Considering it's been close to a year since the close of the format war, I have been looking forward to purchasing my first Blu Ray player. However this article gives me pause. According to their criteria My HD-A35 loads movies in under 30 seconds, which is considerably quicker than the PS3...which they rate as the fastest Blu Ray player on the market at 43 seconds.
Have load times increased on any of these BD players after firmware upgrades, or are all the players a case of "it is what it is" in regards to load times?
My requirements for a Blu Ray player, which no current BD player has satisfied:
1) Profile 2.0 2) 7.1 analog outputs 3) Wi-Fi 4) load times under 30 seconds
Yeah, some of those requirements can be met today. There are a few players with Profile 2.0 and 7.1 analog outs (I think at a MSRP of $399 for both, the Sony BDP-S550 and the Panasonic DMP BD-55 are some good relatively inexpensive [for the feature set] examples, I'm sure somebody will correct me if I'm wrong).
The wireless thing I think can be addressed with I think what's called either a wireless bridge or an ethernet bridge (not really sure what it's called :P, basically a device that you connect to the ethernet port of a device and it can connect to your router wirelessly).
And the load times shown for Vantage Point are quite long because it is a BD-Java disc, which always take longer to load (other examples Ratatouille, Transformers, Iron Man, etc.). The PS3 is a friggin monster of a computer, that's why it can load that fast, and I think it'll be a while before standalone BD players can even match the speed of the PS3 so your expectation is a bit unrealistic.
One more thing, is that 30 seconds realistic? Does it include the time needed to open the tray from OFF?
My Hd-A2 takes at least 45sec just to open the dvd tray from off. That is far more iritating than the ps3 taking 45 seconds to load. At least while its loading im not standing next to it, disk in hand with a sad look on my face. The real question is is it 42 seconds from off or from the xmb.
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Considering it's been close to a year since the close of the format war, I have been looking forward to purchasing my first Blu Ray player. However this article gives me pause. According to their criteria My HD-A35 loads movies in under 30 seconds, which is considerably quicker than the PS3...which they rate as the fastest Blu Ray player on the market at 43 seconds.
Have load times increased on any of these BD players after firmware upgrades, or are all the players a case of "it is what it is" in regards to load times?
My requirements for a Blu Ray player, which no current BD player has satisfied:
1) Profile 2.0
2) 7.1 analog outputs
3) Wi-Fi
4) load times under 30 seconds
Yeah, some of those requirements can be met today.
There are a few players with Profile 2.0 and 7.1 analog outs (I think at a MSRP of $399 for both, the Sony BDP-S550 and the Panasonic DMP BD-55 are some good relatively inexpensive [for the feature set] examples, I'm sure somebody will correct me if I'm wrong).
The wireless thing I think can be addressed with I think what's called either a wireless bridge or an ethernet bridge (not really sure what it's called :P, basically a device that you connect to the ethernet port of a device and it can connect to your router wirelessly).
And the load times shown for Vantage Point are quite long because it is a BD-Java disc, which always take longer to load (other examples Ratatouille, Transformers, Iron Man, etc.). The PS3 is a friggin monster of a computer, that's why it can load that fast, and I think it'll be a while before standalone BD players can even match the speed of the PS3 so your expectation is a bit unrealistic.
One more thing, is that 30 seconds realistic? Does it include the time needed to open the tray from OFF?
My Hd-A2 takes at least 45sec just to open the dvd tray from off. That is far more iritating than the ps3 taking 45 seconds to load. At least while its loading im not standing next to it, disk in hand with a sad look on my face. The real question is is it 42 seconds from off or from the xmb.