Originally Posted by Douglas Monce /forum/thread/297010/a-few-thoughts-about-blu-ray-dvd-flipper-discs/90#post_3650768
I'm not sure why figuring out what side to put up is so difficult. HD DVD combos were exactly the same. If you see the red ring, you’re watching the HD DVD side. On blu-ray flippers, if you see the blue ring, you’re watching the blu-ray. I'm sorry but whats so hard about that?
Also if you have trouble reading the label on a flipper disc then you probably also have trouble reading the text in a novel or a news paper or a prescription bottle, and should consider seeing an eye doctor.
First off, I DO see an eye doctor regularly. Ever since I turned 50, my close-up vision just ain't what it used to be. /img/vbsmilies/htf/smile.gifOriginally Posted by Scott-S /forum/thread/297010/a-few-thoughts-about-blu-ray-dvd-flipper-discs/90#post_3650896
This dumbing down is confusing to those of us who know whats going on. If that makes sense. The label should be on the same side as the data.
It doesn't make sense to my brain that they are labeling the discs on the opposite side of the actual target. This is like putting the "Side A" on the opposite side of a cassette tape, then telling people that the label should face inward when inserting. LOL
While the cassette analogy is okay, I think of the last two-sided disc I used-to-use on a regular basis--the LP. The information on the "up" side corresponded with the information that was on the "up" side of the disc. Of course, the stylus at the end of the tonearm needed to come in contact with the top of the disc so we would put the disc on the player face up. Since most of us HT people know the laser faces up in our DVD & BD players, it leads to the momentary confusion. We were just trained to think a different way. It's hard to teach a dog new tricks.