Kristian Widjaja's Blog » slow loading http://kristianwidjaja.com/blog Thoughts and writings by Kristian Widjaja Mon, 31 Dec 2012 23:31:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Blu-Ray loads a lot slower than DVD! http://kristianwidjaja.com/blog/2009/05/blu-ray-slower-than-dvd/ http://kristianwidjaja.com/blog/2009/05/blu-ray-slower-than-dvd/#comments Fri, 22 May 2009 08:12:47 +0000 Kristian http://kristianwidjaja.com/blog/?p=142 panasonic-blu-rayI recently bought a Panasonic DMP-BD605 Blu-Ray player. When I tried to play a Blu-Ray movie, I found that it loads a lot slower than DVD! Some google searches reveal that slow loading is a common problem amongst Blu-Ray players. The quickest Blu-Ray player happens to be the PlayStation 3.

The following video demonstrates how long it takes to load a disc and navigate to the main menu, using a regular DVD and a Blu-Ray disc. I used a Panasonic DMP-BD605 with firmware version 1.5 and Quickstart enabled

Here are the summarized results :

Load Times (min:sec)
Initial load Go to Top Menu
DVD 0:31 0:06
Blu-Ray 1:10 1:03

As you can see, the Blu-Ray takes more than twice to initially load a disc versus a DVD. What’s worse, navigating to the Top menu takes over 10 times longer on a Blu-Ray disc versus a DVD. I cannot believe that people tolerate this kind of latency when they are used to the shorter times on a DVD. It gets to a point that it is way too slow for my taste and I am seriously considering to return this Blu-Ray player.

The picture quality of Blu-Ray is unmatched for sure, but I’ll be happy to wait a few more years until load times become more acceptable.

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