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Some users (myself included) have reported that Blu-ray Discs created with Toast 10 (and BD on DVD as well) currently have problems properly displaying the menus properly on SOME Blu-ray Players. 

I've extensively reported on this bug to Roxio (Sonic)  and have been assured they are aware of it, and are fixing it, but as of yet (August 22) no specific date has been set for the release of 10.0.3, which should fix it. 

Thanks to our list member Richard Llewellyn, who has researched this topic on his own, and on the Roxio Support website (with thanks to "innerscape" and others there), here's a current list (possibly incomplete) of players that DO and DO NOT support menus from Toast 10.0, 10.0.1, and 10.0.2:

I've been working a LOT on my new e-book, "Fast Path to Blu-ray" in which Part 1 outlines the way for Mac users to get some Blu-ray joy. Part 2 will cover the same basics, but from the PC standpoint.

This weekend, I will be posting the current Table of Contents, and Chapter 2, which outlines new Blu-ray in Final Cut Pro 7, as a downloadable PDF for anyone who is registered on the website, paid member or free.

Subscribed (paid) site members will be able to download the entire e-book for free! Registered site visitors who only have the "free' one-week membership will be able to purchase the book for immediate digital download. I'm still working on the final price - what do YOU think it should cost?   

I've mentioned several times that Toast 10 includes a number of prebuilt Menu Templates, in both 4x3 and 16x9 aspect ratios, but it's a little difficult to actually SEE the menus in their real size, since they never are shown in anything larger than a small thumbnail. Hmm... what to do? OK - got it...

I've created a Toast HD Menu Showcase, to display all of the 16x9 menu template designs in a much larger size than possible to view within the application. Here is a cool light-box driven gallery of the 24 different HD menu template styles -
Just click the thumbnail below to launch the gallery. Navigate at the page top.

Arabesque (16x9) (text-only btns) Arabesque (16x9) (text-only btns)

Balloons (16x9) Balloons (16x9)

Bulletin (16x9) Bulletin (16x9)

Cobblestone (16x9) Cobblestone (16x9)

Colors (16x9) Colors (16x9)

Cut (16x9) Cut (16x9)

Giftwrap (16x9) Giftwrap (16x9)

Graffiti (16x9) Graffiti (16x9)

Green (16x9) Green (16x9)

Highway (16x9) Highway (16x9)

Mystic (16x9) Mystic (16x9)

Notebook (16x9) Notebook (16x9)

Passport (16x9) Passport (16x9)

Retro (16x9) Retro (16x9)

Reunion (16x9) Reunion (16x9)

Rhythm (16x9) Rhythm (16x9)

Roses (16x9) Roses (16x9)

Satin (16x9) Satin (16x9)

Shavings (16x9) Shavings (16x9)

Splash (16x9) (text-only btns) Splash (16x9) (text-only btns)

Spotlights (16x9) Spotlights (16x9)

Turf (16x9) Turf (16x9)

Tyke (16x9) Tyke (16x9)

Warp (16x9)Warp (16x9)

I've posted the first two of our new VIDEO tutorials for Blu-ray authoring using Toast 10 Titanium. You will find them in the Learn menu, at "Learn Toast 10 ".

In future days, we'll explore each of the steps of simple Blu-ray authoring using Toast 10. Don't forget you will need theHD/BD Plugin (a slight extra-cost option), in order to activate the Blu-ray video features in Toast.

If you don't already own Toast 10, here's a link to the Roxio store with my affiliate code. If you purchase by clicking on this link, Recipe4DVD.com will make a few bucks to cover our website overhead.