Posted by Sla#s on 09/23/39 11:44

"Turbohat" <bob@bob.com> wrote in message
news:VJdYf.302889$fe6.110819@fe01.news.easynews.com...
> Watched this yesterday....
>
> Now my old player (Sony 715 which died horribly due to C13 error) had an
> FBI skip feature which was fab.
>
> My current player/recorder (Sony GX300) doesn't.... How I wished it had!
>
> First the annoying piracy advert! (agree with earlier poster about the
> futility of putting this on a pukka bought disc!) Then 3 trailers, then a
> sodding Mars advert, then a stupid fake QVC sketch selling guns.
>
> 10 minutes in, still waiting. Tried 'Menu', FF and Chapter FWD all of
> which give "Operation prohibited by disc"
>
> Fair play, put trailers in but make them skippable please!!!!!
>
> No way am I going to watch this again!

Rip it with DVDshrink etc and burn it onto your own disk. You can cut out
all the crap, even the titles and go straight to the movie.
Stupid? Yes! The manufactures are actually encouraging piracy!
Because once you discover this, you say to yourself "I might as well hire
it!" Hell of a lot cheaper!

Slatts

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