Does any one know of a Blu-ray player that stores the resume point of a disc even after you switch off the player or play another disc? It sounds daft but my JVC dvd player that I've had for years stores something like 20 or 30 discs that resume from where you left off even months later. Having a 2 year old means we don't often get to sit through a whole disc but it is tedious trying to remember wher you switched it off & find the correct scene
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Hi and welcome to the forums.
A lot of this problem I'm afraid is to do with the way the discs are authored, some discs have a save facility but a lot do not.
A lot of this problem I'm afraid is to do with the way the discs are authored, some discs have a save facility but a lot do not.
My oppo will remember if the disc is not BD 2.0 . Otherwise, some BD 2.0 discs (Bourne trilogy for example) do support bookmarks, but you have to set them manually. There are no players currently that will automatically resume BD 2.0 discs. I would love to meet the idiot(s) who decided that reducing functionality in this way was a good thing in order to provide access to online material that most people never view.
nads
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roger06
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I thought I'd cracked this problem with a recent firmware upgrade to my Sony BD player but no.
I find this absolutely moronic - state-of-the-art Blu Ray players - you're watching a film and press stop to make a cup of tea and you have to start all over again, which takes significantly longer than it did with DVD.
What were they thinking? You didn't even have this issue with VHS!
I find this absolutely moronic - state-of-the-art Blu Ray players - you're watching a film and press stop to make a cup of tea and you have to start all over again, which takes significantly longer than it did with DVD.
What were they thinking? You didn't even have this issue with VHS!
manicm
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roger06:
I thought I'd cracked this problem with a recent firmware upgrade to my Sony BD player but no.
I find this absolutely moronic - state-of-the-art Blu Ray players - you're watching a film and press stop to make a cup of tea and you have to start all over again, which takes significantly longer than it did with DVD.
What were they thinking? You didn't even have this issue with VHS!
As the other poster stated - it's not the player but the discs.
Older titles support resume - I have Space Odyssey 2001, The Shining, North By North West - they all resume.
But not newer titles like Watchmen and There Will Be Blood don't (the former has a Bookmark feature though which is retained as long as the disc is in - the player can be switched off).
I agree, a most disgusting state of affairs. BTW I have the Sony 360 too with latest firmware.
I thought I'd cracked this problem with a recent firmware upgrade to my Sony BD player but no.
I find this absolutely moronic - state-of-the-art Blu Ray players - you're watching a film and press stop to make a cup of tea and you have to start all over again, which takes significantly longer than it did with DVD.
What were they thinking? You didn't even have this issue with VHS!
As the other poster stated - it's not the player but the discs.
Older titles support resume - I have Space Odyssey 2001, The Shining, North By North West - they all resume.
But not newer titles like Watchmen and There Will Be Blood don't (the former has a Bookmark feature though which is retained as long as the disc is in - the player can be switched off).
I agree, a most disgusting state of affairs. BTW I have the Sony 360 too with latest firmware.
roger06
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manicm:roger06:
I thought I'd cracked this problem with a recent firmware upgrade to my Sony BD player but no.
I find this absolutely moronic - state-of-the-art Blu Ray players - you're watching a film and press stop to make a cup of tea and you have to start all over again, which takes significantly longer than it did with DVD.
What were they thinking? You didn't even have this issue with VHS!
As the other poster stated - it's not the player but the discs.
Older titles support resume - I have Space Odyssey 2001, The Shining, North By North West - they all resume.
But not newer titles like Watchmen and There Will Be Blood don't (the former has a Bookmark feature though which is retained as long as the disc is in - the player can be switched off).
I agree, a most disgusting state of affairs. BTW I have the Sony 360 too with latest firmware.
Yes but with BD of Casino Royale - this didn't resume before the firmware upgrade, but now it does!!
I thought I'd cracked this problem with a recent firmware upgrade to my Sony BD player but no.
I find this absolutely moronic - state-of-the-art Blu Ray players - you're watching a film and press stop to make a cup of tea and you have to start all over again, which takes significantly longer than it did with DVD.
What were they thinking? You didn't even have this issue with VHS!
As the other poster stated - it's not the player but the discs.
Older titles support resume - I have Space Odyssey 2001, The Shining, North By North West - they all resume.
But not newer titles like Watchmen and There Will Be Blood don't (the former has a Bookmark feature though which is retained as long as the disc is in - the player can be switched off).
I agree, a most disgusting state of affairs. BTW I have the Sony 360 too with latest firmware.
Yes but with BD of Casino Royale - this didn't resume before the firmware upgrade, but now it does!!
If your Blu-ray disc is not BD 2.0 then your player should be able to resume it, although clearly there was a firmware problem on the Sony.
If your Blu-ray disc is BD 2.0 your player will not be able to resume it, but it may be able to set book marks if supported by the disc.
This being said, I simply don't believe it is impossible to construct a blu-ray player that can remember where it was when playing a BD 2.0 disk, although a significant amount of memory may be required to store the context information (presumably the state of the Java Virtual Machine). We all expected our PC's to be able to resume after hibernating. Memory is so cheap these days that a few gigabytes of non volatile memory could easily be added to each player.
