Posted by Paul MR on 12/22/09 12:00

TH wrote:
> We were watching a DVD last night, or attempting to. First a
> commercial for the production company of the movie came up, which we
> couldn't stop by hitting menu or fast forward. So we let it finish.
> Then previews started. Again, nothing would stop it except the eject
> button, literally. We finally gave up, not wanting to watch a bunch of
> pointless previews, we just got rid of the disk. I tried every button
> combination to get out of these stupid features and for the life of me
> can't figure out why they would set up a DVD so you have to watch this
> crap. Was there somethign I missed that I could have done to have
> gotten out of the preview junk. I have never seen this before with a
> DVD and it was very frustrating.

You're right to be po'd. But have you been in a movie theater lately?
Some of them are MUCH worse. My most recent experience (AMC) included
35 minutes of ads, previews, and warnings ("please pick up your own
trash"). It will be many years before I go back there.

On DVD rentals, I've learned to start playing the disk and then go have
dinner. By the time I'm finished eating, the main menu has come up.
Paul

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