Everything you ever wanted to know about Blu-ray.... but were too afraid to ask :o

[garlad]

Ok, so I am sure there are people here who would like to ask a few questions but are afraid that the questions they have are "silly" or they might think "people will think I am stupid if I ask this.." or "it's probably too obvious so I wont ask..." Well, dont be afraid anymore! This is the thread that will let you ask anything about blu-ray but were too afraid to ask It is for those little questions that you have where you are thinking "Ok, this is probably really obvious but.." Want to know some definitions? The explanation behind some abbreviations or acronyms? Just ask! No question is too ridiculous!

I know there are loads of threads here that will definately give you the answers, but all this thread should just provide one or two liners to answer your question in the simplest, quickest way.

Dont be shy, no matter how stupid or trivial you might think the question is, just ask!!

I'll start.. what the hell is "noise" in a film?? I read reviews etc and people SEE "noise" ?????

Also, in the film The Dark Knight, some scenes were shot in IMAX.. eh.. what is that?? What scenes? And what makes them stand out from the rest?? The whole film looked great to me!

[JJ]

Is there a setting on my PS3 that allows me to remove those black bars I see?

[Fors*]

I'll give this a go.....but why does it have to take sooooo long to upload a blu-ray on most players?

[Blu_Ray_UK2007]

Good thread idea..

AFIAK noise is like little black flickering shapes in the film, if you watch old MGM intro's you'll see it.
I could be completely wrong.. but thats what I took it as.

[quexos]

Originally Posted by Blu_Ray_UK2007

Good thread idea..

AFIAK noise is like little black flickering shapes in the film, if you watch old MGM intro's you'll see it.
I could be completely wrong.. but thats what I took it as.

What does AFIAK mean ? and why do the english speaking people use so many acronyms all the time ?

[tlmaclennan]

As Far As I Know...took me a long time to figure it out!

[garlad]

Originally Posted by forsberg21

I'll give this a go.....but why does it have to take sooooo long to upload a blu-ray on most players?

its very fast on a ps3 so I guess other players take longer due to weaker processors? What it is doing for the 2 or 3 mins during loading though, I have no idea..

Originally Posted by Blu_Ray_UK2007

Good thread idea..

AFIAK noise is like little black flickering shapes in the film, if you watch old MGM intro's you'll see it.
I could be completely wrong.. but thats what I took it as.

Cheers man.. thats all I needed to know!

Originally Posted by tlmaclennan

As Far As I Know...took me a long time to figure it out!

Didnt know that either! You learn something new every day!

[Kor-ray]

how do you update a Blu ray player? ive tryed but never could figure it out.

[Slec]

what player do you have?

1) direct from web
2) download file and update from a thumb drive
3) download file update from a burned disk


4) ??? profit?

[brettallica]

Why don't all Blu-ray discs take the same time to load? More specifically: why can't manufacturing companies (studios?) make these times more consistent? Is there a certain specification (or list thereof) that manufacturing companies/studios must meet?

[PH3AR]

Why was it named "blu-ray" is something in the disc blue or was it the creator of blu-rays favorite color?

[brettallica]

Originally Posted by PH3AR

Why was it named "blu-ray" is something in the disc blue or was it the creator of blu-rays favorite color?

That's an easy one: it's because its data is reaad and written by a blue laser.

The name Blu-ray Disc derives from the blue-violet laser used to read the disc. While a standard DVD uses a 650 nanometre red laser, Blu-ray uses a shorter wavelength, a 405 nm blue-violet laser, and allows for almost six times more data storage than on a DVD.

Source: Wikipedia

[garlad]

Originally Posted by Kor-ray

how do you update a Blu ray player? ive tryed but never could figure it out.

As Slec asked, what player do you have and someone will answer you here! Should be easy!

Originally Posted by Slec

what player do you have?

1) direct from web
2) download file and update from a thumb drive
3) download file update from a burned disk


4) ??? profit?

What do you mean by point 4??

[beefytwinkie]

Originally Posted by garlad

As Slec asked, what player do you have and someone will answer you here! Should be easy!



What do you mean by point 4??

It's a joke from a South Park episode called Gnomes (season 2). A bunch of gnomes would steal underpants and when confronted with their diabolical scheme they had a chart which read as follows:

Phase 1: Collect underpants
Phase 2: ?
Phase 3: Profit

[Diesel]

Originally Posted by PH3AR

Why was it named "blu-ray" is something in the disc blue or was it the creator of blu-rays favorite color?

because the laser is blue-violet like brettallica said, and violt-ray sounds stupid
with or without the E

[Blu_Ray_UK2007]

Originally Posted by quexos

What does AFIAK mean ? and why do the english speaking people use so many acronyms all the time ?

Busy people.. no time to be typing as far as I know

[garlad]

Originally Posted by beefytwinkie

It's a joke from a South Park episode called Gnomes (season 2). A bunch of gnomes would steal underpants and when confronted with their diabolical scheme they had a chart which read as follows:

Phase 1: Collect underpants
Phase 2: ?
Phase 3: Profit

Ahh! I see.. Dont watch too much South Park!

Originally Posted by brettallica

Why don't all Blu-ray discs take the same time to load? More specifically: why can't manufacturing companies (studios?) make these times more consistent? Is there a certain specification (or list thereof) that manufacturing companies/studios must meet?

Anyone able to answer this for brettallica?

[Slec]

It has to do with the menu's and their authoring. All those great graphics we get for menus, as well as the menu's themselves (interactivity) take time to load up. There are a couple different ways to do it.

BD Java has improved drastically since the beginning and now there are a lot of shortcuts that help tighten up the load times.

edit: the reason they aren't consistent is because each movie is offering a different slate of material (up to and including BD-Live). I think it's a good idea to have a 'generic template' but I mostly just watch the movie itself.

[VinnAY]

Originally Posted by JJxiv1215

Is there a setting on my PS3 that allows me to remove those black bars I see?

[mikejet]

Originally Posted by brettallica

Why don't all Blu-ray discs take the same time to load? More specifically: why can't manufacturing companies (studios?) make these times more consistent? Is there a certain specification (or list thereof) that manufacturing companies/studios must meet?

I've never noticed certain BD's taking longer than other with the exception of when they load BD-Live content when you start then up, i.e. Iron Man.