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

[Anthony P]

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?

1) BD has two options for menus HDMV and BD-J, HDMV is much simpler but can't do as much
2) some BD-J titles run tests on the systems to know its capabilities so it will work well with what is designed
3) some live titles go to get data from the start
4)some have more content then others ( compare a plain static image to a menu with many changing images and sound obviously the second will have a lot more to DL before playing)
5) sometimes it is planned (i.e. make the splash screen last a bit longer)