Pausing Blu-rays

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Originally Posted by Anthony P

agree 100% I don't get why it is such an issue with some. The few times I needed to stop a movie midway I found I got a much better experience starting from scratch than where I left off.

We actually have lives that are not centered around just watching movies! With young children, emergencies arise that require attention. In June I will be moving back to a country where the power is almost guaranteed to go off during the span of a movie. If we started from scratch every time we had to pause a movie for an extended period of time, we'd never see the last half of almost anything.

So you don't get why it is an issue, it doesn't mean that it can't be an issue for others. I'm glad that you don't have to stop much in the middle of a movie. Some of us aren't so lucky.

[Anthony P]

Originally Posted by cricepng

We actually have lives that are not centered around just watching movies! With young children, emergencies arise that require attention.

so I guess you are the first human being with a kid it is not about having lives centered around movies, it is more of an attitude, if something happens and I need to stop a movie I just prefer to start from the beginning. The reason to watch a film for me is not to kill 2h but to experience the film. You can ***** and moan all you want and make all the excuses you want , but you just can't experience a film correctly when you cut it into bite size pieces.

In June I will be moving back to a country where the power is almost guaranteed to go off during the span of a movie. If we started from scratch every time we had to pause a movie for an extended period of time, we'd never see the last half of almost anything.

man if the power is that unreliable that you can guarantee it won't be on for whole movie then you have much bigger things to worry about than. That would also just kill your equipment.

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Originally Posted by Anthony P

so I guess you are the first human being with a kid it is not about having lives centered around movies, it is more of an attitude, if something happens and I need to stop a movie I just prefer to start from the beginning. The reason to watch a film for me is not to kill 2h but to experience the film. You can ***** and moan all you want and make all the excuses you want , but you just can't experience a film correctly when you cut it into bite size pieces.

man if the power is that unreliable that you can guarantee it won't be on for whole movie then you have much bigger things to worry about than. That would also just kill your equipment.

As I said, if you can regularly watch entire movies without interruption, then you are lucky. It still doesn't mean that those of us who cannot do not have a valid complaint in the lack of universal resume functionality of BDs. I agree that watching a movie w/ no breaks is ideal but not possible all the time. Why do you complain about people discussing a feature that they wish were more universally available?

And about the power, you wouldn't believe the level of power conditioners, surge protectors and UPS's that I use. In 13 years I have only lost one cheap HT receiver. But that is also the reason that I don't invest in expensive equipment.