ARGH: compulsary trailers on DVD

[DanH]

Just put Shrek 2 in, and they've gone a step too far. They've subverted the system that forces you to watch copyright messages without skipping through to force you to watch 5 minutes of trailers.

I'm stunned. I really can't describe how pissed off this makes me. It seems my reward for buying the disc rather than ripping it off the net is this type of crap.

[dazren]

Take it back and ask for a refund.

Clearly forcing you to watch this crap and not the film when you demand it, the disc must be damaged.

(Usually pressing "menu" cuts through the garbage, but if they've deliberately stopped this from working, screw em!! return it as suggested).

DAZ

>> Edited by dazren on Monday 27th December 20:13

[thegreatsoprendo]

Yep, I rented Football Factory from Blockbuster a few weeks back and that was exactly the same. Neither the menu button or the fast forward buttons had any effect on it. Damned annoying!

[JonRB]

Or else get your DVD player de-regioned, de-locked, de-everything'd which includes altering the player's firmware to say " you" to a disc that asks it to disable menu commands.

(I've been meaning to have mine done for years but haven't done it yet. )

[nighthawk]

I'm coming across more and more discs like this, if it's not the FACT message you can't skip, it's the trailers for the other films in their collection

I find myself pressing menu and going straight to the scene selection page and starting from there instead.

[c c]

What you need is dvddecrypter : <a href="http://www.dvddecrypter.com/">www.dvddecrypter.com/</a>
Remove all the rubbish then burn just the movie back onto a DVD disk.


Edited to add. You might be violating copyright laws by doing that. Quite possibly helping international terrorism too.
So don’t do.
No sir not me.
Not no way.



>> Edited by c c on Monday 27th December 21:05

>> Edited by c c on Monday 27th December 21:06

[DanH]

Must admit it leaves me tempted to just download the movies. Can't return it as it was a present for the other half, but I would otherwise. I always return copy protected audio cds.

[nevpugh308]

Highly annoying. And they wonder why DVDs get ripped ....

I just try and remember to chuck the disk into the player 10 minutes before I actualy need it. Go off, make cup of coffee, watch something on other side, by the time I've finished it's sat waiting at the menu ...

[vixpy1]

I don't really have a problem with the trailers before films. Gives the projector a chance to warm up, while I make my tea etc.. then when the main menu comes up, I'm ready

Having said that, mine is chipped so I can override these trailers.

[shirley temple]

vixpy1 said:

Having said that, mine is chipped .

you haven't inflicted harm on the "abhorent Icon" that is "The Wing'd Horse of ChavTat" have you? it hasn't completed its world tour yet

[BliarOut]

Buy vids from the US. I watched toy story quite happily over there. Came back here and bought a UK one, only to be forced into trailers. If the manufacturers start doing that, I'll start ripping the films off for now't from the web.

Region ones don't seem to be locked the same as region 2. Yet another example of manufacturers treating the UK customers with contempt

It's my money, my time, my TV. You want me to waste my time watching adverts either pay me or off

[sadako]

I'd rip them, run them through DVDshrink if they are a little too big, remove any crap i didnt want and reburn them. If anyone has a problem it is a backup copy to preserve the original. The agencies responsible for american music and film (RIAA/MPAA respectively) are already stating that you must buy seperate copies for your car player, walkman etc. I for one say that is complete crap.