[1FASTGLOCK45]

Having read many news stories, and reading reviews IE: circuit city dot com I remember reading people say their only complaint of Sony Dvd players is that it takes a while to load and start playing--i presume is the cheap model-which I currently own *~80$ aprox.

This lead to my flashback: Most the population of Japan is elderly: Sony is a Japanese company: alot of influence must come from their "home base", which are the elderly folks. I could imagine it takes a while to move from the dvd player to the couch.

So my speculation may be wrong or right, what do you guys think? My Sony works well and runs all my dvds, quality is good, it loads up perfectly quick for me and i'm not an old man. What is your experience with Dvd players and what do you think of my theory?

** My theory is my own. If someone else has already posted/published this theory please feel free to share with us.

[mikegi]

I see a Nobel Prize in your future. Keep up the good work!

[dennisw]

Party on Garth!!!

[goldstategop]

LOL! When a player refuses to load a DVD, its kaput. Buying a new player will usually solve the issue. I replaced my last RCA DVD player with a new one and now I'm satisfied.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

[ErnBatavia]

Along this line, I received a DVD from Australia...it played fine on the computer, but won't play on the television setup.

Anybody know if DVD's are like VHS tapes, where many countries use a PAL system that's not compatible?

[RebelBanker]

Mrs. Reb and I have several DVD players from different manufacturers and really do not see any significant difference between brands in terms of start-up speed. I suppose the cheaper models have less powerful motors and thus are slower at getting the discs up to speed, but I have not taken a stopwatch to them. Some videos are much slower to start than others, but that appears to be a function of how much has to be loaded up before it starts playing.

[peyton randolph]

In the 1990 movie "Crazy People," mentally unbalanced ad exec Dudley Moore runs a commercial attributing the high quality of asian electronics to the fact that asians are tiny and are thus closer to the goods that they assemble. I'd add this to your theory. Tiny asians = fewer defects.

[Kirkwood]

Japanese living rooms are like walk-in closets in the US.

I think the reason it takes a little longer is because there is built in scanning software that senses if the dvd is an illegal copy.

[Richard Kimball]

If it says Sony, I won't buy it. I don't trust Sony. The reason it's probably slow to play DVDs is because Sony has cooked up some kind of spyware, similar to what they put on their CDs. Also, Sony is known to make everything proprietary (memory sticks instead of compact flash cards or smart media, proprietary batteries, etc.)

BTW, picked up the new Fantastic Four DVD, and it will not let you fast forward through the previews, or go directly to the main menu. You HAVE to play the stupid trailers for two movies before you can get to the movie menu. This isn't a Sony DVD, but a 20th Century Fox. Media companies are doing everything they can to alienate their base. They also have a bill before congress to require THEIR copy protection software on all electronics sold in the US, including computers, CD players, DVD players, etc.