Waiting BD has BD-J? - Blu-ray Forum

goodstuff · 07-17-2007, 12:22 PM

Watched Waiting last night and I noticed there is some new stuff that I haven't seen on any other BD's, like stored bookmarking and controllable menu effects. Is this the first time this has been applied on BD? There was probably other stuff there too, but I didn't have time to fool around with it. When you moved the directional pad an interface pops up where you can graphically control the speeds of the FF/REW, or jump directly to any part of the movie by dragging the timeline. Also, if you push down some sort of marker appears on the timeline and pushing up makes it disappear, though I'm not sure what that does. Bookmarks also appear on the timeline and are controlled using those four colored keys.

I'm using a Panny BD10, so it works on players other than the PS3 as well.

foots · 07-17-2007, 01:35 PM

Weeds Season 1 had all that stuff.

goodstuff · 07-17-2007, 02:54 PM

OK, thanks. Didn't have that one, but it looks like these features may be standard for Lion's Gate discs now.

groovyone · 07-17-2007, 03:07 PM

Anyone seen any reviews for Waiting... yet?

BStecke · 07-17-2007, 04:58 PM

I just popped it in to compare the DVD and it's IMMENSELY better. I was surprised, since I know the movie was made on the cheap, but it looks wonderful.

groovyone · 07-17-2007, 04:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BStecke

I just popped it in to compare the DVD and it's IMMENSELY better. I was surprised, since I know the movie was made on the cheap, but it looks wonderful.

Thanks for the heads up! I loved the movie, so it may be my second DVD replacement. (1st was Blazing Saddles for $13.99 hahaha)

ClaytonMG · 07-18-2007, 01:23 AM

Holy crap does this look better than the DVD. Except I do have problems with the load time (which is worse than POTC) and also at one point it sped up by itself, like my HD-DVD player does (uh oh!!!)

yankeedawg21 · 07-19-2007, 05:44 AM

I bought waiting on blu ray on tuesday and I own the new pioneer elite Blu ray player and a PS3. When I put the movie in the Elite it just stayed with the loading screen for a good 15 - 20 mins and nothing happened. On the PS3 The menu came up but when it came to pulling up the pop up menu or watching any special features it froze. I work in a Magnolia home theater in best buy so i took the movie back but 1st i tried it on the Panasonic BD10a and it had the same problem as the Elite had. Now I have a new copy of it and the exact same thing is happening any1 else w/ this problem??

Zaphod · 07-19-2007, 05:45 AM

Might just be a bad copy, mine works fine on my PS3.

zombieking · 07-19-2007, 05:59 AM

Just ordered this movie...I'll keep you posted

sardaukar1977 · 07-19-2007, 07:51 AM

Mine played fine, but I noticed that the PQ was not so great. I mean it looked just a little bit better then the SD DVD version. It seemed like the image was too soft, like the sharpness was turned all the way down (and I did check to make sure it wasn't)

anyone else notice this?

marine92104 · 07-19-2007, 08:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sardaukar1977

Mine played fine, but I noticed that the PQ was not so great. I mean it looked just a little bit better then the SD DVD version. It seemed like the image was too soft, like the sharpness was turned all the way down (and I did check to make sure it wasn't)

anyone else notice this?

I have the 1st generation Panasonic & it took forever to load & it kept freezing about every 2 minutes for a couple of seconds & then it would start playing again. It finally quit doing it about an hour into the movie.

I rented the movie so I thought maybe something was wrong with the disc I rented but if more people are having problems with it, it may be the pressing.

goodstuff · 07-19-2007, 01:15 PM

I have the Panny BD10 as well and had no problems at all. The loading gears screen came on for about 15 seconds and all was good. No lockup problems and all the Java stuff worked fine.

Gamma_Winstead · 07-19-2007, 04:02 PM

i didn't have a problem at all. the PQ wasn't the best though...

tommy81569 · 07-24-2007, 07:36 PM

I have experienced this same problem with two different copies. I ordered from DVD Planet and when I couldn't view it, they sent a second copy. At the point that the Lion's Gate intro should start, it freezes with a black screen. DVD Planet suspects a bad batch of discs.

I have the Sony BDP-S1.

EvanX · 07-24-2007, 07:52 PM

I think the biggest problem with it is, that it's just not funny.

tommy81569 · 08-24-2007, 08:01 PM

UPDATE:

Installing the newest firmware for the BDP-S1 was what was needed for Waiting... I'm new to the world of Blu-Ray and have been reading a lot of the posts on the forum and finally saw something on firmware upgrades. I had 1.6. The newest available is 2.0. Waiting... did not come with the disclaimer 300 did in regard to having to have the newest firmware, but I would bet if you are having problems with this movie, a firmware upgrade would solve the problem.

zombieking · 08-24-2007, 08:14 PM

I have 2 copies of this movie and both do the same thing. In order to watch Waiting on my Sammy 1200 I need to reset the machine, otherwise the movie won't load at all. I don't know why this is. The first time watching it worked fine.

Anthony P · 08-25-2007, 04:03 PM

no issues here

Ite · 01-22-2011, 07:10 PM

The review on the site makes this Blu out to be horrible, I am a big fan of the movie and wanna know if it is really that bad or if it's a good upgrade, thanks!

07-17-2007, 12:22 PM	#1
goodstuff Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Oct 2006 4K collection:509 Blu-ray collection:6535 Blu-ray reviews: 85 Trading Score:6	Waiting BD has BD-J? Watched Waiting last night and I noticed there is some new stuff that I haven't seen on any other BD's, like stored bookmarking and controllable menu effects. Is this the first time this has been applied on BD? There was probably other stuff there too, but I didn't have time to fool around with it. When you moved the directional pad an interface pops up where you can graphically control the speeds of the FF/REW, or jump directly to any part of the movie by dragging the timeline. Also, if you push down some sort of marker appears on the timeline and pushing up makes it disappear, though I'm not sure what that does. Bookmarks also appear on the timeline and are controlled using those four colored keys. I'm using a Panny BD10, so it works on players other than the PS3 as well.

