Originally Posted by Worth
Forced previews and ads aren't exclusive to blu-ray - many DVDs are the same.
Originally Posted by Rick Thompson
Except in nearly every case, on a DVD you simply press "menu" and you're past them.
Originally Posted by Brandon Conway
The same is true for Blu-ray, in my experience.
Originally Posted by Rick Thompson
Except in nearly every case, on a DVD you simply press "menu" and you're past them.
Originally Posted by Hollywoodaholic
I've watched three retail BDs in the past few days that had forced previews you couldn't skip by with either menu button, but had to fast forward or chapter skip through. Up in the Air and the Kelly's Heroes/Where Eagles Dare were two of them. It's truly annoying.
Originally Posted by Man-Fai Wong
Yeah, needing to chapter skip them is annoying, but a few somewhat recent rental BDs I tried even killed that and required the more cumbersome fastforward scan. Can't remember which ones offhand, but I'll take note going forward. Not sure if I've come across any retail BDs that bad yet.
_Man_
Originally Posted by TonyD
"rental exclusive" versions do this, these are discs with only the movie and NO MENU. fast forward only.
Originally Posted by Scott!
I'm on my second PS3 and love it. I bought the slim model because the fan was so much quieter than the original, but I've never had any playback issues with either one of them. My Samsung player (don't remember the model number...I think it's the BDP-1600 but could be wrong) works OK but loads a lot slower than the PS3.
Originally Posted by PaulDA
How much quieter? I have my PS3 in another room (the wonders of Bluetooth) but I'd like to get another player at some point and other than the fan noise, I quite like my PS3.
Originally Posted by hampsteadbandit .
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Michael, can I ask why is it so slow to load?
It is something to do with Java?
Originally Posted by Man-Fai Wong
Yeah, needing to chapter skip them is annoying, but a few somewhat recent rental BDs I tried even killed that and required the more cumbersome fastforward scan. Can't remember which ones offhand, but I'll take note going forward. Not sure if I've come across any retail BDs that bad yet.
_Man_