Being first to market with a new technology is always difficult and news has it that Samsung's BD-P1000 Blu-ray player has hit yet another snag. Stemming from a passage in the instruction manual and supposed sources close to the Blu-ray camp, it seems as though the current unit does not support the upcoming 50GB Blu-ray discs. Ironically, the BD-P1000 was originally delayed to further test it's support of the discs, though the same sources claim the test discs were simply not made available in time.

The good news would be that this is apparently fixable via a firmware update, but this problem is figuring into the delay of not only dual-layer movies, but other upcoming standalone Blu-ray players as well. Firmware update or not, I'm pretty sure early adopting Blu-ray buyers didn't spend $1000 to only be able to read 25GB discs.