Posted by Yojimbo on 04/10/07 07:24

Fast forwarding on a DVD? Maybe it's unique to my Phillips 642 butttt...some
of my wrestling DVD's (where you have to sit through at least three minutes
of everything up to the Don't Try this at Home to etc) and my silver tim
Disney DVD's, and many other Disneys, with a -lot- of previews you just
can't forward to the menu. Just insert the disk, go make popcorn, and it
should be ready when it's done.
I held off getting a DVD player for quite a while. When I got a PS2, I felt
I had to get the Babylon5 series. And that started me getting DVD's. I then
bought a dedicated DVD player -with DivX- because my PS2 just chokes on
video store rental used disks, ones with wear. I recently bought Woody
Allen's great 60's comedy Take the Money and Run on DVD on eBay (and it
hasn't arrived yet), and I HOPE one of the funniest scenes is there, unlike
the VHS version I once owned.
So far, I am positive I will not <ever> get a HD or BluRay although I have a
decent 42" widescreen. Not at those disk prices. And I get most of mine at
pawn shops or used from Blockbuster. Quality is more than decent on regulat
DVD.

"Unique" <akjskdfj@akjsfdsa.biz> wrote in message
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> leo86@my-deja.com <leo86@my-deja.com> wrote in message:
> 1176168157.510337.164660@n59g2000hsh.googlegroups.com,
> > So what? I can fast forward through the friggin' trailers and studio/
> > distributor logos on a VHS tape. I can't do that on a DVD.
>
> Some DVDs lock the controls to force you to sit through crap, but most
> don't. If the menu button doesn't work, try chapter advance.
>
> > I have to
> > sit and wait. And if I'm trying to find a line in a subtitle on a
> > foreign film, it's much harder to do with a DVD than a VHS tape.
>
> Scene select plus fast forward will get you to any particular spot
> beyond the first few minutes much faster than fast forwarding a VHS tape
>
> > If I
> > want to stop a tape and resume watching it the next day at that exact
> > point, I can do that on a VHS and not on a DVD.
>
> Many DVD players will save your place even with the power off. The rest
> will certainly do it as long as you leave the disc in and the power on.
>
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