Sony BDPS 550 Resume Play function

[Naxos]

I am so impressed with the performance of this player, but I just have one minor issue I can't seem to fathom - on the very rare occasions where, say, the phone rings mid-film and I want to stop it, "resume play" should be just clicking on the disc icon on the menu, but this always seems to take me back to the start of the film. I tried it on "Dark Knight" a couple of days ago, and just can't seem to get it to pick up from where I left off.

Any other owners getting this, or should I ring those nice folks at Sony customer services? I can live with it, but even our cheapie Sony DVD player in the bedroom performs this function reliably.

 

[Anonymous]

I have a BDP350 which does exactly the same...tried it on a few blue ray titles and dvds. If I stop the disc it will not auto continue...I thought I was maybe doing something wrong, but if this is an actaul problem guess I'm in the same boat as you!

 

[Garth Man]

I've noticed the same thing with mine, What is this quick start mode.....? Film starts in 6 seconds...I haven't noticed that?

 

[Gerrardasnails]

Garth Man:I've noticed the same thing with mine, What is this quick start mode.....? Film starts in 6 seconds...I haven't noticed that?

Quick start is sorted from within the settings. I find the resume function annoying but I've only noticed it with bluray. I will check with dvd tonight.

 

[Garth Man]

ah very good, many thanks shall do the same myself

 

[Anonymous]

I have the same problem on my BDP S350, i have to pause the film instead of stopping it becuase it goes back to the start!

 

[Anonymous]

Apparently if a Bluray disc contains certain features and relies on Java content, the resume function often will not work and leaving the film causes the player to have to return to the beginning.

This is a well known issue with bluray and explains why some discs are ok and some aren't.

There is no 'workaround' for this and there seems to be no acknowledgement by the industry of it as an issue. The player manufacturers and authors of the discs ought to get their act together and stop shooting the new technology in the foot.

 

[Anonymous]

Ye i noticed this as well, ive got the sony 550 as well. have to pause the film then change source to plasma dont wana risk screen burn unlikely as that is. My old pioneer dvd player has a zoom function on it, it was sometimes very handy. Dont suppose we will see that on Blu-ray.

 

[ericdowner]

I noticed this on my Sony BDP-S350. It would resume on a DVD but not on any of the Blu-ray titles I've got. Called Richer Sounds in B'ham where I bought it and was told to take it in and they'd send it back to get the firmware updated. Three weeks later it came back from their Sony service agent who said 'No fault found'. But they also wrote on the repair note "Tested reported fault on other BDP-S350 units and BDP-S360 all tested same". So in other words we're stuck with it. Seems to me a retrograde step when a 'new' technology cannot do what a humble DVD player can do with ease. My JVC DVD player will 'resume' on up to 20 discs. This can't manage one! And as others have noted, there are other DVD features that Blu-ray cannot deliver.

Since Blu-ray is a Sony technology, how come they approve a standard for Blu-ray that allows disc manufacturers to produce discs that won't 'resume' in their machines? Is this the result a technology being rushed to market too soon before all the faults had been ironed out, to take on HD DVD. The fault for all this must surely rest with Sony.

 

[hammill]

eremis6:Ye i noticed this as well, ive got the sony 550 as well. have to pause the film then change source to plasma dont wana risk screen burn unlikely as that is. My old pioneer dvd player has a zoom function on it, it was sometimes very handy. Dont suppose we will see that on Blu-ray. I have a zoom function on my Oppo that works fine for blu-ray.

 

[hammill]

ericdowner:

I noticed this on my Sony BDP-S350. It would resume on a DVD but not on any of the Blu-ray titles I've got. Called Richer Sounds in B'ham where I bought it and was told to take it in and they'd send it back to get the firmware updated. Three weeks later it came back from their Sony service agent who said 'No fault found'. But they also wrote on the repair note "Tested reported fault on other BDP-S350 units and BDP-S360 all tested same". So in other words we're stuck with it. Seems to me a retrograde step when a 'new' technology cannot do what a humble DVD player can do with ease. My JVC DVD player will 'resume' on up to 20 discs. This can't manage one! And as others have noted, there are other DVD features that Blu-ray cannot deliver.

Since Blu-ray is a Sony technology, how come they approve a standard for Blu-ray that allows disc manufacturers to produce discs that won't 'resume' in their machines? Is this the result a technology being rushed to market too soon before all the faults had been ironed out, to take on HD DVD. The fault for all this must surely rest with Sony.

I agree it is ridiculous. The probem is with BD 2.0 discs. I cannot speak for Sony players, but the Oppo resumes BD 1.x fine (up to 5 different ones). You should be able to set bookmarks, which gives the equivalent of resume, but it is a bit of a faff.

 

[roger06]

I have this player and it drives me mad! It's one feature that even makes VHS look better...I thought I'd fixed it with a firmware upgrade but no, it only fixed it on certain discs by the look of it.

I quite often only have time to watch a film over two or even three nights so I'm never going to leave it paused between viewings. I have to view the elapsed time and remember it! - and that's what they call cutting edge modern home entertainment???

 

[hammill]

roger06:

I have this player and it drives me mad! It's one feature that even makes VHS look better...I thought I'd fixed it with a firmware upgrade but no, it only fixed it on certain discs by the look of it.

I quite often only have time to watch a film over two or even three nights so I'm never going to leave it paused between viewings. I have to view the elapsed time and remember it! - and that's what they call cutting edge modern home entertainment???

Have you looked to see if bookmarks are supported. That is the BD 2.0 mechanism

 

[Gerrardasnails]

Naxos:
I am so impressed with the performance of this player, but I just have one minor issue I can't seem to fathom - on the very rare occasions where, say, the phone rings mid-film and I want to stop it, "resume play" should be just clicking on the disc icon on the menu, but this always seems to take me back to the start of the film. I tried it on "Dark Knight" a couple of days ago, and just can't seem to get it to pick up from where I left off.

Any other owners getting this, or should I ring those nice folks at Sony customer services? I can live with it, but even our cheapie Sony DVD player in the bedroom performs this function reliably.

I've found a solution to this. Hit pause. After 30 seconds or so, a screen saver will come up. You then just press play and the screen will show again in pause mode and then hit play again and away you go.