Startup time and disc load times are comparable to most dedicated home Blu-ray players -- certainly not best in class, but passable -- and we couldn't get the player to skip despite our best efforts.

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Unless you are particularly flush, it is probably best to skip this bit: the massages are brief and often lack finesse, and the oils are hardly deluxe.

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We'd spend hours picking through the best of them, finding the perfect rock to skip across the river.

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