"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"Eisboch" wrote in message
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This is posted as a word of warning to potential Blu-Ray disk players
who have become accustom to the operation of a regular DVD player.

They work great, have a great picture in HD, but .....

They are a pain in the rear.

Unlike a conventional DVD player, the Blu-Ray players are basically
controlled by an internal and v-e-r-y slow microprocessor.

Hit the "Open" button and it thinks about it for a while. If it decides
to cooperate, the disk drive opens after a two or three minute delay.

Hit the "Power off" button, and it thinks about it again for a while.
Might shut off, might not.

When it goes to play a movie, it first "loads" a bunch of data into ROM.
You may as well go get a cup of coffee or a beer while waiting for it to
load up.

Sometimes, it simply cuts the video out completely while thinking about
things and your monitor goes to "no signal". When this happens, resist
the urge to hit another command button. All that accomplishes is
another thing for it to think about for a while. Eventually, the
picture will come back.

Although they produce a superior picture when they run, I don't think
they are quite ready for prime time.

BTW .... these characteristics are the same on two Blu-Ray players that
I bought ... the Sharp and a Sony that I bought for Mrs.E. today. Of
the two, the Sharp has been the most cooperative.

Eisboch

I don't have a BluRay player. I remember reading somewhere that there's
problems with HDMI. Have you tried, just to prove a point, other
interconnections?


Yep. Similar slowness in component video hookup, although I think it's
worse in HDMI. It plays a regular, non HD DVD fine and responds to
commands much more quickly, but still is slow to do basic things .... like
turn off.

Interestingly, my daughter has a Playstation 3 game system for her kids.
It also can play Blu-Ray DVD's. She reports similar issues using it.

I think the processor in these things is overloaded. In hindsight, I
should have waited for a couple of more years for the technology to
mature. They are painful to use.

Eisboch

Subsequently I've read a little more and sluggishness seems to be the order
of the day.