Dragon’s Lair has issues with some Blu-ray players

There have been some whines and moans over the “Dragon’s Lair” interactive movie by Digital Leisure lately. Dean Takahashi of Mercury News has had some issues regarding the Blu-ray remake being unable to play in some players. The game did work on the PS3 but there was no audio.

Several responses came, pointing to everything from the compatibility of the title with the player to some bug in the disc’s Java script. A call to Digital Leisure did reveal that some players do have playback issues with Dragon’s Lair. The company, however, said that this was the first incident that pointed to their software having trouble with the PlayStation 3.

Digital Leisure also pointed out that aside from the PS3, the game was tested on these players: Samsung BD-P1000, Panasonic DMP-BD10, PowerDVD (PC) and the Sony BDP-S1.

It is recommended that buyers test the title first on a player before purchasing it. The root is probably in the Java codes used by different manufacturers, but the Blu-ray association is set to issue a deadline to mandate a uniform structure that should fix compatibility issues. You may also call the manufacturer’s tech support line to ask for firmware updates that may fix the problem.

There have been some whines and moans over the “Dragon’s Lair” interactive movie by Digital Leisure lately. Dean Takahashi of Mercury News has had some issues regarding the Blu-ray remake being unable to play in some players. The game did work on the PS3 but there was no audio.

Several responses came, pointing to everything from the compatibility of the title with the player to some bug in the disc’s Java script. A call to Digital Leisure did reveal that some players do have playback issues with Dragon’s Lair. The company, however, said that this was the first incident that pointed to their software having trouble with the PlayStation 3.

Digital Leisure also pointed out that aside from the PS3, the game was tested on these players: Samsung BD-P1000, Panasonic DMP-BD10, PowerDVD (PC) and the Sony BDP-S1.

It is recommended that buyers test the title first on a player before purchasing it. The root is probably in the Java codes used by different manufacturers, but the Blu-ray association is set to issue a deadline to mandate a uniform structure that should fix compatibility issues. You may also call the manufacturer’s tech support line to ask for firmware updates that may fix the problem.