No, it does not - if you start the track and immediately skip back to the start, there should be no delay because the player should not interrupt the signal. Likewise, you should be able to skip between tracks or chapters without experiencing any signal acquisition delay. I've done this with all three of my DVD sources (Oppo, Panasonic DMR-E80 DVD-R, and Yamaha DVD-S1500). Good point, bugbitten.