Panasonic owners get firmware upgrades

[oldfart13]

As reported on AVS forum and other places, Panasonic has now seen fit to provide us with firmware upgrades for their products:

http://www2.panasonic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/vDownloads?storeId=15001&langId=-1...ge=DVDFirmware

I'll be doing my E80H shortly...

[pingping]

As reported on AVS forum and other places, Panasonic has now seen fit to provide us with firmware upgrades for their products:

http://www2.panasonic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/vDownloads?storeId=15001&langId=-1...ge=DVDFirmware

I'll be doing my E80H shortly...

no sure if these firmware applies to all other region?

[oldfart13]

Unknown. My E80H upgraded just fine though...

[mumubunnylips]

Does anyone know where/how to find out exactly what these upgrades accomplish? It would be _kinda_ nice to know but I don't see anything on the Panasonic site...

[oldfart13]

It's been reported that they allow newer media (8X and 16X) to be used but some media like the new Fuji 8X -R apparently still don't work. Others have said that some errors that resulted in U99s have been fixed. Best to write directly to Panasonic and ask...

[nic2k4]

Thanks for the info, I'll be doing my 85 tonight.

[handyguy]

I wont be doing mine. If it works fine, no need to change anything.

[nic2k4]

Yeah, usually it's best to leave well enough alone, but with U99 error fixes, I'd rather upgrade and avoid getting the error in the first place.

[JeffM]

1. What does the firmware update fix? I see no release notes, only installation instructions.

2. What's the release date on this update? I see no dates.

3. I've never had a U99 error before. What causes them?