Posted by Spurious Response on 07/26/07 05:48

On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 20:10:28 -0500, "John Carrier" <jxc2@comcast.net>
wrote:

>
>"Thomas G. Marshall" <tgm2tothe10thpower@replacetextwithnumber.hotmail.com>
>wrote in message news:oHQpi.4706$Gs4.1905@trndny05...
>>
>> I need an inexpensive dvd player.
>>
>> But I'm also sick to death of dvd players telling me that I cannot go to
>> the main menu whenever I want.
>>
>> *Are there any dvd players which have this capability* ?
>>
>> Example: I like to bypass all the crap at the beginning of dvd's, and even
>> the "fast play" options have some of this dreck. So to start all dvd's I
>> always go to scene selection first thing, and then choose scene 1. Works,
>> but it can be problematic: The DVD player I had (as well as my current $32
>> memorex cheapy) complain about the stuff at the beginning being
>> interrupted sometimes. I get that no-can-do icon of a circle with a slash
>> through it /sometimes/ when I try to hit stop, and often when I hit the
>> main menu button mid play.
>>
>> It should be possible to override this, and have the stop and menu buttons
>> immediately obeyed no? Or does the dvd itself come with some sort of
>> programming that is obeyed by the dvd players that prevents this?
>
>Yep, its the DVD itself that prevents you from the full viewing of the FBI
>warning and similar garbage before it will allow navigation to the menu. I
>doubt most players have the ability to override this function.
>
>R / John
>


Such a unit cannot even be legally marketed with the DVD logo on it.

I am quite sure that someone would be able to hack the firmware to
ignore the flags included on each title, however.

To skip the FBI warning, which appears when one presses "Play" on most
titles (some titles, it is the first thing up, and cannot be skipped),
all one needs to do is to use the "scene selection" sub menu and select
the first scene. It jumps right into the movie.

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