07-19-2007, 05:44 AM	#8
yankeedawg21 Member Member since:Feb 2007	Problem with the movie Waiting I bought waiting on blu ray on tuesday and I own the new pioneer elite Blu ray player and a PS3. When I put the movie in the Elite it just stayed with the loading screen for a good 15 - 20 mins and nothing happened. On the PS3 The menu came up but when it came to pulling up the pop up menu or watching any special features it froze. I work in a Magnolia home theater in best buy so i took the movie back but 1st i tried it on the Panasonic BD10a and it had the same problem as the Elite had. Now I have a new copy of it and the exact same thing is happening any1 else w/ this problem??

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07-17-2007, 01:35 PM	#2
foots Expert Member Member since:May 2007 Blu-ray collection:98 Trading Score:17	Weeds Season 1 had all that stuff.

07-17-2007, 02:54 PM	#3
goodstuff Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Oct 2006 4K collection:509 Blu-ray collection:6535 Blu-ray reviews: 85 Trading Score:6	OK, thanks. Didn't have that one, but it looks like these features may be standard for Lion's Gate discs now.

07-17-2007, 03:07 PM	#4
groovyone Blu-ray Guru Member since:May 2007 Location:PSNetwork: groovyone	Anyone seen any reviews for Waiting... yet?

07-17-2007, 04:58 PM	#5
BStecke Blu-ray Knight Member since:Jun 2007 4K collection:182 Blu-ray collection:567 DVD collection:1 Digital collection:1 iTunes collection:1 Blu-ray reviews: 1 Trading Score:6	I just popped it in to compare the DVD and it's IMMENSELY better. I was surprised, since I know the movie was made on the cheap, but it looks wonderful.

07-18-2007, 01:23 AM	#7
ClaytonMG Blu-ray Samurai Member since:May 2006 Location:New Brighton, MN Home Theater Gallery:16 4K collection:833 Blu-ray collection:2370 Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:1	Holy crap does this look better than the DVD. Except I do have problems with the load time (which is worse than POTC) and also at one point it sped up by itself, like my HD-DVD player does (uh oh!!!)

07-19-2007, 05:45 AM	#9
Zaphod Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Apr 2007 Location:A small planet somewhere in the vicinity of Betelgeuse. Blu-ray collection:350 Trading Score:4	Might just be a bad copy, mine works fine on my PS3.

07-19-2007, 05:59 AM	#10
zombieking Special Member Member since:May 2007 Location:CANADA Blu-ray collection:304 Blu-ray reviews: 18	Just ordered this movie...I'll keep you posted

07-19-2007, 07:51 AM	#11
sardaukar1977 Expert Member Member since:Mar 2007 Location:Dallas, Texas Blu-ray collection:779 Blu-ray reviews:1	Mine played fine, but I noticed that the PQ was not so great. I mean it looked just a little bit better then the SD DVD version. It seemed like the image was too soft, like the sharpness was turned all the way down (and I did check to make sure it wasn't) anyone else notice this?

07-19-2007, 01:15 PM	#13
goodstuff Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Oct 2006 4K collection:509 Blu-ray collection:6535 Blu-ray reviews: 85 Trading Score:6	I have the Panny BD10 as well and had no problems at all. The loading gears screen came on for about 15 seconds and all was good. No lockup problems and all the Java stuff worked fine.

07-19-2007, 04:02 PM	#14
Gamma_Winstead Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:Jul 2007 Location:U.S.G. Ishimura 4K collection:118 Blu-ray collection:764 Blu-ray reviews: 36 Trading Score:6	i didn't have a problem at all. the PQ wasn't the best though...

07-24-2007, 07:36 PM	#15
tommy81569 Junior Member Member since:Jul 2007	I have experienced this same problem with two different copies. I ordered from DVD Planet and when I couldn't view it, they sent a second copy. At the point that the Lion's Gate intro should start, it freezes with a black screen. DVD Planet suspects a bad batch of discs. I have the Sony BDP-S1.

07-24-2007, 07:52 PM	#16
EvanX Expert Member Member since:Jan 2007 Location:Michigan Blu-ray collection:47	I think the biggest problem with it is, that it's just not funny.

08-24-2007, 08:01 PM	#17
tommy81569 Junior Member Member since:Jul 2007	UPDATE: Installing the newest firmware for the BDP-S1 was what was needed for Waiting... I'm new to the world of Blu-Ray and have been reading a lot of the posts on the forum and finally saw something on firmware upgrades. I had 1.6. The newest available is 2.0. Waiting... did not come with the disclaimer 300 did in regard to having to have the newest firmware, but I would bet if you are having problems with this movie, a firmware upgrade would solve the problem.

08-24-2007, 08:14 PM	#18
zombieking Special Member Member since:May 2007 Location:CANADA Blu-ray collection:304 Blu-ray reviews: 18	I have 2 copies of this movie and both do the same thing. In order to watch Waiting on my Sammy 1200 I need to reset the machine, otherwise the movie won't load at all. I don't know why this is. The first time watching it worked fine.

08-25-2007, 04:03 PM	#19
Anthony P Blu-ray Count Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Montreal, Canada	no issues here

01-22-2011, 07:10 PM	#20
Ite Banned Member since:May 2010	The review on the site makes this Blu out to be horrible, I am a big fan of the movie and wanna know if it is really that bad or if it's a good upgrade, thanks!

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