Tim: >> I think this is the worst aspect of DVDs. >> >> When I play a music disc, I want to hear the music. I put it in and >> press play, it plays the music. >> >> DVD players should work the same way: Put it in, press play, >> the movie begins. I've got a menu button on my player *should* I want >> to do something else (like sit through several minutes of animated >> menus, one after another, several copyright warnings in different >> languages, and three film company brag clips, etc). STYMA, ROBERT E (ROBERT): > I agree with the complaint about having to wade through advertisements > before you get to watch the movie. Fortunately the "main menu" button > will usually help skip over these. Unfortunately, I find it rarely does. Just about everything forces you to watch what they want. It's the minority that lets you do what you want. > Many DVD's also come with short documentaries about how the movie was > made which makes the menu a useful. Yes, though that's what the menu button is for. It lets me choose something else on the disc, when I opt to view the menu. That ought to be an option, not something I'm forced to endure. Waiter: Would you like to see the menu? Customer: No, I'd like the steak. Waiter: You must choose it from the menu. > Also scene selection helps since many DVD players do not let > you take the disk out, put it in later, and pick up where you left off. > (The old VCR technology did have some good points.) Just my 2 cents worth. Yes, that's annoying. I've several players. Two offer a resume features that rarely works (you end up in the wrong place, or back at the start). Mine can't resume its place on one disc when you've played another one since. And resume certainly can't work when you started watching a movie in the lounge then decided to watch the rest in bed. -- Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
