The weird way new Disney titles load up.

[tron3]

So far both Cars and Ratatouile load up in a strange new way. Within 30 seconds you get a message indicating the movie can take 2 to 3 minutes to load and to be sure you have the latest firmware. Then the previews start.

I skipped the previews by pressing the "top menu" button. Then it started to load the BD-J portion or the movie menu. Took a minute or two, but I recall it was faster than I expected.

While it was nice to skip the previews that fast, I'm not sure I like this "double load" feature. How do you guys feel about it?

[Moefiz]

I think that's a cool way to do BD's now.Let the previews roll out while the movies loads.Its better thna looking at a blak screen with a blue bar loading.

[mystiksuicide]

It doesn't bother me, we put the disc in then go to the kitchen get some snacks so on by the time I get back the menu is up.

[GregBlu5]

I've noticed that everything is slower and more deliberate these days since I went to Hi Def. The Sony HDTV and DirecTV take several more moments to start up. The Sony 300 Blu-ray player also requires a more methodical operation. Disks of all sorts, even SD's, require more time to load up in the 300. I don't mind.

The pace of Hi Def life is far more leisurely. And that's a relief.

-Greg

[tron3]

Originally Posted by Moefiz

I think that's a cool way to do BD's now.Let the previews roll out while the movies loads.Its better thna looking at a blak screen with a blue bar loading.

I don't think that is what it is doing. The menu doesn't load until the previews end, or you press "top menu". Unless you know something I do not know.

[owa]

Only takes about 30 seconds to get to the main menu and that seems normal to me (for any of the BD-J titles, that is).

[Go Blu]

Its all relative. HEHE

Remember back in the day when we had to fast-forward and rewind a cassette tape. Then when they had a deck that would find the gap between songs that was a HUGE deal! Or when we had to "be kind and rewind" our video tapes.

We certainly are spoiled by all this modern technology.

[glenn22]

Is this load time only for stand alones? I haven't noticed any load times on my BDs using my PS3.

[DrinkMore]

Originally Posted by glenn22

Is this load time only for stand alones? I haven't noticed any load times on my BDs using my PS3.

Yeah, same here - no issues.

I did see a rat with a hula hoop for about 2 seconds if that twice. The movie loaded without issue.

[tron3]

Originally Posted by owa

Only takes about 30 seconds to get to the main menu and that seems normal to me (for any of the BD-J titles, that is).

You must be a PS3 owner. You guys blow through discs like it is nothing. As a dedicated player owner, this becomes an annoyance.

I am not complaining about my Sony BDP-S300. Even as a second generation technology, I understand there are compromises to be made. The new firmware keeps making it better and better.

Just not sure about this way of watching movies. I'm teased with 10 mintues of previews, and THEN wait some more for the main menu?

A PS3 just doesn't fit into my entertainment center, it has to be dedicated player. But Sony needs to amp up the BD-J load times in these new machines for me to seriously consider a new one. 30 seconds and under for a regular BD is totally acceptable.

In my opinion, they need to lighten up on the Java nonsense. While a PS3 is a gaming system, my player is not. But I suppose the point will be moot when the faster loading players come out.

[monkyman]

Your going to sit 2 hours through a movie, but you can't sit 2 minutes while it loads? Go pop some corn or get a drink, The load times on the S300 never bothered me, but then again, I have patients.

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by tron3

So far both Cars and Ratatouile load up in a strange new way. Within 30 seconds you get a message indicating the movie can take 2 to 3 minutes to load and to be sure you have the latest firmware. Then the previews start.

I skipped the previews by pressing the "top menu" button. Then it started to load the BD-J portion or the movie menu. Took a minute or two, but I recall it was faster than I expected.

While it was nice to skip the previews that fast, I'm not sure I like this "double load" feature. How do you guys feel about it?

Think that's left over from PR-overcompensating on those incompatible/forever-loading Pirates 2 disks that led early (or un-firmwared) hard-player adopters to throw their Sonys out the window--

I haven't played the Pirates disks yet, but my new-generation 60G PS3 only takes about 5 seconds to load Blus, so I haven't come face to face with the problem yet...
Only Disney disk so far has been "Meet the Robinsons", and no warning on that one.