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What's a fastloading BR player

post #1 of 14
9/20/09 at 9:22am
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Greetings all:

I have a Sony BPD S300 player, which I think is close to two years old. It does fine for us, but it takes forever to load. I'm thinking of moving this player elsewhere and getting a new player that will load faster. Unfortunatley the reviews don't seem to talk much about the speed of loading, so not much to compare.

Any thoughts on which player is out there that loads quickly? I'd like to stay in the area of $400-$800 if possible. I don't need multi-disc capability or a lot of bells and whistles, just a player that outputs high quality sound and video and loads up right away.

Thoughts?
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post #2 of 14
9/20/09 at 10:40am

The Sony PlayStation 3 (if you don't mind its many peculiarities, being primarily a game console) and the Oppo BDP-83 player are the fastest loading units available currently within your budget constraints.  Both are considered technically superb Blu-ray players.

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post #3 of 14
9/20/09 at 10:51am
I've heard the Sony BDP-S560 is also pretty fast, compared to most.
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post #4 of 14
9/20/09 at 12:15pm
A guy in another forum tested load times of a bunch of players.  Besides the Oppo, the LG 370/390 and the JVC XV-BP1 did best.

IMO get Oppo if you want absolute top notch DVD playback, LG if you want to save a couple hundred bucks vs. the Oppo and Netflix streaming has any appeal to you.  Get PS3 if you like gaming.
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post #5 of 14
9/20/09 at 5:33pm
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Originally Posted by Stephen Tu View Post

A guy in another forum tested load times of a bunch of players.  Besides the Oppo, the LG 370/390 and the JVC XV-BP1 did best.

IMO get Oppo if you want absolute top notch DVD playback, LG if you want to save a couple hundred bucks vs. the Oppo and Netflix streaming has any appeal to you.  Get PS3 if you like gaming.
 

The Oppo also plays SACD (and DVD-Audio?), if hirez audio has any appeal to you.

The PS3 has other side appeals besides gaming -- some like to use it to stream various other content, etc. over their home network, it comes w/ WiFi built-in, moderately useable-in-a-pinch web browser and internet capabilities, and Sony has also started adding video downloads to compete in the same market as Netflix's streaming over the internet.  At this point, the PS3 has also seen a price slash down to $300 although it also definitely has its "quirks" (as a BD player) as some pointed out, eg. no built-in straightforward IR remote function (though there are 3rd party solutions on top of Sony's Bluetooth remote), no 5.1 analog output for those who need it.

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post #6 of 14
9/22/09 at 6:45pm
The Oppo is a beautiful player, and it does a generally pretty marvelous job of scaling regular DVD for HD displays.  I've not regretted my purchase..
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post #7 of 14
9/29/09 at 11:52am
how do the panasonic BDs measure up?

PS has any1 tested HTPCs loading times w/8x BDROM? ;) that ought to beat even PS3 ;)
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post #8 of 14
9/29/09 at 1:34pm
 The JVC XV-BP1 is a real sleeper. Its a shame that it doesn't get more respect. Its very fast, produces great video and is priced very competitively. Its maddening that none of the major home theater magazines or web sites have done a professional review of the JVC (as far as I know).
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post #9 of 14
9/29/09 at 2:39pm
Quote:
how do the panasonic BDs measure up?


Certainly faster than they were.  The BD10 was slow, the
BD30 was faster and the BD55 I own isn't that bad though
I still have to sit for about a minute while the little load icon
appears on the TV screen.  

I like the Panasonic BD players but if you want speed, I
hear that the Oppo is one of the fastest standalone players.
The PS3 is the fastest period due to the processing power
behind it that you won't find in standalone players.
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post #10 of 14
9/30/09 at 11:42am
i have the BD35, just wondering how that measured up.

i also have 4 other HTPCs w/BDROMs. they are much, much faster than any standalone i've used (even ps3).
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post #11 of 14
9/30/09 at 4:51pm
The Oppo is much faster than the BD35, and BD50 (which are still great players).  I have a PC, the Panasonic BD10, 35 and 50 and the Oppo.  When it is turned off and you hit the eject button it powers on and ejects the tray in under 10 seconds.  It seems as fast as the BD drive on my PC, but I have never timed it (Dell XPS w/ Dual core).  While I don't have a PS3, some friends who have PS3s and the Oppo say that in some actions the Oppo is faster than the PS3.
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post #12 of 14
10/1/09 at 12:36pm
I have a LG BD-370 and its been a stellar performer in terms of video, audio, load time and features

I must admit its my first Blue Ray player (since upgrading from DVD) and I have nothing to compare it to in terms of video / audio, but I have not felt any need to upgrade it (it looks and sounds great!) and its definitely a fast loader, compared to the horror stories I'd heard about earlier generation Blue Ray players
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post #13 of 14
10/7/09 at 12:36pm
Thread Starter 
Hi all, I started this thread and yesterday my Oppo showed up. Thanks to all who recommended it, it certainly is a fast loader. Great remote also. Haven't had time to watch a whole movie yet but I noticed that the sound quality is awesome! Even my wife noted an immediate difference. Could be that I had the Sony on a wrong setting but I don't think so.
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post #14 of 14
10/7/09 at 8:00pm
Denton- Glad you are pleased with the Oppo.
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