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To be slightly fair (and only slightly because I still think Blu-Ray sucks), Netflix does often get separate rental copies of movies that differ from the store-

by timdorr 16y ago

To be slightly fair (and only slightly because I still think Blu-Ray sucks), Netflix does often get separate rental copies of movies that differ from the store-bought versions. They usually have more extraneous crap in front of the movie, since they are making less money off them in the long run. But the load times alone make me want to throw my Blu-Ray player out of the window. It's a mind-numbingly slow experience in every way.

msisk6 16y ago
The load time with my old Sony Blu-Ray player was the same -- horribly slow. Unusable, IMHO. Then I got a PlayStation 3. It made the kids happy and is radically faster playing Blu-Ray discs. If you're not a gamer be sure to get the optional "normal" bluetooth remote and you'll be all set.
- wwortiz 16y ago
  I have a ps3 as well and most of my experiences with bluray have been pretty much the same as dvd with the exception of terminator 2 (skynet edition I think) which took forever to load. The real problem is that I can't see much of a difference between the dvd version of a movie and the bluray version, if I have a choice for the same price I probably will buy bluray but otherwise the dvd upscaling works just as well for me. This experience of quality differs greatly than that of a regular xvid rip and a hidef h264 rip which are actually quite noticeable.
illumin8 16y ago
The load times on my Sony PS3 are not that bad... But, I once had a Blu-Ray ask me if I wanted to download an update to it, and I was forced to download the update before I was able to watch the movie. I think the bottom line is that Sony and the Blu-Ray disk manufacturers are treating our player devices like they own them. This is the same kind of thinking that caused the Sony Rootkit fiasco. What would people do if they found out that a Blu-Ray update caused their player to start reporting every movie they watched to a server (it probably already does)?

by timdorr 16y ago

msisk6 16y ago

The load time with my old Sony Blu-Ray player was the same -- horribly slow. Unusable, IMHO. Then I got a PlayStation 3. It made the kids happy and is radically faster playing Blu-Ray discs. If you're not a gamer be sure to get the optional "normal" bluetooth remote and you'll be all set.

wwortiz 16y ago
I have a ps3 as well and most of my experiences with bluray have been pretty much the same as dvd with the exception of terminator 2 (skynet edition I think) which took forever to load. The real problem is that I can't see much of a difference between the dvd version of a movie and the bluray version, if I have a choice for the same price I probably will buy bluray but otherwise the dvd upscaling works just as well for me. This experience of quality differs greatly than that of a regular xvid rip and a hidef h264 rip which are actually quite noticeable.

illumin8 16y ago

The load times on my Sony PS3 are not that bad... But, I once had a Blu-Ray ask me if I wanted to download an update to it, and I was forced to download the update before I was able to watch the movie. I think the bottom line is that Sony and the Blu-Ray disk manufacturers are treating our player devices like they own them. This is the same kind of thinking that caused the Sony Rootkit fiasco. What would people do if they found out that a Blu-Ray update caused their player to start reporting every movie they watched to a server (it probably already does)?