Does this thing RESUME PLAYBACK? I can't stand the fact that every hi-def player I have looked at or used doesn't resume playback. How hard is this to implement? Does anyone know if this Panasonic does it? How long does it take to boot? These are issues that everyone seems to gloss over, and I would like to know. It seems great on all other fronts... Does this thing RESUME PLAYBACK? I can't stand the fact that every hi-def player I have looked at or used doesn't resume playback. How hard is this to implement? Does anyone... » Read More Does this thing RESUME PLAYBACK? I can't stand the fact that every hi-def player I have looked at or used doesn't resume playback. How hard is this to implement? Does anyone know if this Panasonic does it? How long does it take to boot? These are issues that everyone seems to gloss over, and I would like to know. It seems great on all other fronts... « Show Less
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YES it does resume playback on Blu-ray movies which is I believe the first player to do it! Loads pretty fast compared to my PS3 (which was the fastest to load them)
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Sorry to reply so late... but yes I own this and it's definately one of the best Blu-ray standalone players out today. I updated it to the latest 1.6 Firmware and it works flawlessly and reliable. Also, I have noticed that this player upconverts regular DVDs better than my PS3... I would recommend this player if you were in the market for a Blu-ray stand alone player today.
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I have a Toshiba HD-A35 and it resumes playback if I only hit the stop button once.
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I believe that, even though you are not able to resume playback on the Blu Rays, you can bookmark it so you can comeback to the same spot as when you stopped. At the price this is right now, and since I don't need the BDlive until it's reasonably priced for a wireless BR that can do it, this is the one to get!
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Mine seems to do the same thing. I called the number on the Instruction booklet, the person I talked to could not help but unsuccessfully tried to reach their tech support. They never called me back. I really like the player- it is just what I was looking for. I will return the unit as I also think it is defective. Cannot decide whether to ask for a replacement, or just get my money back.
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I'm about ready to give up as well. I just got this player, I updated the firmeware, and now I can't even get into the stupid Media player!!!!! I'm almost ready to take this back to best buy and get a different one. Do you have to restart the computer after the update? I'm going to try that and see if that doesn't work.
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I just got a Sony Blu-ray Disc player, and it's the same story: resume play does not work. (I talked to Sony, and the woman explained that it *does* work if you stop the disc, but do not open drawer or turn off power or change the disc. That is: if you pause/stop the disc, you can resume at that point (provided no power-off, etc.). In other words, it's just "stop" and "play," as in all players everywhere. But not automatic resume.Some development manager should lose his/her job over this. Didn't they do any customer observation/studies at all?
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D., I stopped in the middle of playing a DVD. I waited 2 minutes then pressed the play button. The DVD began playing right where I had left off, so no, it does not go back to the beginning. One important thing is to familiarize yourself with which button on the remote does what. One of them will take you right back to the beginning.Hope this helps!
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I'm not aware of any Blu-ray player on the market that will resume play after opening the disc tray. Is your Sony player a Blu-ray player? Does it resume on Blu-ray discs? You only said it resumes on DVDs. If so, please share the model number with us.
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Thats a long freeze. I've never had one like that but I had plenty when I was using this player. It would freeze for about 10 seconds in several Blu-ray movies I owned. I've only heard about it from a handful of people so I'm wondering if random players are leaving the factory bad. Can you get a decent Blu-ray player for under 200 bucks? I had a Samsung before this that had Audio sync problems. At this point I have like 15 Blu-ray discs and no player. I refuse to pay more than 200 for one as I could spend a little more than that and build a Home Theater PC.
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It does resume from previous place when playing from an SD card. Not from a USB atleast that was my experience.
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I've only had mine for 3 days, but I seem to have some kind of Stand-by audio passthrough. I read a couple of user reports that said the same thing, or showed various workarounds. I have a new Panasonic 50" 3D plasma that is connected to the AVX-920-K with new high speed HDMI cable (it's the ONLY connection to the 920-K), and with the A/V receiver turned completely off (Standby), I still have audio through my integral TV speakers, the volume of which can be adjusted with the TV remote. This allows for use of the TV for mundane things like the news and weather without having to fire up the receiver. For BluRay, movies, music, etc, I can fire up the receiver, and if the TV is running, audio switches to Surround sound in one of the Stereo modes, and volume control is thru the receiver. I took my time in setting up the receiver when it finally came (several blizzards in the midwest and New England delayed it enroute), and I read the manual thoroughly, including the numerous footnotes seemingly at the bottom of most pages. I don't know how I arrived at having Standby audio pass-through---I just followed the instructions in the manual during set-up, and everything is high-speed HDMI cables with ethernet except the Wii, which is composite, but is also plugged into the receiver now, and works fine. I'm very happy with the whole shebang now, so I'm not gonna change any of it.
