One of the major issues that concern the users of Blu-ray DVD players is the long loading time of Blu-Ray discs. People always wonder why this advanced player takes so much time loading a Blu-Ray disc when a standard DVD player can do load discs in seconds.
After waiting for the device to complete its loading you will again have to wait for another couple of minutes for the movie to play. After all this you will have to deal with opening menus.
Reasons for the delay
When compared to the ordinary DVD discs, Blu-ray discs are more complex as they hold large amounts of data. With its higher capacity that is five times the capacity of DVD player , it will take some more time to load.
A Blu-Ray disc can hold 25GB (single layer) and 50 GB (dual layer) of data. With more amount of space for the data, the menus become more complex and interactive with special audio effects and animations.
Enhanced features like picture -in-picture and online BD-Live are also included in them. In short, with all these extra features, Blu-ray disc takes time to load them into its memory.
Next the Blu-ray disc menu will depend on how the Blu-ray Disc is written. If the person who codes then Blu-ray disc wants the menus first them you will have to view them first before the movie.
Whereas some Blu-Ray discs does not have the menus first. As a result the loading time differs in every Blu-Ray disc.
Another factor that determines the speed of loading times is the processor speed. With fast Blu-ray DVD players like Sony’s PlayStation 3, Oppo’s BDP-83, Samsung BD-P3600, and LG BD390 you can enjoy faster loading times.
Few of them can load discs within 20 seconds. By updating the firmware you can improve the loading time.
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