Posted by ~P~ on 04/14/06 04:16

Strange that you should say that - one of the first reports on the Toshiba
HD-DVD player is that it takes over 60 seconds from power on, to when a disc
will actually be able to start playing in the unit. While not anything of a
killer issue, I do believe it is reflective of the lower class architecture
that Toshiba is aiming for with this product. Hopefully US models (next
week?) will show a bit more enthusiasm. ;o)

~P~

"Voinin" <vboing@boing.biz> wrote in message
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-I don't know much about the Blu-Ray spec, but if things progress like
-they have with other media, it should actually have faster seek times.
-The problem with DVDs taking a while to load isn't just recognition of
-the media, but loading IFO files and running the scripts contained
-within. But then the same thing will apply to Blu-Ray as well, won't
-it? Depends on how fast the processor on the player runs.

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