Is it normal for a Blu-ray player to be noisy?

[Blayze]

I picked up a Sony Blu-ray player (BDP-BX2, Sam's and Costco's model of the BDP-S360) a few weeks ago, and it seems noisy compared to my older DVD player. When loading a disc, or for a few secs when the player is first turned on you can hear the drive making a "reading" noise. It sounds like the lens is moving back and forth. I doesn't do this during playback. Its not very loud, but noticeable from a few feet away from the TV.

Movies seem to playback fine (only had a chance to watch a few), but I'm concerned about the noise. I went back to the store and tired to see if the demo unit did this, but with the noise of the store I couldn't tell.

Are Blu-ray drives generally more noisy than DVD drives?

 

[Blayze]

The noise I'm hearing is very similar to the noise in this video when the game is first loaded into the PS3. Not sure if should be hearing that or not.

Blu-ray noise video

 

[sivart]

doesn't sound unusual to me. I don't hear it that much with my Blu-ray player, but my HD DVD player is noticable...with HD DVD or DVD.

 

[GregGreen]

I have the BDP-BX1 and haven't noticed that noise. Only noise I have ever noticed is an extremely faint fan noise occasionally.

 

[pontifex]

I used a PS3 and it's super quiet. I don't even know its on, even without anything else running.

 

[Blayze]

I went ahead and exchanged the player this afternoon. Testing it out right now, and its seems a lot better (You can still hear it when your next to it, but its silent compared to the other one.).