It's building up, I'm getting more and more pissed off with the DVD format by the day!
Studios are now so paranoid about piracy that they are alienating the people they should be cherishing the most - their customers.
I actually bought a DVD the other day (something I haven't done in a long time cos they're so overpriced and there's so much shit out there) and I was astounded at the user experience (or lack thereof) upon putting the DVD in my player.
The first thing I was greeted with was an anti-piracy advert which I couldn't skip. How fucking stupid are these studios?! I've just gone out and BOUGHT their DVD and they're lecturing me on the importance of not buying bootleg DVD's. And what's more - they're forcing me to watch it!
After waiting patiently through their propaganda, a whole lot of trailers start playing - again, I can't skip through them!
What is with these studios and
forcing their customers to watch shit? All I wanted to do was get to the menu and start the movie.
Another irritating thing is that when you finally get to the menu it has to play this whole intro to the menu - which again you can't skip and have to wait for.
Finally,I was at the menu where it let me actually watch the movie - hallelujah. After watching the movie, I thought I might check out some of the extras and so I went back to the menu and lo and behold: not one fucking extra! Not even a measly trailer!
I thought this was the way rental DVD's were going, just having the movie and nothing else and if you want more you have to go and buy the DVD, but now store DVD's appear to be doing the same thing!
This wasn't a small straight-to-DVD movie either. It was Lord of War and wasn't cheap. (I know I should have probably checked the box to see what extras there were, but I was in a hurry and it was just a present for my mom.)
This is just one aspect of the dvd format that is pissing me off - stay tuned for more ranting.
Next week, how much my LG dvd recorder (at least, that's what it calls itself) sucks.
