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garhkal

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dvd/Blu ray players
« on: 23 February 2024, 14:50:06 »
What is it with modern players, where it seems, that for the past 4 units i've owned (one LG, two sony and one panasonic).  It seems for some reason, ALL Four have had the recognizing of the blue ray disks 'crap out', within 13-14 months of use, but each still has had the dvd side work normally.

SO what is it with them, where the BLUE RAY Side seems to always conk out, but NOT the DVD side?!??!
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Re: dvd/Blu ray players
« Reply #1 on: 23 February 2024, 15:59:01 »
design self obscelesence
try off brand dvd/blue ray player they seem to last longer
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Re: dvd/Blu ray players
« Reply #2 on: 23 February 2024, 16:03:38 »
A continual drive to reduce production costs, combined with the much finer precision needed for the more information-dense Blu-Rays. As far as these companies are concerned, all physical media is obsolete and this hardware is a niche market. They feel no need to maintain quality because they really would rather concentrate on higher-profit devices.
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Re: dvd/Blu ray players
« Reply #3 on: 24 February 2024, 00:14:01 »
Quote from: elf25s on 23 February 2024, 15:59:01
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try off brand dvd/blue ray player they seem to last longer

Such as which brands?  Most stores i look in, just HAVE sony, panasonic or LG.
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Re: dvd/Blu ray players
« Reply #4 on: 24 February 2024, 02:28:57 »
I've always used a Playstation for watching Blu Rays.  Haven't had any issues yet.
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Re: dvd/Blu ray players
« Reply #5 on: 24 February 2024, 09:57:40 »
Quote from: garhkal on 24 February 2024, 00:14:01
Such as which brands?  Most stores i look in, just HAVE sony, panasonic or LG.
any brand that you can find even in big grocery store as long as its made in vietnam malasia or either places other than china japan korea
but blue rays always were crap since they came out ...and not improved either. i bought first blue ray players they were almost 700 usd to almost 900plus they only lasted weeks had to return them and got fed up got refund. went back again like an idiot same thing and this was also from major brands too...gave up. never went back i still have a dvd player from 20 years back and it still works
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Re: dvd/Blu ray players
« Reply #6 on: 24 February 2024, 10:47:30 »
Quote from: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 24 February 2024, 02:28:57
I've always used a Playstation for watching Blu Rays.  Haven't had any issues yet.

This reinforces my point. Unlike a standalone disk player, Playstations (and other high-end gaming consoles) are prestige, mainstream electronics and thus built to a higher standard.
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Re: dvd/Blu ray players
« Reply #7 on: 24 February 2024, 15:12:49 »
May have to check out the local stores, to see what a Play station or the like, run for..
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Re: dvd/Blu ray players
« Reply #8 on: 25 February 2024, 07:55:28 »
I've got a 10-year old Panasonic VHS-Blu-Ray combo player that works fine. It has trouble with some of the latest forms of Blu-Ray disks, but it works fine with older Blu-Rays, DVDs, and CDs.
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Re: dvd/Blu ray players
« Reply #9 on: 25 February 2024, 14:47:12 »
Well, with a decent blu-ray player running only 65-90 bucks, and an x[box or ps3 running 300+, i think i will give the PS option a pass.
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Re: dvd/Blu ray players
« Reply #10 on: 26 February 2024, 20:48:49 »
I've used a desktop with XP, and VLC-player and I can view Blue-Rays just fine.
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Re: dvd/Blu ray players
« Reply #11 on: 27 February 2024, 21:29:55 »
I have always watched Blu-Rays on a Playstation.  So far, no problems.
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Re: dvd/Blu ray players
« Reply #12 on: 28 February 2024, 00:41:30 »
Quote from: ColBosch on 23 February 2024, 16:03:38
A continual drive to reduce production costs, combined with the much finer precision needed for the more information-dense Blu-Rays. As far as these companies are concerned, all physical media is obsolete and this hardware is a niche market. They feel no need to maintain quality because they really would rather concentrate on higher-profit devices.

They've been pushing this for years, but with streaming going down in flames, a lot of people are even going *back* to physical media. I'll grant you though; a good disc-player remains hard to find. I had to replace one recently.

Selection was very poor and the unit itself was unimpressive. I ended up buying their bargain model and then a week later found a nice high-end used example at a thrift store for cheap.

Then there are folks like my Dad, who still have VHS...
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Re: dvd/Blu ray players
« Reply #13 on: 28 February 2024, 01:25:27 »
The issue with VHS at this point feels like it would be whether or not the tapes still work.
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Re: dvd/Blu ray players
« Reply #14 on: 28 February 2024, 02:00:46 »
Quote from: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 28 February 2024, 01:25:27
The issue with VHS at this point feels like it would be whether or not the tapes still work.

Unless they were abused, there is an extremely high likelihood that they're just fine. Magnetic media - at least the well-made stuff - is proving to be pretty stable.
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Re: dvd/Blu ray players
« Reply #15 on: 28 February 2024, 08:12:57 »
Quote from: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 28 February 2024, 01:25:27
The issue with VHS at this point feels like it would be whether or not the tapes still work.
look into red dwarf why todays media is failing but vhs tapes still live on think it was 3 episode special back to earth why dvds and blue ray failed  and listers explanation
and weirdly even tho its a joke i have to agree
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Re: dvd/Blu ray players
« Reply #16 on: 28 February 2024, 17:54:21 »
The third post in response to this blog: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2012/05/why-cant-red-dwarf-predict-the-future/

is the closest I've found to an explanation of that, and it TOTALLY matched my experience with CDs at least!
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