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DP Jones
Member

511 Posts
10/03
Posted - Nov 4 2003 : 10:38PM
WHYWHYWHYWHYWHYWHYWHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?????????????

With some dvds(I'm talking nonporn)you can hit the menu button a few times and go straight to the main menu.

Nobody has explained to me WHY on most dvds I have I cannot FF or go to Main Menu and I have to sit through the FBI warning,every fucking company logo involved with said film,and FUCKING SCENES FROM THE GODAMMN FILM I'VE YET TO SEE!!!!!??????

I rented the Hulk,so I have to sit through this,and even when I make a fuckin menu choice(screen,audio,chapter)I get a fucking montage of scenes from the film every fucking time!

Whose fucking bright idea was this?This is especially irritating if it's a film I FUCKING BOUGHT!IF IF FUCKING BOUGHT THE GODAMMN FILM WHY DO I HAVE TO SIT THROUGH 5 FUCKING MINUTES OF SHIT EVERY TIME I POP IN THE FILM?

Topic Moved by - ultradamno on Nov 5 2003

Mythsong
Member

306 Posts
8/02
Posted - Nov 4 2003 : 11:20PM
As for the FBI warning, it's the law. Producers have no choice but to put it in.

(Hmmm - excessive language in first post? <grin> Also, I don't think that this belongs in this forum. Perhaps Tech Talk?)

Sometimes menus can be annoying, but the bottom line is that you're not buying the movie, you're buying the DVD - and it's presented however they decided to present it.

I believe that if you want just the movie that the Superbit collection is the way to go. (The best technical picture because they fill up the disc with nothing but the movie itself, no extras.)

Max Booty
Member

New Orleans
484 Posts
6/03
Posted - Nov 4 2003 : 11:32PM
why ask why?...sorry....one of the nicest things about discs from Warner is that they put the FBI warning after the feature. It is a small touch but one I never fail to notice. Universal is the worst studio right now with forced adverts while Anchor Bay discs will very often take you right into the movie after getting past the FBI warning & their logo. Anyway, DVD is like anything else. Some good & some bad.
Max Booty
"Making people struggle a little bit is not necessarily the worst thing."-Sen. Rick Santorum, Pennsylvania Republican, warning against the idea of child care as an entitlement.
ultradamno
Senior Member

Silencio...
12877 Posts
2/00
Posted - Nov 5 2003 : 1:37AM
You may have better luck with this in Tech Talk.
DP Jones
Member

511 Posts
10/03
Posted - Nov 5 2003 : 7:14PM
Let me put it this way,I know they have to put the FBI thing in there:I'm saying,why can't I FF past all this shit like I can do with a video tape?Who decided I can't pause/FF/go to menu with these DVD's?

eh.......

 
samurai dai
Member

449 Posts
2/03
Posted - Nov 5 2003 : 7:33PM
I think its a case of DVD came after video. They realized that they could include the FBI warning on the DVD without fast forwarding, so they did..... simple as that i.e. technological advance.
Regarding the FBI warnings on videos, the reason you can FFwd it, is because they have no way of stopping you from doing so.

Samurai Dai

p.s. apologise if I come across as patronising...its not my intention to do so.

joeblow69
Member

946 Posts
2/00
Posted - Nov 5 2003 : 8:30PM
Since there companies that make grey market DVD players that let you disable macrovision and view DVDs from all regions, why haven't those companies made DVD players that disable the forced viewing of FBI warnings and other obnoxious things?
Bill All-Star Supporter
All-Star Member

5334 Posts
6/00
Posted - Nov 5 2003 : 10:22PM
Way back when at ADT, when I asked this of someone who did the authoring of DVD's for Adam & Eve, he told me that it was someting that A&E had specifically requested.

My guess is that in some cases it is requested by the production company and in other cases the authorer just does it when the producer doesn't request it not be protected.

Vivid is currently the worst with this. Not only can't you bypass the FBI warning, you can't bypass a few ads either.




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