Buying in the States was Re: HP analyzer probes - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

8 Jul 2004

...
   Now I just buy
the DVDs. 
Not that you can avoid the advertising on DVDs anymore.  I rented one a
few months ago that wouldn't even let you skip them!  If I wasn't so lazy
at that point I would taken it back to the video store and demanded a
refund. 
Yeah but remember, DeCSS is pure evil. There could never be a legit 
reason to want to be able to bypass whatever restrictions the MPAA puts 
on a DVD. After all, they know exactly what is right for everyone.

The worst one I had to deal with was a DVD that played SEVEN freaking 
trailers before letting me get to the menu. Plus the FBI warning, and a 
handful of production company animated logos. It took a solid 15 minutes 
...
 from when I put the DVD in to when I could access the
menu and actually  play the movie. (IIRC, I think it was "Cheaper by the
dozen" that did it, 
although I could be wrong. I know it was a NetFlix rented movie that I 
watched about two weeks ago, and that's the one that is popping in my 
head).

-chris
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