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Thread ID: 121782	2011-11-13 05:39:00	Bluray Drive Slowness	learning (5137)	PC World Chat

Post ID	Timestamp	Content	User
1243266	2011-11-13 05:39:00	I bought a Bluray drive back in Dec 2008. It was one of early ones out by Sony One thing i HATE about Bluray drive is it takes so freaking long to read boot and do just about anything. Using the remote control to do things seems like trying to watch youtube on dialup This holiday season i am planning on buying another bluray drive, IF the news ones are faster. Does anyone know if the more recent ones are faster in loading booting and doing other functions then previous generation drives ? Also i like to know why bluray drives are sooo slow compared to say DVD drives? Cheers	learning (5137)
1243267	2011-11-13 05:43:00	Update the firmware if it can be updated. Sometimes, this can fix some things. Could be because BR has more on them / it than DVD. Why its slower	Speedy Gonzales (78)
1243268	2011-11-13 07:44:00	I bought a Sony BD player in Feb. 2010. When I want to watch Avatar BD it takes nearly 5 mins before I can watch the movie. Don't know what it does, makes a few funny noises like it is searching for something. It is connected to the internet by WiFi and automaticly updates the firmware. I have other BD disks that don't take so long before you can watch them. :)	Trev (427)
1243269	2011-11-13 08:46:00	Seems to be the same with Philips BR players too. The one I've got had a firmware update for Avatar BR as well. Don't know if the update fixed the BR version tho. I don't have it. I wouldnt use wireless for updating tho. If it cuts off or something, it'll probably kill the player	Speedy Gonzales (78)
1243270	2011-11-13 20:24:00	I recently bought a Sony Blu-Ray player and it takes about 30-60 secs to power on and get ready. Possibly longer with BR discs than DVDs. I think the faster booting is to do with the processor in the player rather than firmware. If you get a newer player, it should boot quicker than your old one.	autechre (266)
1243271	2011-11-13 21:50:00	I have one of these, can't say I've timed it, but it seems about what I'd expect, DVDs have never been the fastest things around anyway. www.lg.com Edit - sorry, just realized, not sure if you are talking about a PC drive or a 'normal' blu-ray player?	wratterus (105)
1243272	2011-11-14 02:23:00	Probably it has to waste time buggering around with the stupid DRM, keys and such, to try and actually decrypt the data on the disc etc. If you ripped the disc to your PC and played it there I think you'd find it would start playing instantly.	Agent_24 (57)
1243273	2011-11-15 07:16:00	I bought a Bluray drive back in Dec 2008. It was one of early ones out by Sony One thing i HATE about Bluray drive is it takes so freaking long to read boot and do just about anything. Using the remote control to do things seems like trying to watch youtube on dialup This holiday season i am planning on buying another bluray drive, IF the news ones are faster. Does anyone know if the more recent ones are faster in loading booting and doing other functions then previous generation drives ? Also i like to know why bluray drives are sooo slow compared to say DVD drives? Cheers The first difference that should be noted in a DVD vs Blu-ray discussion is that DVD's are Constant Angular Velocity (CAV) and Blu-ray is Constant Linear Velocity (CLV). CAV: The drives transfer rate is variable. Information on the inside tracks of the disc is read at approximately half the speed as the information on the outside of the disc. CLV: The drives transfer speed is linear or constant regardless of whether information is on the inside tracks of the disc or the outside.	gametic114 (16621)
1243274	2011-11-15 07:21:00	well, that clears that up. I personally have found it dependent on disc, and a quick google usually shows that movies that are stubborn to play have some heavy encryption on them to annoy consumers who pay for their media but has zero effect on piracy. The latest X-men movie is a case in point, thanks for nothing ********s.	Metla (12)
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