New Sony blu ray player -S300

[Cortiz]

Originally Posted by fredreed

Right now I have the samsung 1200 blu-ray player. Which one is better the new sony blu-ray player or the Samsung 1200 blu-ray player?

I own The Samsung P1200, and to me, is by far the better one. I had the Sony S300 and I ended up returned it.

PQ and SQ is about the same for both players. But what set the Samsung apart from the Sony is the start up, and loading time, specially for the BD's that have the Java load. (i.e) the POTC discs. The Sony really struggles on these discs, taking as long as 2 1/2 minutes to load. The Samsung load these discs in about 45 seconds. (huge difference if you ask me).

Another issue with the Sony is the resume playback feature. If you power the unit off, there is no resume playback. The movie just starts off from the beginning, menus and all. The Samsung P1200 does have this feature, even if you power the unit off, and I heard that the Panny player also has this feature. Not having this feature on the S300, to me is a deal breaker.

Note: The resume playback feature does not work on any BD discs that requires the Java load on any players.

[whippersnapper]

Holy, moly. Amazon is showing "usually ships in 1 to 2 months" for the BDP-S300s now. Between the Panny shortage and now this the Blu-ray player manufacturers way underestimated demand.

http://www.amazon.com/Sony-BDP-S300-...&s=electronics

Oops, now it doesn't say that, it says there are two in stock. False alarm.

[SamInNorthCakalakey]

Originally Posted by Cortiz

I own The Samsung P1200, and to me, is by far the better one. I had the Sony S300 and I ended up returned it.

PQ and SQ is about the same for both players. But what set the Samsung apart from the Sony is the start up, and loading time, specially for the BD's that have the Java load. (i.e) the POTC discs. The Sony really struggles on these discs, taking as long as 2 1/2 minutes to load. The Samsung load these discs in about 45 seconds. (huge difference if you ask me).

Another issue with the Sony is the resume playback feature. If you power the unit off, there is no resume playback. The movie just starts off from the beginning, menus and all. The Samsung P1200 does have this feature, even if you power the unit off, and I heard that the Panny player also has this feature. Not having this feature on the S300, to me is a deal breaker.

Note: The resume playback feature does not work on any BD discs that requires the Java load on any players.

When you pause it for a while it automatically shuts off or "goes to sleep" and then when you come back and turn it on it resumes from where you left off. So the S300 does have that.

I love mine. It is cheaper than the Sammy. Right now the question is whether the load times are worth the extra $100? It might be for you. The Ethernet port isn't viable as of yet since nothing has been written to use it. Maybe a year from now.

[Cortiz]

Originally Posted by SamInNorthCakalakey

When you pause it for a while it automatically shuts off or "goes to sleep" and then when you come back and turn it on it resumes from where you left off. So the S300 does have that.

I love mine. It is cheaper than the Sammy. Right now the question is whether the load times are worth the extra $100? It might be for you. The Ethernet port isn't viable as of yet since nothing has been written to use it. Maybe a year from now.

The Sony S300 DOES NOT RESUME playback if the unit is turned off. The SAMSUNG DOES. That was my point.

[SamInNorthCakalakey]

I understand what you said but a workaround for that issue is just to pause the movie and if it turns off on it's own, it's fine since it will resume from where you left off. Calm down.

[Cortiz]

Originally Posted by SamInNorthCakalakey

I understand what you said but a workaround for that issue is just to pause the movie and if it turns off on it's own, it's fine since it will resume from where you left off. Calm down.

So if you pause a movie and let it turns off on it's own, does the unit powers off completely?