movie progression issue

[kiwiaudionut]

Forgive my ignorance if this is normal behaviour.
I've just recently bought my first blu ray player, and the last couple of movies have been showing the progress bar at chapter points along the way. I don't see a way to de-select this in the players menu, and it is annoying.
Anyone know whats up with this ?

 

[j_garcia]

What player and what do you mean at chapter points? Something is always on screen or something pops up at the chapters?

 

[kiwiaudionut]

Toshiba BDX1100KU. Cheap, but fills the need for now.
If I pause a movie, I will see a progress bar displayed along with a miniature picture of the chapter point. This is probably a normal function.
However, this same look is popping up of its own accord whenever the movie reaches a chapter point.
I can find no menu setting within the toshiba that seems relative, but my son can not see this issue playing back on his ps3, so it must be something in the toshiba !

 

[kiwiaudionut]

60 of you have read this and no one has seen it themselves ?
I must have a bad player yes?

 

[krzywica]

60 of you have read this and no one has seen it themselves ?
I must have a bad player yes?

Yes. Its either a faulty unit, or a very very bad firmware bug that I would think would have been caught before going into production.

 

[bigbassdave]

Yes. Its either a faulty unit, or a very very bad firmware bug that I would think would have been caught before going into production.

^^ This. I would return it. Something is not right.

 

[Jacksmyname]

I have a Panny BDP30 that I bought almost 3 years ago.
I also noticed this very recently but only on a few new movies that I bought last month. Unfortunately I don't remember which movies they were.
The bar appears when I pause or chapter skip a movie.
Older titles are the same, no progress bar.
I'm pretty sure it's a new "feature" on some of the newer releases.

Edit to add: If you have, or have access to, some older titles, try them and see if you still get the progress bar.

 

[Pyrrho]

Forgive my ignorance if this is normal behaviour.
I've just recently bought my first blu ray player, and the last couple of movies have been showing the progress bar at chapter points along the way. I don't see a way to de-select this in the players menu, and it is annoying.
Anyone know whats up with this ?

It is almost certainly a setting in the player. If you cannot figure out which setting it is from reading the manual, try deselecting every onscreen display from the player. And if that does not do it for you, call Toshiba or send them an email about it, to see what setting it is that will deal with this issue.

 

[j_garcia]

Yep, I would check with Toshiba before returning it. A screen clip and progress bar while paused is fairly common, but as many have said, it shouldn't be doing it at the chapter. That's definitely an issue, not a "feature".

I just did a search on Toshiba's site and there is no firmware update for this player.

 

[kiwiaudionut]

I appreciate all your responses guys. This has only happened while playing back a few recent release blu ray discs. A DVD won't do it, and I now find that the older blu rays won't either.
I'm thinkin too - theres something up with the latest releases ??

 

[j_garcia]

I appreciate all your responses guys. This has only happened while playing back a few recent release blu ray discs. A DVD won't do it, and I now find that the older blu rays won't either.
I'm thinkin too - theres something up with the latest releases ??

The studios change the encoding on their discs over time (new features, etc...) so it is not uncommon for newer discs to cause existing players to have issues playing them. I've run into it a few times already with my Oppo, but they are good about releasing new firmware to take care of the issues for problem discs.

The bad news is, the older your player gets, the more likely this is to happen if they don't release firmware updates to address it. That's one of the reasons why my other player is a Panasonic - they are pretty good about updates.

 

[bigbassdave]

I appreciate all your responses guys. This has only happened while playing back a few recent release blu ray discs. A DVD won't do it, and I now find that the older blu rays won't either.
I'm thinkin too - theres something up with the latest releases ??

Which movies are you seeing this happen with?

 

[kiwiaudionut]

My apologies, this got away from me.
I've since moved this player into another room and have not seen the issue since then, which is why this thread slipped my mind. My Mitsi rear projection set that i originally saw this issue on, has also died - another story

Perhaps, as someone mentioned, these guys didn't talk very well ?

 

[skizzerflake]

That definitely sounds like a firmware issue, whether Toshiba acknowledges it or not. I'd take it back if that's an option. There are plenty of OK, not-too-expensive players on the market to put up with that.