Re: the sluggishness of blu-rays

It's a good 30 - 60 seconds for me (and I have an actual by-God Sony Blu-Ray
player). Eff-that. I watch mostly Netflix streaming films now. Blu-Ray may
have superior quality, but Netflix starts faster. (And it's no spring
chicken itself.)

Johne Cook
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On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 8:13 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> Many of my blu-rays say that.  Ten seconds later I am looking at the menu.
>
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>  Thom
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> From: Peter T. Chattaway <petert-LOVM4QxV+tDq6eQxt3vRmLDks+cytr/[email protected]>
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> Subject: [DADL-OT] the sluggishness of blu-rays
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>  So yesterday I picked up the Fantasia Blu-Ray combo, and when I popped the
> first disc in my player, a title card came up reminding me that, depending
> on my player, it might take 2-3 minutes for the disc's content to load.
>
> I have seen title cards like this before when loading Blu-Rays, but it had
> been so long since I popped one in that I had forgotten about them. Anyway,
> I was reminded of our recent debate over whether Blu-Ray discs take too long
> to get going. Apparently the problem is big enough that the manufacturers of
> these discs feel the need to warn their viewers.
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