Philips BDP-7750/12 older firmware (v1.13)

[sptem1]

Hello

after upgrading firmware to v1.20 got more problems,
now Youtube search and ScreenDreams are not working anymore.

I'm searching possibility to downgrade firmware to v1.13.
Does anybody know where to get older (v1.13) firmware (e.g. bdp7750_12_fus_aen_1.13.zip) ?

Thanks

[jman98]

I don't know. But I have a few things for you to keep in mind for the future.

1) Some players cannot have the firmware downgraded. It's simply not allowed. I don't know about Philips, but you should always assume any firmware upgrade is a one way ticket.
2) My advice to people is that firmware upgrades are rarely needed or useful and they often solve problems that few users encounter. For example, in the past I remember a Philips DVD player firmware update that added a new Cyrillic character set to the subtitles supported when playing AVI files. Few American users would find this to be any of real use to them. If you don't have a specific problem that a firmware update solves, then you have no compelling reason to do an upgrade. Rumors of BluRays refusing to play without updates are untrue except in the possible case of some Sony players.
3) Unfortunately, the "fix one problem but break two things that used to work" kind of results are known from firmware upgrades, which is why I advise people what I said in #2 - avoid firmware upgrades whenever possible.
4) Finally, you should be aware that if you ever have a player that has been hacked to be region free for DVD and/or BluRay playback, applying any firmware upgrade has a high degree of probability of PERMANENTLY breaking the region free playback capability.