Pausing Blu-rays

[DGates01]

Originally Posted by Anthony P

no it is what people that want to enjoy a film do unlike people that want to waste time.

You make NO sense. Starting the movie from the very beginning is the epitome of wasting time.

[Cinemadave]

I just added a Panasonic BDT 500..great machine, but it always turns off if I don't start playback within 30 min. An older HD-DVD player can cue to a feature, and if one pushes "stop" twice it will quietly wait until "play" is pushed, then play the feature - no menus, on-screen displays, just movie.

Is there any blu-ray player capable of doing that?

[Anthony P]

Originally Posted by DGates01

You make NO sense. Starting the movie from the very beginning is the epitome of wasting time.

only if you believe enjoying a film is wasting time. If not then it makes perfect sense.

[The_Donster]

Stop being a troll Anthony, this forum isn't you or anyone else's personal playground. You, and some of your fellow cronies know that you were being a couple of smart asses and not offering up any suggestions to the OP problem. So either contribute to the thread productively or find a rock to climb back under, ok?!?!?

[Anthony P]

Originally Posted by The_Donster

Stop being a troll Anthony, this forum isn't you or anyone else's personal playground. You, and some of your fellow cronies know that you were being a couple of smart asses and not offering up any suggestions to the OP problem. So either contribute to the thread productively or find a rock to climb back under, ok?!?!?

seriously man, why don't you listen to your own advice and crawl back under that rock you just crawled out from under, since your post added nothing intelligent to the conversation. As for Helping,

Originally Posted by jvonl

The player is an Oppo BDP-83 with the latest firmware.

Which did lead to some potentially helpful discussion that would not have existed if jvonl did not take my advice. Just because you don’t agree with some of the helpful discussion does not make it trolling it just makes you very closed minded

[The_Donster]

Because I'm not the one who's constantly talking down to my fellow members to prove how much more knowledgeable I am

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by The_Donster

Stop being a troll Anthony, this forum isn't you or anyone else's personal playground. You, and some of your fellow cronies know that you were being a couple of smart asses and not offering up any suggestions to the OP problem. So either contribute to the thread productively or find a rock to climb back under, ok?!?!?

Fellow cronies? Care to name names donster?

[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.

[Steedeel]

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.

Home theatre should be about convenience first and foremost?
Are you for real? Have we become so lazy as human beings that we moan about having to spend a minute finding a scene? We are watching stunning full HD high bit rate in our own homes. A/v quality that with the right setup is stunning. We have chapter search and high speed fast forward, how hard can it be? Also, why bring this up now? Bluray has been around for years.

All this (in my opinion) crap is fuelling the fire for streaming fanboys. I would rather watch my movies using the best home format on the planet!

[JasonHensley]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

Home theatre should be about convenience first and foremost?
Are you for real? Have we become so lazy as human beings that we moan about having to spend a minute finding a scene? We are watching stunning full HD high bit rate in our own homes. A/v quality that with the right setup is stunning. We have chapter search and high speed fast forward, how hard can it be? Also, why bring this up now? Bluray has been around for years.

All this (in my opinion) crap is fuelling the fire for streaming fanboys. I would rather watch my movies using the best home format on the planet!

Oh my, lol. No I haven't become that lazy that finding a scene truly bothers me. I own over 800 dvds and 400 blu-rays. I will never go digital unless it's the only option. However to say blu-ray is not a step back when it comes to stopping a movie and restarting from dvd and vhs is just as silly as complaining about the feature being gone. As someone who works oddball shifts and a lot of overtime, I stop movies many times and have to reload them and find where I was the next day. Not all blu-rays do this, but it seems like less and less have the resume playback feature. Is it the end of the world? No. Is it a step back? Yes.

[Steedeel]

I was speaking generally if you read my post. However, I was baffled about your comment on convenience being the first concern of an enthusiast.

[JasonHensley]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

I was speaking generally if you read my post. However, I was baffled about your comment on convenience being the first concern of an enthusiast.

