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When Switching to Hi-Def What Do You Do With Your Old DVDs? |
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| Registered: May 8, 2007 |  Posts: 663 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Rifter: Quote:
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Since I don't own Bluray I have a question for my BD owners:
When you are playing the Hi-Def disc,, and, anywhere in the midst of the movie playing-- you touch the stop key on your remote.. the movie has now stopped., when you hit play again.. does it start from where you left off? or does it start up at the begining or the FBI warnings..???
My Toshiba A3 starts up again at the first 'running frame' ( FBI) and I find it it infurating,,, it now takes afew seconds to go past this and then get into the menu so I can now find the chapter section and figure out where I was., Pausing the film is the only to get back to the film running. I have been known to have the disc paused for 24 hours sometimes.
I was told this is how the Hidef players work.. It is not your conventional DVD player..like, when I'm using a regular player and regular DVD's I can stop the movie and turn off the deck., come back the next day and the player start up , It will start the movie playback from where I left off. I'd like to know if this is a common problem.
That's the one thing that irks me about Blu-Ray. If you press Stop, it does not "remember", like DVD players do, where you left off. It has to reload the disc  . My DVD player could "remember" up to 5 discs where I left off after pressing Stop....I sure miss that  .
I wasn't aware of that little quirk, but now that I know, it is one more reason NOT to buy BD until I'm forced to. My hours are strange due to my work schedule, so I make heavy use of the DVD 'resumes where you left off' feature. Not worth giving that up just to get BD. This is not true with all BD players. My PS3 picks up right where you left off. For example I decided to watch Gone in 60 Seconds last night, since I hadn't watched it in a few months and as soon as I put the disc in it picked up at the end credits, where I stopped it last. | | | We're on a mission from God.
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| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 4,596 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Rifter: Quote:
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Well, I'm stingy. I'm not giving away any of what I currently own, and I have no plans to buy a BD player anytime soon. My current player upconverts to 1080i, which is the best my HDTV can play.
HD still has a long way to go before it comes anywhere close to market saturation, so I see no need to spend all that money on upgrades until they start actually phasing out the standard DVD format.
John, I felt the same way and was very skeptical regarding the format until I saw Blu-Ray on my Brother's 1080p 46" Plasma. I was literally blown away by the clarity and color depth of the picture compared to SD DVD and 1080i. I was hooked from that moment on. I've had my Panasonic 42" 1080p Plasma for about three weeks now and I'm still giddy when I watch a film in HD Blu-Ray  . Both picture and sound are phenominal. Granted, it cost a good penny to upgrade: Total of just over $1,200.00 but I don't regret it for one minute.
Yeah, I know. My brother has a 52 or 56" screen and an audio system most people would die for (his main speakers cost more than my entire TV/stereo/computer setup, and he has the full 7.1 setup). A significant percentage of my titles though are movies that are likely never to be put out on BD. The old westerns in B&W, classics from the 30's and 40's, etc. Sooner or later I'll change over, but not until I can upgrade my TV to at least something in 40's, and full 1080p. I also have video editing software that enables me to burn in BD format that I would like to be able to use, but without blank media that's kind of moot at this point. BD players upconvert SD DVDs to 1080p, or near Hi-Definition. I just watched "The Day the Earth Stood Still" last night and it looked fantastic on my Plasma compared to when I watched it with my regular DVD player on my analog set. That's one more thing on the plus side  . | | | | My WebGenDVD online Collection |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 4,596 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Rifter: Quote:
Quoting 8ballMax:
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Quoting widescreenforever:
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Since I don't own Bluray I have a question for my BD owners:
When you are playing the Hi-Def disc,, and, anywhere in the midst of the movie playing-- you touch the stop key on your remote.. the movie has now stopped., when you hit play again.. does it start from where you left off? or does it start up at the begining or the FBI warnings..???
My Toshiba A3 starts up again at the first 'running frame' ( FBI) and I find it it infurating,,, it now takes afew seconds to go past this and then get into the menu so I can now find the chapter section and figure out where I was., Pausing the film is the only to get back to the film running. I have been known to have the disc paused for 24 hours sometimes.
I was told this is how the Hidef players work.. It is not your conventional DVD player..like, when I'm using a regular player and regular DVD's I can stop the movie and turn off the deck., come back the next day and the player start up , It will start the movie playback from where I left off. I'd like to know if this is a common problem.
That's the one thing that irks me about Blu-Ray. If you press Stop, it does not "remember", like DVD players do, where you left off. It has to reload the disc . My DVD player could "remember" up to 5 discs where I left off after pressing Stop....I sure miss that .
I wasn't aware of that little quirk, but now that I know, it is one more reason NOT to buy BD until I'm forced to. My hours are strange due to my work schedule, so I make heavy use of the DVD 'resumes where you left off' feature. Not worth giving that up just to get BD. While it's true that the newer BDs will not resume on stop, at least on my Samsung BD1500, SD DVDs all resume on stop. So no problem there . | | | | My WebGenDVD online Collection |
| | Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 1,328 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting eagle61397: Quote:
This is not true with all BD players. My PS3 picks up right where you left off. For example I decided to watch Gone in 60 Seconds last night, since I hadn't watched it in a few months and as soon as I put the disc in it picked up at the end credits, where I stopped it last. That's because it's an old disc authored in Basic mode. Try something recent from a major studio such as Narnia or Bond and it will not resume as all discs authored in Advanced mode cannot resume. | | | | My Home Theater |
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