If your Blu-ray disc is BD 2.0 your player will not be able to resume it, but it may be able to set book marks if supported by the disc.
This being said, I simply don't believe it is impossible to construct a blu-ray player that can remember where it was when playing a BD 2.0 disk, although a significant amount of memory may be required to store the context information (presumably the state of the Java Virtual Machine). We all expected our PC's to be able to resume after hibernating. Memory is so cheap these days that a few gigabytes of non volatile memory could easily be added to each player.
Cofnchtr
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Hi,
roger06:
I find this absolutely moronic - state-of-the-art Blu Ray players - you're watching a film and press stop to make a cup of tea and you have to start all over again, which takes significantly longer than it did with DVD.
Is that what the OH is for?!?
Why would you want a cuppa halfway through a film? Do you not settle down with one while you wait on the BD loading then have another at the end? If you cannot wait that long have you hit pause?
Cheers,
Cofnchtr.
roger06:
I find this absolutely moronic - state-of-the-art Blu Ray players - you're watching a film and press stop to make a cup of tea and you have to start all over again, which takes significantly longer than it did with DVD.
Is that what the OH is for?!?
Why would you want a cuppa halfway through a film? Do you not settle down with one while you wait on the BD loading then have another at the end? If you cannot wait that long have you hit pause?
Cheers,
Cofnchtr.
roger06
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Cofnchtr:Hi,roger06:
I find this absolutely moronic - state-of-the-art Blu Ray players - you're watching a film and press stop to make a cup of tea and you have to start all over again, which takes significantly longer than it did with DVD.
Is that what the OH is for?!?Why would you want a cuppa halfway through a film? Do you not settle down with one while you wait on the BD loading then have another at the end? If you cannot wait that long have you hit pause?Cheers,Cofnchtr.
OK poor example! If you want to watch a film over 2 nights then !!
My point being my shiny new BD player doesn't too something very basis the nine year old DVD player it replaces did...
I find this absolutely moronic - state-of-the-art Blu Ray players - you're watching a film and press stop to make a cup of tea and you have to start all over again, which takes significantly longer than it did with DVD.
Is that what the OH is for?!?Why would you want a cuppa halfway through a film? Do you not settle down with one while you wait on the BD loading then have another at the end? If you cannot wait that long have you hit pause?Cheers,Cofnchtr.
OK poor example! If you want to watch a film over 2 nights then !!
My point being my shiny new BD player doesn't too something very basis the nine year old DVD player it replaces did...
Thanks for all your replies. Other forums I have lookes at also confirm the same thing. It does strike me as odd that a technological 'advance' doesn't have some features that old technology does so well. I was tickled by the guy who mentioned VHS-how true!
manicm
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Cofnchtr:Hi, roger06:
I find this absolutely moronic - state-of-the-art Blu Ray players - you're watching a film and press stop to make a cup of tea and you have to start all over again, which takes significantly longer than it did with DVD.
Is that what the OH is for?!? Why would you want a cuppa halfway through a film? Do you not settle down with one while you wait on the BD loading then have another at the end? If you cannot wait that long have you hit pause? Cheers, Cofnchtr.
When you're watching a long movie like The Watchmen, or LOTR when indeed it is released on BR, I would like to stop for a cuppa, or a drink, or the bathroom, or sex.
After all it is called home cinema.
I find this absolutely moronic - state-of-the-art Blu Ray players - you're watching a film and press stop to make a cup of tea and you have to start all over again, which takes significantly longer than it did with DVD.
Is that what the OH is for?!? Why would you want a cuppa halfway through a film? Do you not settle down with one while you wait on the BD loading then have another at the end? If you cannot wait that long have you hit pause? Cheers, Cofnchtr.
When you're watching a long movie like The Watchmen, or LOTR when indeed it is released on BR, I would like to stop for a cuppa, or a drink, or the bathroom, or sex.
After all it is called home cinema.
My old all in one system, remembers previous disks as well, which was handy, im sure that is nothing to do with the disks and is the player which remembers this. I was also able to visualy fast forward and it was play speeded up with my Blu-ray player it jerks from scene to scene no movement just moments of still images,and lastly although maybe pointless i could zoom in on parts of the screen to see the mistakes made by directors ect. As pointed out by others in some ways we have taken a step back.
manicm
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In terms of usability it is definitely a step back - case in point - most BR players do not display the current chapter - this is very frustrating esp. with discs that don't resume.
In fact, as a BR user, I'd say there's definitely a whiff of 'let's milk customers for all their worth and screw the rest', unlike DVD which was a clear step up from VHS in every way.
In fact, as a BR user, I'd say there's definitely a whiff of 'let's milk customers for all their worth and screw the rest', unlike DVD which was a clear step up from VHS in every way.
Just one more thing that annoys me about them, the silly little graphic as the disk is loading could they not kill 2 birds with one stone put the piracy notice up while the disk is loading. Then it would get more air time and we wouldnt have to wait so long. Simple!
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