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Are BR drives still slow as molasses? PS3.

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Oyeve

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So, i got a PS3 around 3 years ago and use it pretty much for BR playing. initially I only had a few discs and really havent used it all that much. Lately tho I have been getting more into BR and my PS3 seems to load them slow. I recall asking this question a couple of years ago but maybe things have changed a bit since then. Are BR players still slow on loading movies and menus? I want to maybe get rid of the PS3 and just get a sleek standalone player but if they are still slow as shit I may as well keep it.
 
disable BD Live (set it to prompt every time, then just select no when the prompt occurs). If you can't do that , disable network settings (some bluray players probably don't have a setting to disable BD live).
It's never taken me more than a few seconds to load any of my Blurays.

http://www.avsforum.com/t/1299332/u...-disc-loaded-for-unrelated-marketing-purposes

http://manuals.playstation.net/document/en/ps3/current/settings/bdsettings.html
BD - Internet Connection

Select whether or not your PS3™ system connects to the Internet during BD playback. This setting applies only to BD that support Profile 2.0 (BD-LIVE).
Confirm Set your system to prompt for confirmation before connecting to the Internet.
Allow Set to allow your system to connect to the Internet without confirmation.
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I'm pretty sure the ps3 used to actually have an option for disabling BD Live, but they removed it in an update 🙁
 
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They are all slow but some of the dedicated players will be much quieter than the PS3, which is a pretty noisy sucker while playing BDs.
 
Astrallite said:
They are all slow but some of the dedicated players will be much quieter than the PS3, which is a pretty noisy sucker while playing BDs.
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Depends on revision. The original was loud. Ever seen the fan in those? It's 1/3 of the entire system. The slim is quietest. The new super slim is a lil louder because of the way it loads disks. No fan noise though. Inside my media platform it's silent. I replaced 3 originals over fan noise.
 
Sohaltang said:
Depends on revision. The original was loud. Ever seen the fan in those? It's 1/3 of the entire system. The slim is quietest. The new super slim is a lil louder because of the way it loads disks. No fan noise though. Inside my media platform it's silent. I replaced 3 originals over fan noise.
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I have the Slim and its way louder--the mechanical disc read noise--than either of my Oppo BD players.
 
When they were released, compared to standalone players, they were pretty fast.

Nowadays, not so much.

I recently picked up a Panasonic BDT-210 and it's far faster than the PS3.
 
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