If you picked up a Bush BD01 Blu-ray player from Argos around Christmas 2008 and you can’t get it to play Quantum Of Solace I have some bad news: it won’t. Ever. Bush, who are now owned by Argos have no plans to update the firmware on this model and so it is stuck, unable to play newer titles like Quantum Of Solace (it tends to load the menu screen but won’t play the actual film). To compound your misery, assuming you have the receipt, the staff at Argos will know nothing of this and will insist your player is sent away for repair. Despite you insisting that the technician who tests must try playing the actual film on the Quantum Of Solace disc it will still arrive back 10 days later with a note saying ‘tried playing lots of titles. Fine. Ensure customer is pressing play/enter on the title of the menu!’ Brilliant!
Suffice to say, you need a refund for your Bush BD01 - there is no other solution. Once you’ve got one I’d suggest paying a little extra for the Sony BDPS350 which has upgradeable firmware and Profile 2.0 enabled.
On the off chance Bush/Argos do ever get their act together, it will be worth checking over at the AVforums where many people are already on the case…
