Pausing Blu-rays

[The_Donster]

Originally Posted by JasonHensley

I'm amazed people are actually defending this, lol. Since VHS we have been able to pause and stop a movie and pick up right where we left off. Forget about the bs excuses like you should watch a movie in one sitting. Home theater should be about the convenience first and foremost. Although I love blu-ray they really took a step back in many ways with the online features and many, many disks rebooting from the beginning as soon as you turn the player off. I can't even begin to comprehend why people defend this.

This is kind of my way of thinking on the matter too. I do appreciate the Sony and Disney discs that ask if I'd like to start where I left off. I also agree that some members are actually showing how green around the gills they are by busting peoples balls on the matter. It is definitely backward tech in that regard. No Cevolution, my comments weren't meant for you. As far as pointing fingers go, if you feel the mark was meant for you, you're probably right.

[Cevolution]

Originally Posted by The_Donster

This is kind of my way of thinking on the matter too. I do appreciate the Sony and Disney discs that ask if I'd like to start where I left off. I also agree that some members are actually showing how green around the gills they are by busting peoples balls on the matter. It is definitely backward tech in that regard. No Cevolution, my comments weren't meant for you. As far as pointing fingers go, if you feel the mark was meant for you, you're probably right.

I wasn't referring to your comments, I was referring to someone else's

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by Race Bannon

Other than the fact that they are obviously trolling and trying to get a reaction, it also tends to reveal that they don't watch commentaries, they don't do a lot of repeat viewings, they don't watch television shows on blu-ray, and they don't review particular scenes and techniques as part of studying great films and director techniques.

Which is fine, they can watch what they want -- it's just laughable how little they must watch, but then think that their experience is the one that's "right."

Sorry but that makes no sense in my opinion. People are getting carried away with the trolling opinions when all we have done is argue that the resume problem is petty, which I believe it is. How does that mean we don't watch (listen) to commentaries? Or watch TV shows?

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by taxitodd

i couldn't agree more.

+1

[crazyBLUE]

Originally Posted by TaxiTodd

I couldn't agree more.

Originally Posted by Steedeel

+1

+2

[Steedeel]

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Originally Posted by crazyblue

+2 :d

+ infinity

[Anthony P]

Originally Posted by JasonHensley

So you don't think home theater is for convenience? Strange.

not for me (and many other people that I know), it is about having a better experience then the theatres can provide.

[crazyBLUE]

Originally Posted by Anthony P

not for me (and many other people that I know), it is about having a better experience then the theatres can provide.

Couldn't have said it any better Anthony

With A little hard work & money it's very easy to do....

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by Anthony P

not for me (and many other people that I know), it is about having a better experience then the theatres can provide.

Of course it is. Like I said, convenience is for the smartphone brigade. I like my movies big and loud.

[JasonHensley]

Originally Posted by Anthony P

not for me (and many other people that I know), it is about having a better experience then the theatres can provide.

Yeah. And it doesn't take a whole lot of money nowadays and only a little bit of research to build a home theatre that's better then what you can get at your local cinema. It is also much more conveniant then going to a theatre simply because it's in your house and it is sit up how you want it. Why are people actually defending this again? You should watch a movie in one setting and other comments are ignorant. Is it a deal breaker? No. Is it a step back? Of course.

[cricepng]

Originally Posted by JasonHensley

Yeah. And it doesn't take a whole lot of money nowadays and of little bit of research to build a home theatre that's better then what you can get at your local cinema. It is also much more conveniant then going to a theatre simply because it's in your house and it is sit up how you want it. Why are people actually defending this again? You should watch a movie in one setting and other comments are ignorant. Is it a deal breaker? No. Is it a step back? Of course.

Ignorant?!? Nobody has said that it is a deal breaker. Yes it is ideal to watch in one sitting. But on those times when you need to resume something, it is nice when you can just put in a disc and click OK to resume where you left off.

And there is a convenience that you enjoy in having your own home theater and collection. While it may not be the main reason for your collection, it probably is a factor. For people to say that having some concern about convenience equates us to smartphone video users is just inflammatory.

[JasonHensley]

Originally Posted by cricepng

Ignorant?!? Nobody has said that it is a deal breaker. Yes it is ideal to watch in one sitting. But on those times when you need to resume something, it is nice when you can just put in a disc and click OK to resume where you left off.

And there is a convenience that you enjoy in having your own home theater and collection. While it may not be the main reason for your collection, it probably is a factor. For people to say that having some concern about convenience equates us to smartphone video users is just inflammatory.

You might be confusing what I'm saying maybe. I find it funny how people actually defend how many blu-rays don't have a resume play feature when we have grown accustomed to something along those lines since the 1980s. There is really no defense for it and it's only a tiny problem but I just don't understand how so many people are defending it and telling people the proper way to watch a movie. It's silly. Then people act like having a home theatre in their home that they set up themselves is not a convenience. People try to hard to defend some things that are not worth defending.

[cricepng]

Originally Posted by JasonHensley

You might be confusing what I'm saying maybe. I find it funny how people actually defend how many blu-rays don't have a resume play feature when we have grown accustomed to something along those lines since the 1980s. There is really no defense for it and it's only a tiny problem but I just don't understand how so many people are defending it and telling people the proper way to watch a movie. It's silly. Then people act like having a home theatre in their home that they set up themselves is not a convenience. People try to hard to defend some things that are not worth defending.

Sorry about misinterpreting your post JH.

[JasonHensley]

Originally Posted by cricepng

Sorry about misinterpreting your post JH.

