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Erik_Haraldsson wrote:One, admittedly not really important, annoyance is some, mainly US, DVDs have the plastic wrapper glued to the spine of the keep case, resulting in an ugly and uneven surface.
That most UK blurays have a thicker keep case then those I buy here in Sweden or import from US.
Warner (maybe others) DVDs that play an anti-copyright message in every conceivable language after the main film/ last TV episode, when you wants to watch the bonus material instead.
Playing a 10-second copyright message after each and every deleted scene (recently experienced when watching The Shield, though the later seasons let you play all deleted scenes from one episode together in order to make it less annoying).
Eric_Cotenas wrote:How about DVDs with the "Piracy, it's a crime" video where you can't skip it or even fast forward?
Jyri_Lehtinen wrote:Yeah it's the 5% I'm talking about when you're not allowed to do anything.
Alister_Manson wrote:I usually solve that by ejecting the disc and reloading it. Unless it's the 1% that automatically resumes at the last point played. Speaking of which, I also hate BDs that don't support auto-resume, especially the ones which don't even have a bookmark function.
That is annoying indeed. Even the Dutch and Germans who used to have forced subs on nearly every dvd, rarely have forced subs in their releases these days. Some do but for the amount I've come across recently, they are in the minority.
8. For English-speaking collectors, translated titles on dvd or bd covers - "Im Geheimdienst Ihrer Majestät", "Stirb Langsam", "Der Weisse Hai"?
Also, I hate my own stupidity. Bought the German release of Lily Sometimes starring Ludivine Sagnier and Diane Kruger without even thining it might not be English friendly. Doh! Not English friendly...
Oh come on do u really think that everywhere in the world should use English? I have both DVDs and Blurays with their foreign titles which is really no problem.
Not a design annoyance, but how about Sony reissuing Columbia flipper DVDs and dropping the widescreen transfers AND keeping the same catalog number making shopping for copies of the widescreen ones online useless. You actually have to physically see the copy to see if the back cover has the box mentioning widescreen and fullscreen versions or just fullscreen.
Jim_Mcdonaugh wrote:Not a design annoyance, but how about Sony reissuing Columbia flipper DVDs and dropping the widescreen transfers AND keeping the same catalog number making shopping for copies of the widescreen ones online useless. You actually have to physically see the copy to see if the back cover has the box mentioning widescreen and fullscreen versions or just fullscreen.
A mega publisher like Sony can't go lower then that.
A few eBay sellers I've noticed actually take pictures of the discs back cover and the disc itself rather than using the stock photo, but I doubt larger sellers would even bother.
Jim_Mcdonaugh wrote:A few eBay sellers I've noticed actually take pictures of the discs back cover and the disc itself rather than using the stock photo, but I doubt larger sellers would even bother.
It won't help as covers of those reissues are the same. The best solution is not buy.
Yes, those were awful. Buena Vista was quite fond of them, and a lot of the titles released in Australia in that format were also the censored UK versions (ie The Rock, Face/Off). Good thing they were short lived, although a few are still in print and would be better off replaced by remastered DVD9 versions.
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