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Sean,I was wondering about playing back AVCHD files captured on the SDHC card via the PS3 and your post answered my question. Just want to say thank you. As for the PS3 being a versatile multimedia media, I do agree with your statement. Thanks again.
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My earlier answer was erroneous. After reading the Charles Lohr reply I confirmed that in fact during playback you can adjust playback speed using the plus & minus buttons after pressing the OK button a second time (the first time starts playback). It seems to retain the last playback speed selection even after shutting down.
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Thanks for your reply. I've had mine for a little over 2 weeks and I'm able to record everything off the DVR. I had to call Toshiba twice because I didn't know what I was doing. Their customer service was incredible!! I will definitely buy Toshiba products again.Just wondering... why would you use DVD+R disks? Am I correct that those cannot be used again? I've used DVD+RW.One more question... is there a way to delete shows that are on the DVD without formatting the disk? Like if I have watched some shows but not others and I want to record more.Thanks for your help Thanks for your reply. I've had mine for a little over 2 weeks and I'm able to record everything off the DVR. I had to call Toshiba twice because I didn't know what I was doing. Their customer service was incredible!! I will definitely buy Toshiba products again.Just wondering... why would you use DVD+R disks? Am I correct that those cannot be used again? I've used DVD+RW.One more question... is there a way to delete shows that are on the DVD without formatting the disk? Like if I have watched some shows but not others and I want to record more.Thanks for your help
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Panasonic came out with a portable DVD Burner to go along with the HDC-SD5 camcorder. The model # is VW-BN1. It just came out and so far only a few are available on Ebay from people who pre-ordered their HDC-SD5 with the burner and just received it (but don't want the burner). I haven't seen it available anywhere else, but you should see it in retail stores or Amazon in a month or two. You can transfer video directly to the DVD Burner (on a normal DVD-R disc) from the camcorder, and you can play the discs through the player on your High Definition tv (so you don't necessarily need a PS3). Panasonic came out with a portable DVD Burner to go along with the HDC-SD5 camcorder. The model # is VW-BN1. It just came out and so far only a few are available on Ebay from people who pre-ordered their HDC-SD5 with the burner and just received it (but don't want the burner). I haven't seen it available anywhere else, but you should see it in retail stores or Amazon in a month or two. You can transfer video directly to the DVD Burner (on a normal DVD-R disc) from the camcorder, and you can play the discs through the player on your High Definition tv (so you don't necessarily... » Read More Panasonic came out with a portable DVD Burner to go along with the HDC-SD5 camcorder. The model # is VW-BN1. It just came out and so far only a few are available on Ebay from people who pre-ordered their HDC-SD5 with the burner and just received it (but don't want the burner). I haven't seen it available anywhere else, but you should see it in retail stores or Amazon in a month or two. You can transfer video directly to the DVD Burner (on a normal DVD-R disc) from the camcorder, and you can play the discs through the player on your High Definition tv (so you don't necessarily need a PS3). « Show Less
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Thank you! My mom has this camera and has been visiting, taking pics and video of grand kids. The sound that used to be there for playback seemed to have disappeared. Thanks to your tip, we got the sound back and my mom is delighted! We had checked the volume and sound in settings, but you have to complete this step while the video is in playback. This is not mentioned anywhere in the instruction manual.
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I used mine to record a recorded movie to another DVDR. I had trouble going to the beginning since it does have a resume play. I even took the disk out and shut off my player. the disk I was playing kept starting over
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Hello. Sony's webpage for this item does not supply information about paused Podcasts playback functionality, but most devices will standardly resume a Podcast if you close the program and then go back into the same podcast. Usually Podcasts do not resume when you switch between Podcasts.Thank you
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Yep...The same thing happened to me. I sent it back, bought another one and it happened again. The last one I ordered from Amazon which I never received from Amazon so I took that as a sign to find another player. Any suggestions?