Why does it take so long to load disk?

[Mahatma]

Originally Posted by stompy

I have a Sony BDP S300 with all the firmware updates installed.
I have not timed it, but last night I was watching "What Just Happened" and the load time seemed about 1 - 2 minutes.
I agree with the other posters, there are times when it loads very fast, but other times, it seems to take for ever!
I am wondering it it is loading a lot of stuff or what?
Thanks everyone for your help and information.

I have the sony BDP-S500,and I timed it:For it to eject tray when turned off,it takes 54 seconds!54!To load up Fight club takes 5 minutes!Granted it is an old BD player,but think sony is some of the worst in that respect.

My new oppo takes under 5 secs to open tray,and discs load 4 times faster.But again there's a downside:won't play AVC encoded FOX releases But use my sony for them.

[toddly6666]

The "long loading" times or the "no disk" error times are when I remind myself "why did I leave dvd for this?"

But still, i prefer a long-loading Bluray disc rather than get a dvd that worked perfectly in the past but now out-of-the-blue starts skipping.