Posted by Derek Janssen on 11/19/06 22:00

Goro wrote:
> On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 14:20:08 -0500, "RobMac" <rpmccartney@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>>"Goro" <Fredo@norone.blehc> wrote in message
>>news:hvqvl2t46reegtkp0dahlfad8d5bnoj0r4@4ax.com...
>>
>>>It took them 10 years to figure out that when you put a DVD into the
>>>player it should just play the fscking movie?
>>>
>>>or did it just take them 10 years to figure out an appropriate
>>>trademarkable name to call it
>>>
>>>(btw, many Japanese R2 dvds have been doing this for quite some time
>>>now)
>>>
>>>-goro-
>>>
>>
>>No, it just took *you* 8 years to figure out that you can press "Menu" when
>>all the Previews start to just jump right to the Main Menu and start the
>>movie in less than 1 minute after inserting it into the player.
>>
>>At first, Disney forced you to sit through the damned Previews (sometimes
>>they lasted a good 6-7 minutes!), but after about a year of complaints they
>>changed the option so you can skip all that crap, this was around 1998.
>>
>>Welcome to the past.
>
> you do know what Fast Play is, right? An idea that should have been
> implemented by ALL movie studios FROM THE START

If you happened to be four years old.

Derek Janssen (who notices that the *correct* answer didn't get a response)
ejanss@comcast.net

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