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>From: "Nick"

>It's really annoying on a lot of R1 because u have to watch the commericals,
>you have no choice apart from fast forwarding them. I wish they would allow
>it so you can press "menu" button to skip the commercials
>
>
>"Dhas" <> wrote in message
>news:bnof65$2l6$...
>> I purchased the Hulk even though I didn't care for the movie, I just
>wanted
>> to add it to my "comic book" DVD collection. I was very disappointed that
>> the first 3 minutes is taken up by commercials for other movies - I'm
>hoping
>> that I can return this DVD for that reason alone, I would do without it in
>> my collection. Anyone else annoyed by this?
>>
>>

I just pressed the chapter skip button and it went straight to the main menu.

this IS a pretty small thing to bitch about... I gotta side with the "give it a
rest" crowd (which I rarely do, I feel that if it's important to you you should
have the right to vent).

If the set you're talking about is a true multi-disc set like BG or a Buffy set
or something ("Taken"? Never a better name for a Spielberg project if you ask
me! ESPECIALLY IF YOU BUY IT) then some sort of printed guide as to what's on
each of the 4-6 discs would be nice so that you don't have to use the chapter
screen... but for just about any other movie, you're gonna sit and watch the
majority of it anyway, right...

.... well...

.... maybe on second thought...

.... this IS "The Hulk" we're talking about.

: )

>
> Just backup the movie ONLY to DVD media. End of commercials and all the
> other unnecessary, extraneous garbage.

This is what I do. I put my original away for safe keeping but first I burn
a DVD-R with the movie only. Nice to have the movie start right away on
insertion.



"callsignviper" <> wrote in message
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>
> "Dhas" <> wrote in message
> news:bnof65$2l6$...
> > I purchased the Hulk even though I didn't care for the movie, I just
> wanted
> > to add it to my "comic book" DVD collection. I was very disappointed
that
> > the first 3 minutes is taken up by commercials for other movies - I'm
> hoping
> > that I can return this DVD for that reason alone, I would do without it
in
> > my collection. Anyone else annoyed by this?
> >
> >

>
>
> --
> callsignviper
>
>
> The truth is out there. You just have to look in the right places and ask
> the right questions.
>
>




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On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 07:34:15 GMT, mzmeryze <>
wrote:

>On 29 Oct 2003 18:29:21 GMT, (Wade365) wrote:
>
>><< I was very disappointed that
>>> the first 3 minutes is taken up by commercials for other movies - I'm
>>hoping
>>> that I can return this DVD for that reason alone, I would do without it in
>>> my collection. Anyone else annoyed by this? >>
>>
>>Everyone is annoyed, but I believe if you hit "Stop" duringthe commercials and
>>then hit the menu button you can get around them... yes, it's silly to have to
>>trick your player, but it's really better than having to sit there and FF>>
>>thourgh them like on VHS...
>
>Jesus, people. It takes a ****in' second to FF through them.
>
>

Yes, and it takes even less time if the ****ing commercials can be
skipped by pressing the "menu" key. It's totally assinine, that they
disabled all of the menu keys, and chapter skip buttons.

Moreover, not only did the commercial thing **** me off, but I didn't
realize that I had bought the ****ing Pan and Scam version until the
movie started playing! Now, I just hope Best Buy will let me
exchange the damn thing for the Widescreen version tomorrow.

- Rutgar

On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 12:08:30 -0600, "Klaus" <>
wrote:

>>
>> Just backup the movie ONLY to DVD media. End of commercials and all the
>> other unnecessary, extraneous garbage.
>
>This is what I do. I put my original away for safe keeping but first I burn
>a DVD-R with the movie only. Nice to have the movie start right away on
>insertion.
>
>

Well, I do have DVD recorder, but the disks it burns (DVD-RAM/R) won't
play on my Pioneer Elite DV-47A. Besides, it's absolutely ridiculous
to buy a DVD, and then have to make a copy of the thing, just to watch
it without having to sit through commercials. Even Disney DVD's
allow you to skip the commecials by pressing "menu".

- Rutgar

mzmeryze wrote on [Thu, 30 Oct 2003 07:34:15 GMT]:
> On 29 Oct 2003 18:29:21 GMT, (Wade365) wrote:
>
>><< I was very disappointed that
>>> the first 3 minutes is taken up by commercials for other movies - I'm
>>hoping
>>> that I can return this DVD for that reason alone, I would do without it in
>>> my collection. Anyone else annoyed by this? >>
>>
>>Everyone is annoyed, but I believe if you hit "Stop" duringthe commercials and
>>then hit the menu button you can get around them... yes, it's silly to have to
>>trick your player, but it's really better than having to sit there and FF>>
>>thourgh them like on VHS...
>
> Jesus, people. It takes a ****in' second to FF through them.
>

every time you watch it. And in 5 years time those ads will be even less
relevant

On 30 Oct 2003 13:19:34 GMT, UNIST (Machina3317)
wrote:

>>From: "Nick"
>
>>It's really annoying on a lot of R1 because u have to watch the commericals,
>>you have no choice apart from fast forwarding them. I wish they would allow
>>it so you can press "menu" button to skip the commercials
>>
>>
>>"Dhas" <> wrote in message
>>news:bnof65$2l6$...
>>> I purchased the Hulk even though I didn't care for the movie, I just
>>wanted
>>> to add it to my "comic book" DVD collection. I was very disappointed that
>>> the first 3 minutes is taken up by commercials for other movies - I'm
>>hoping
>>> that I can return this DVD for that reason alone, I would do without it in
>>> my collection. Anyone else annoyed by this?
>>>
>>>
>
>I just pressed the chapter skip button and it went straight to the main menu.

Your player must be magic because the Menu and Chapter Skip buttons on
my player were disabled during the ads.

Scott

On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 07:34:15 GMT, mzmeryze <>
wrote:

>On 29 Oct 2003 18:29:21 GMT, (Wade365) wrote:
>
>><< I was very disappointed that
>>> the first 3 minutes is taken up by commercials for other movies - I'm
>>hoping
>>> that I can return this DVD for that reason alone, I would do without it in
>>> my collection. Anyone else annoyed by this? >>
>>
>>Everyone is annoyed, but I believe if you hit "Stop" duringthe commercials and
>>then hit the menu button you can get around them... yes, it's silly to have to
>>trick your player, but it's really better than having to sit there and FF>>
>>thourgh them like on VHS...
>
>Jesus, people. It takes a ****in' second to FF through them.
>
>
If only the button would work. On my player it's disabled during the
ads.

Scott

In article <>, Scott P
<> wrote:

> If only the button would work. On my player it's disabled during the
> ads.

Hit STOP when you see the WARNING. (before the ads start)
Then hit MENU.

Enjoy.

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