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

[Steedeel]

Yes it is about convenience to a certain extent. But the biggest concern is quality projector or screen, quality speakers and the best tools to make the use of your room. In other words it is picture and sound quality. That to me is the core of any home cinema room. Convenience is the primary concern for smartphone film fans. In other words not film fans at all.
Popping a disc in a player is pretty convenient to be fair.

[blonde_devil]

I have noticed that the PS3 will start up again where you left off but it doesn't seem to be for every movie - at least I don't think so, correct me if I am wrong. I know it didn't before but have been noticing it more and more.

[sheldo]

I can't wait for some people in here to grow up and have children then come back and tell us about watching a movie without needing to pause it for any extended period of time.

There's no escaping it, BD sucks for this reason, apologists trying to explain this technical oversight in design as being OK in the name of art is

[JasonHensley]

Originally Posted by sheldo

I can't wait for some people in here to grow up and have children then come back and tell us about watching a movie without needing to pause it for any extended period of time.

There's no escaping it, BD sucks for this reason, apologists trying to explain this technical oversight in design as being OK in the name of art is

I wouldn't say blu-ray sucks because of it, but it is definitely a step backwards. As a movie lover, blu-ray is fantastic IMO. It is the absolute best way to get the best audio and picture quality at home. However, the lack of a resume play option on many discs is a drawback. It would be like the next home movie media device going backwards and requiring you to rewind the movie like VHS days lol.

[Race Bannon]

Originally Posted by sheldo

I can't wait for some people in here to grow up and have children then come back and tell us about watching a movie without needing to pause it for any extended period of time.

There's no escaping it, BD sucks for this reason, apologists trying to explain this technical oversight in design as being OK in the name of art is

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."

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by sheldo

I can't wait for some people in here to grow up and have children then come back and tell us about watching a movie without needing to pause it for any extended period of time.

There's no escaping it, BD sucks for this reason, apologists trying to explain this technical oversight in design as being OK in the name of art is

Yep that is true. I am a single man by choice and have no intentions of having kids. I just couldn't be bothered. Am I odd? Maybe, but I don't care. That's just me. Then again, if I couldn't just watch a movie without pausing it several times I would probably stick with streaming and dvd. I can only talk from my viewpoint. I like the quiet life and that makes it easy to enjoy home cinema.

[Cevolution]

I hope no one above is referring to me because I was just trying to help and offer some insight to those who are having these issues. This thread isn't really about certain titles not resuming after you have pressed the stop or the power buttons because of BD-Java though. The OP specifically titled the thread "Pausing Blu-rays", referring to when he pauses his player how it times out after it has been in screen saver mode for a short amount of time. That's got nothing at all to do with the actual specs of blu-ray, it's to do with his player (therefore he should be upset with the manufacturer of his player, not blu-ray technology in general), and to be honest rather than the OP opening a thread to complain about this, he could have simply asked about it instead (or searched for threads on the topic, as there are others all ready opened with solutions), where he could of got some advice in return on how to stop this from happening, like other members have done in the thread. The majority of players do allow for automatic shutdown features to be turned off in the settings menu, and discs with their own screensavers can be resumed if the correct button is pressed on the remote.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by Cevolution

I hope no one above is referring to me because I was just trying to help and offer some insight to those who are having these issues. This thread isn't really about certain titles not resuming after you have pressed the stop or the power buttons because of BD-Java though. The OP specifically titled the thread "Pausing Blu-rays", referring to when he pauses his player how it times out after it has been in screen saver mode for a short amount of time. That's got nothing at all to do with the actual specs of blu-ray, it's to do with his player (therefore he should be upset with the manufacturer of his player, not blu-ray technology in general), and to be honest rather than the OP opening a thread to complain about this, he could have simply asked about it instead (or searched for threads on the topic, as there are others all ready opened with solutions), where he could of got some advice in return on how to stop this from happening, like other members have done in the thread. The majority of players do allow for automatic shutdown features to be turned off in the settings menu, and discs with their own screensavers can be resumed if the correct button is pressed on the remote.

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