Blu-Ray Players Loading Times

One item that seems to always arise when discussing Blu-ray Players, is the loading of the Blu-ray Disc. Why does it take so long for the Blu-ray disc to load? And when it does load, why does the movie start to play immediately? Why are there no opening menus first?

The first thing you need to realize is the disc is more complex than a DVD. The Blu-ray disc holds larger amounts of data since it has five times more storage capacity than DVDs. It can hold 25GB (single layer) and 50 GB (dual layer) of data. With this amount of space for data the menus are more intricate and interactive. It can even make use of animation and special audio effects. Since a Blu-ray Disc will have picture-in-picture and online BD-Live, all features a DVD disc does not have; it takes a while for the Player to load these extra features into its memory.

As for the Blu-ray Disc playing the movie right away, instead of the Blu-ray menu, has to do with how the Blu-ray Disc is written and nothing to do with the Blu-ray Player itself. People who are coding the Blu-ray disc decides if the disc will play the movie or the menu first. The reason each disc will have a different loading time is because Blu-ray discs are coded differently from each other.

However, Blu-ray Players will load discs at different speeds depending on how fast the processor is in each Player. Some of the fastest Blu-ray Players are Sony's PlayStation 3, Oppo's BDP-83, Samsung BD-P3600, and LG BD390. Some of these players can load certain Blu-ray movies in 20 seconds. One way to make sure your Blu-ray Player is loading the disc as fast as possible is to update its firmware. Updating the Players' firmware will likely increase loading times since manufactures are always looking to improve playback on its products.

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