Posted by Mike Henry on 07/16/06 17:15

In <spnkb21cbak6eraccj8d1hliqr71997kl7@4ax.com>, Ed Chilada
<nospam@nospam.com> wrote:

>On Sun, 16 Jul 2006 16:44:18 +0100, Martyn Drake <usenet@drake.org.uk>
>wrote:
>>Universal DVDs have that annoying FACT informercial which you can only
>>fast forward (and not skip), unlike other studios which see sense and
>>allow to either go directly to the menu or completely skip that bloody
>>annoying, pointless FACT message.

Sounds like yet another reason to avoid Region 2 DVDs and get the Region
1 releases.

>>Some titles I've seen force you into pressing fast forward continously
>>sitting through a load of adverts for other titles - you can't go
>>directly to the film or menu system.
>>
>>User prohibitions should be banned.
>
>Better still, a player hack that ignores them and always lets you FF.

Indeed, I have user prohibitions override on my chipped Sony DVD player.
There is no going back; I could never contemplate getting a DVD player
now which wasn't fully region free and user prohibitions free.

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