No problem

[Cevolution]

Originally Posted by JasonHensley

You might be confusing what I'm saying maybe. I find it funny how people actually defend how many blu-rays don't have a resume play feature when we have grown accustomed to something along those lines since the 1980s. There is really no defense for it and it's only a tiny problem but I just don't understand how so many people are defending it and telling people the proper way to watch a movie. It's silly. Then people act like having a home theatre in their home that they set up themselves is not a convenience. People try to hard to defend some things that are not worth defending.

I don't think there was anything for anyone to defend here though, because this thread is about pausing blu's where the OP was complaining about it without realising there is in fact a solution.

[JasonHensley]

Originally Posted by Cevolution

I don't think there was anything for anyone to defend here though, because this thread is about pausing blu's where the OP was complaining about it without realising there is in fact a solution.

I agree that the solution for his problem is to simply go in the menu and change his setting. The thing is, people start coming and and telling him the proper way to watch a movie and saying you should go to the bathroom, call your friends and family, cancel the mail, send kids off to camp, cut phone off, board up house, and then sit for 2 hours and don't dare get up for anything. A movie should be watched in one sitting and if you accidently sit on the remote and turn the power off on your blu-ray player half way through the movie then you should just start it over from the beginning. It's silly

[Dynamo of Eternia]

Originally Posted by JasonHensley

I agree that the solution for his problem is to simply go in the menu and change his setting. The thing is, people start coming and and telling him the proper way to watch a movie and saying you should go to the bathroom, call your friends and family, cancel the mail, send kids off to camp, cut phone off, board up house, and then sit for 2 hours and don't dare get up for anything. A movie should be watched in one sitting and if you accidently sit on the remote and turn the power off on your blu-ray player half way through the movie then you should just start it over from the beginning. It's silly

+1,000,000,000,000,000!!!


I wonder what happens when they try to watch the extended versions of any of the LOTR movies and they have to get up and change discs halfway through it. Do their heads implode over how much of a paradox this causes with the ideal and only way a movie should be watched?

[JasonHensley]

Originally Posted by Dynamo of Eternia

+1,000,000,000,000,000!!!


I wonder what happens when they try to watch the extended versions of any of the LOTR movies and they have to get up and change discs halfway through it. Do their heads implode over how much of a paradox this causes with the ideal and only way a movie should be watched?

Lol, I swear. I usually don't say much but the things people try to defend is beyond silly. People act like something we have been accustomed to for 30 years in being able to stop a movie and starting it back from where we left off should just be ignored and that we are watching movies in the comfort of our own house wrong. It annoys me that when I power off my blu-ray player that the majority of titles I have to sit through and wait to reload. I wonder if these people would defend their DVR from directv or dish if that everytime you turned it off you would have to sit through the reboot everytime like when you unplug it or reset it.

[Cevolution]

Originally Posted by JasonHensley

I agree that the solution for his problem is to simply go in the menu and change his setting. The thing is, people start coming and and telling him the proper way to watch a movie and saying you should go to the bathroom, call your friends and family, cancel the mail, send kids off to camp, cut phone off, board up house, and then sit for 2 hours and don't dare get up for anything. A movie should be watched in one sitting and if you accidently sit on the remote and turn the power off on your blu-ray player half way through the movie then you should just start it over from the beginning. It's silly

I understand completely where you are coming from and agree with certain aspects, however I also agree with certain points from those members that you are referring to. Even though some members come across a bit full on regarding life situation that arise, I don't think it was quite meant the way you have described it in your above post, sarcastic or not. For the most part what I took from those members comments is that, sure life can get in the way, however if you are intentionally sitting down to watch a film knowing that you are going to have to turn it off in 15 or 20 minutes to do something else, then perhaps instead of sitting down to watch a film, what needed to be done should have been taken care of first. This obviously depends on the situation and doesn't apply to certain disruptions that we don't expect, such as receiving a phone call etc, however if it involves something along the lines of cleaning and maintaining your home, cooking dinner or something like that, things that you know are in your everyday routine that you need to do which you are just putting off, then I do think that those things should be done first before choosing to sit down to watch a film, rather than unnecessarily watching in 15-30 minute intervals

[JasonHensley]

Originally Posted by Cevolution

I understand completely where you are coming from and agree with certain aspects, however I also agree with certain points from those members that you are referring to. Even though some members come across a bit full on regarding life situation that arise, I don't think it was quite meant the way you have described it in your above post, sarcastic or not. For the most part what I took from those members comments is that, sure life can get in the way, however if you are intentionally sitting down to watch a film knowing that you are going to have to turn it off in 15 or 20 minutes to do something else, then perhaps instead of sitting down to watch a film, what needed to be done should have been taken care of first. This obviously depends on the situation and doesn't apply to certain disruptions that we don't expect, such as receiving a phone call etc, however if it involves something along the lines of cleaning and maintaining your home, cooking dinner or something like that, things that you know are in your everyday routine that you need to do which you are just putting off, then I do think that those things should be done first before choosing to sit down to watch a film, rather than unnecessarily watching in 15-30 minute intervals

I agree with your more sensible outlook. Usually when I put in a movie my goal is to watch it right then and their. Sometimes things happen. Work might call, I get tired, or something along those lines. I would like it to be like the old days and when I hit power on my blu-ray player and leave that it would always start back in the same place like I have grown accustomed to over these years. I mean, their should really be no defending it and I do find it silly that some of these people say you should call your family before hand and tell them your going to watch a movie so don't call. WTH is that?