Rented DVD hijacks control

[glengara]

Don't often rent one, but the one I'm trying to watch won't let me FF to the actual movie so I have to go through the bllody trailers/ads F$S!

When did they introduce this?

[Quadrille]

I've had that on 'bought' DVDs - but the 'menu' command works.

[Rugles]

Some don't let fast forward or get to the menu. Its frustrating but what are you going to do about it.

[LifeinAsia]

When did they introduce this?

Long, long ago. Many will let you go to the menu and bypass the trailers, but you'll still have to sit through the FBI warning and other itmes they've deemed "essential" for viewers.

[thecoalman]

We're all thieves, and don't see enough commercials as it is.

Try sticking the disc in the tray, don't close it and try hitting 1, menu etc. Works on some DVD players. When you close the tray manually it searches the disc for what it's suypposed to do. Thosse warnings are flagged as first play videos and also disable any buttons while they are playing. By not closing the tray the DVD player may skip the search and go right to the title or menu. Results will vary.

Just another nail in MPAA's coffin, ironically as people search for ways to skip the warnings and commercials they inevitably find information on how to rip the disc and remove them entirley.

[Quadrille]

I don't mind the warnings - unless they put 42 different language versions, as some do.

They actually ask for your language, you say English - then you get 41 languages you only heard of on holiday!

[thecoalman]

I wouldn't mind it either if it was just a splash screen that appeared for a few seconds but when some dude comes on there and starts lecturing me about the evils of copying discs for a substantial amount of time I find it offensive. If I watch 50 movies in year I spent 3 or 4 hours of my life litening to that crap and they keep getting longer in length. I have better things to do.

[jatar_k]

some you can fast forward through
some you can skip through using next
very rarely does the menu button work

the worst ones are the loops so if you skip you keep going around and it never gets to the menu, you ultimately have to watch them after getting very annoyed.

some of the kids DVDs have better options, they just play if you put them on and allow you to jump right to the menu as well

[Marshall]

Hit the mute button and have a cup of coffee :)

Marshall

[Dabrowski]

I find that on some the next track button works, some the FF works (on x32 it doesn't take long to get to the menu!) and on some the Menu button does actually work.

If I get one that really annoys me I rip and reauthor the DVD so it only contains the movie and (English) audio. No menu, no directors commentary (who watches them anyway?), no languages that only 200 people in the north pole speak.

[glengara]

Have to admit this digital stuff leaves me cold, that DVD player remained unopened for a year, it was the gift of a Sopranos DVD box set that did for me...

[SEOMike]

Those force-fed movie trailers annoy me to no end. Since they probably get a ton of money from those advertisers they should lower the prices of the disc.... oh wait. What was I thinking?

The crap on the discs drive me to downloand movies to my hacked XBOX. No trailers there!

Guess I'm part of the reason you all have to watch those trailers ;)

[jatar_k]

at first dvds had no trailers, I actually missed them, how was I supposed to know what movies looked good for next time?

I enjoy the trailers but hate the ads, especially that atrocious, loud, long and obnoxious anti pirating one, makes me want to do it, just because of the ad

[vincevincevince]

All I know is that my VCR never misses a beat when I tell it to fast forward... could it be that your DVD technology is less advanced?

[SEOMike]

VCR - what's that ;)

[Gibble]

MythTV, a certain piece of software codenamed 'pineapple' and life is golden. :)

No more locks at all on the DVD.

[edited by: Gibble at 2:24 pm (utc) on Oct. 19, 2007]

[Dabrowski]

VCR - what's that ;)

Oh, that's what that is. I thought it was just a really complicated clock.

[LifeinAsia]

VCR - what's that ;)

Oh, that's what that is. I thought it was just a really complicated clock.

It always shows the time as 12:00- what's so complicated about that? :)

[Gibble]

Ah, the 12 o'clock flasher!

[thecoalman]

Every machine that has a clock should have the option to turn it off. I walk into my kitchen at night and it glows green with the amount of clocks. I can do a 360 with one eye closed and tell you what the time is at any point.