View Single Post
Old 01-07-2005, 06:46 PM   #8
Legolas
Jack Burton
 

Join Date: March 31, 2001
Location: The zephyr lands beneath the brine.
Age: 39
Posts: 5,459
So, the dastardly fast-forward felon costs the industry vast amounts of money.

And to save the poor honest advertisment viewers a price rise, they're going to build in fast-forward protections (for just a little bit extra). Who knows how many of these criminals are out there. Perhaps there are so many that the price of DVDs can actually be lowered. There have to be -some- precedents of something like that. Somewhere.

And it's all fair, right? It's not like you -have- to watch the DVD you bought or rented or didn't even get yet. That's a personal choice. There is no-one forcing you to watch the ads if you do not want to see the movie.


...


I was thinking, it also costs the DVD maker money if you get up and walk away during the advertisments. People choosing to watch a DVD should be forced to sit it out from start to finish. Sure, they can pause it to fetch a drink or use the bathroom, but they should have to sit and wait for the advertisements at the end of the disk as well. They can skip the movie though and fast-forward to the commercial parts.

No doubt they will want to ensure you can't turn down the volume either.

...

You poor souls, spending money on DVD players.

[ 01-07-2005, 07:08 PM: Message edited by: Legolas ]
Legolas is offline