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I don't know if this annoys anyone else, but when I buy a DVD I don't want to spend five minutes watching the anti-piracy advert or the film trailers and the company logos, some go on for ages and it won't let you skip them or fast forward.
You wouldn't steal a car would you?
At least with VHS video tapes you could fast forward through all this rubbish. When I buy a DVD, I buy it to watch the film I bought, not a load of annoying stuff that I am not remotely interested in.
Fair enough I suppose if you must stick an anti-piracy message at the beginning, but please let us skip past it once we have seen it a few dozen times! The people who HAVE copied versions of the film probably won't see this message anyway. Those of us who are honest enough to go out and BUY the DVD are FORCED to watch messages about not copying films every time we want to watch a movie!
message is clearly going out to the wrong audience
What's the point in making the majority of honest people suffer because the message is clearly going out to the wrong audience!
In fact, I've been told that many times "you wouldn't steal a car"..."you wouldn't steal a TV", that I find my self yelling at the TV "Yes I BLOODY WOULD!", just because I'm fed up with those darn smarmy adverts!
Aaaaarrrrgh!!!!
By: Monty & Smiffynotts
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It should have read, experiences of Netflix and Cinema Paradiso
There used to be Screen Select, Lovefilm, Blockbuster and many other rental companies but now the only real alternative is Cinema Paradiso. I might try Netflix but my connection is not always that reliable and I really want a dvd rental service as well as being able to stream movies.
I would be interested in posters experiences of cand Cinema Paradiso.
It all certainly led me to download sites.
Won't be going again and will be laughing my ass off next time I hear the industry whining about their profits waning. If you produce shit, then you can expect to reap what you sow...
I also noticed the "premier seats" extending into what would usually be regarded as the normal seating rows and the whole experience has become a shameless tatty stealth raid on my wallet just like a Ryan Air flight....
Sell more quality product for less money with no hidden time wasting, not rocket science is it??
This is particularly true of rentals
If anyone happens to travel to Germany, you can usually buy the DVD with an English soundtrack for less without the nagging prelude.
My non tech solution is this: put the DVD in your player with your TV switched off, wait for a few minutes until the DVD plays, press DVD menu and then switch the TV on.
Lumsden Abbott