Testronic Labs tests 1,000th Blu-ray Disc for quality assurance

by Darren Murph posted Dec 8th 2008 at 3:34AM

It's a pretty big day for Testronic Labs, as this day marks the tenth year that it has been testing optical media quality and bucking The Man and his brother (dubbed The Economy) to stay afloat. More important than that (to us, anyway) is this little tidbit: today also saw the 1,000th Blu-ray Disc tested for quality assurance in its facilities. For those unaware, this outfit works with movie studios to ensure the interactive content you receive is as bug free as humanly possible, and we'll admit, we've heard a lot less crying from Blu-ray Disc buyers of late compared to early on. Kudos, Testronic Labs -- we'll raise our glasses to a thousand more.

Filed under: Industry, Blu-ray

Tags: BD-J, BD-LIVE, hdi, HDMV, interactive, interactivity, test, Test Facility, TestFacility, testing, Testronic Labs, TestronicLabs

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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shawnmos @ Dec 8th 2008 4:25AM

They must not test any Fox releases.

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WebDev511 @ Dec 8th 2008 10:33AM

Or Iron Man or the Bond Movies.

Of course if they are probably just testing to see if discs perform the way the studios designed them to function, which is different than how consumers expect them to. I know I'm not the only one that's constantly frustrated by all the various menu systems the studios have implemented.

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LB @ Dec 8th 2008 9:01AM

As long as the main movie works properly, I don't care about special effects. I'm only want the best video and audio quality. I don't even feel that the interactive stuff adds value. Of course the movie industry probably wants to jam advertising and everything they possibly can to generate just a little more revenue. It will probably get to a point where the stuff is infested with adds and trailers and will be time to start burning copies and strip all the junk.

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TrentD @ Dec 8th 2008 11:34AM

If it's on the disc, it should work right. I know it's fashionable to claim "screw that other stuff, give me the A/V!" but the entire experience is affected by bad menu design or function, or issues like the DRC flag being active on Iron Man.

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DEEZNUTZ @ Dec 8th 2008 11:51AM

Please, oh please get rid of those up-front previews. We pay too much to be forced to watch stale previews each and everytime we put the disc in. I can understand one or two, but these days we are being shoved with seven or eight of them.

At the very least, make previews part of BD live and have up-to-date previews available when the disc is played. I'd be more willing to watch a preview or two if it's a different trailer every time I play the disc.

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JeffDM @ Dec 9th 2008 1:15AM

So far that I've seen, almost all of the front-loaded stuff is skippable, the BDs that have them generally allow you to chapter skip and go directly to the menu.

The exception that I've seen is Funimation's Vexille, which they have a tendency to lock down all buttons except an obscure one that almost no one actually uses, this is their habit with their DVDs. I avoid Funimation products for that reason, I just don't like that attitude.

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