Confused over DVDA and Blu-Ray

[Rick Hughes]

I did a bit of research on magazine teviews, group tests etc.
The winner in all classses it featured in was Sony BD S5500. Plus player of the year.
Really small …packed with features if you want ithem …in my case just a superb BD/DVD player.
Internet hook up wifi or ethernet, which genuinely worked when you selected auto network setup.
I find front USB socket great for plugging in mem stick …and it has played every type of video file I have tried so far.

[Rick Hughes]

I did a bit of research on magazine reviews, group tests etc.
The winner in all classses it featured in was Sony BD S5500. Plus player of the year.
Certainly remarkable value for money.
Just timed it (as you mentioned speed) from power-on ready to play in 9 sec.

Really small …packed with features if you want ithem …in my case just a superb BD/DVD player.
Internet hook up wifi or ethernet, which genuinely worked when you selected auto network setup.
I find front USB socket great for plugging in mem stick …and it has played every type of video file I have tried so far.

Also its upscaling h/w must be good all my DVD’s look much better played on this player to 1080p TV.
I’m not some ‘Must be Sony’ fan, this is yge 1st and only oiece of Sony hardware … impressed with it.

[John Rofrano]

Thanks I’ll check it out.

~jr

http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com

[John Rofrano]

[Rick Hughes] “Just timed it (as you mentioned speed) from power-on ready to play in 9 sec.”

I have a Toshiba BDX2000. I just turned it on with no disc and it took 20 seconds to get the logo screen. I just put a Jurassic Park Blu-ray into it and turned it off and then on again. It took 2 minutes and 13 seconds to get the menu (that’s 133 seconds). I stared at a completely black screen for 1 minute 42 seconds before the Universal logo shows. I mean this thing is deadly slow when you think that you put a DVD in a DVD player and instantaneously there is a logo screen and within a few seconds you’re at the DVD menu.

I’ll check out the players you guys suggested because this Toshiba is intolerable.

~jr

http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com