Playback issues with Samsung BD-J5100 - need advice

    You know, a 50' (or 75') ethernet cable is a pretty handy thing to have, and cheap too. I like to do FW updates with a wired connection. So I just run the long cable from the device to be updated to a router. Even though these devices would normally use wifi for their less-critical activities.
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