Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd primary subsidiary Panasonic Corporation of North America is showing off its latest Blu-ray disc player. The DMP-BD50 supports the best of what the Blu-ray format offers, including its Full HD 1080p output. This model adds support for BD-Live, which brings web interactivity to the Blu-ray format, allowing users to download additional content.
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Originally posted by sgriesch: I hope they improved the load time, so that you don't have to wait like 5 minutes to watch your movie.
The previous model was the DMP-BD30. The boot-up time was 20 seconds. The load time (tray retraction to disc menu) was about 1 minute. This is about the same as my Toshiba HD-XA2. (My Toshiba A1 took 5 minutes.)
Originally posted by sgriesch: I hope they improved the load time, so that you don't have to wait like 5 minutes to watch your movie.
The previous model was the DMP-BD30. The boot-up time was 20 seconds. The load time (tray retraction to disc menu) was about 1 minute. This is about the same as my Toshiba HD-XA2. (My Toshiba A1 took 5 minutes.)
This newer model should have similar or even better stats.
That's good that they are improving. The larger capacity media takes longer to read. I was at an electronics store, which they demo'ing a Sony Blue Ray player, and even the salesman was cursing about how long it took to start up. My Toshiba HD-A30 takes a while, but no where near as long as that Sony player did. It was painful to try to watch the demonstration.
