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Blu-Ray DVD players
On Jan 30, 7:06*pm, Steve wrote:
On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:24:25 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote: 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. If you want a BluRay player, I'm curious why someone would buy a BluRay player other than a PS3 for $399? *The PS3 works great as a BluRay player. *It's not slow, doesn't cut out, doesn't have *any* of the problems you mentioned above and uses a very fast microprocessor. By far, the very fastest available in any home computer actually. And as a bonus, besides watching BluRay discs, you can play PS2 or PS3 games and (if you plug in a USB keyboard and mouse) even use it as a general purpose computer running Linux. *It's the best deal going in home entertainment if you ask me. Steve- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - That's interesting, thanks for the input! |
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