what do you hate most about dvds?

whynotsmile · 06-18-04, 10:45 AM

i hate that you always gotta keep em safe or in a case. im not a very tidy person, and something i really liked about vhs was how you could just throw it across the room when you were done.

tofu · 06-18-04, 10:59 AM

That circle in the middle.

PopcornTreeCt · 06-18-04, 11:01 AM

Umm...their collectability. And the fact that there are websites devoted to them that promote collecting.

wordtoyamotha · 06-18-04, 11:03 AM

The inevitability that another format will one day replace them.

flashburn · 06-18-04, 11:05 AM

Ones that aren't anamorphic and/or OAR.

NaturalMystic79 · 06-18-04, 11:09 AM

The fact we have to pay for them.

BlackBeauty92 · 06-18-04, 11:18 AM

for me, the Re-re-re-release of em

they did that with LD (which is worse i think due to its prices)

Fok · 06-18-04, 11:30 AM

Double dipping......they should get it right the first time.

Understandable for the very old releases, but you gotta be joking with the new ones. At least give the consumer a choice (thumbs up for the LOTR trilogy).

CanadianKnight · 06-18-04, 11:41 AM

The fact that I can't melt 'em down and inject 'em directly into my veins.

My name is CK, and I'm a DVD addict.

nodeerforamonth · 06-18-04, 11:42 AM

That I don't have enough time to watch all the ones I want to.

TomMiller · 06-18-04, 11:59 AM

The fact that you are usually blocked from fast forwarded or skipping past all of the introductory stuff before getting to the DVD menue (FBI warnings and the like). It takes about a minute to load a DVD, whereas you can play a CD in three seconds.

This isn't a big issue when just playing a movie, but when doing demos, or trying to trouble shoot a problem, or trying to do comparisons between movies, it is a real PITA.

TomOpus · 06-18-04, 12:04 PM

I fully understand the reasoning but I hate region-coding.

antennaball · 06-18-04, 12:12 PM

The fact that I can't stop purchasing them.

Seriously.

marty888 · 06-18-04, 12:13 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by TomOpus
I fully understand the reasoning but I hate region-coding.

It's real easy to make it go away ..... less than $100 ..... I wish all the problems in life could be eliminated so easily.

johnbook · 06-18-04, 12:13 PM

Opening a brand new one, all those damn theft seals...

ukywyldcat · 06-18-04, 12:16 PM

that i dont get them for free

lcnickell · 06-18-04, 12:21 PM

Floaters.

or ones that say Directed by Spielberg on them

RichDB10 · 06-18-04, 12:27 PM

The fact that they take up space!!....and that you begin to think you need to sell your house..not because of an expanding family...but because the spare room is now no longer big enough to house your collection

Artman · 06-18-04, 12:29 PM

-They can only hold a certain amount of data. (isnt it about 4 hrs?)

-Layer changes.

Chew · 06-18-04, 12:37 PM

re-re-releases
non-anamorphic discs
knowing HD is around the corner

TomOpus · 06-18-04, 12:41 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by marty888
It's real easy to make it go away ..... less than $100 ..... I wish all the problems in life could be eliminated so easily.

Yeah yeah yeah I know all about region-free players... but it would make easier for EVERYONE if there was no regional coding. Other regions could have easier access to some of our cool collector sets and visa versa. Oh, while we're at it, let's make NTSC a world-wide standard

btw, having 2 players is not a good option since I won't give up my current player... too many features and it plays everything I throw at it

FuzzyBallz · 06-18-04, 12:46 PM

That the current crop of DVDs will look like crap when Blu-Ray becomes main stream and replacing it as the standard. Then I'd have to repurchase all my triple dipped DVDs. Damn you movie studios.

ChrisHicks · 06-18-04, 12:48 PM

the fact that no matter how great a disc is there will always be someone bitching about it.

ChrisHicks · 06-18-04, 12:54 PM

the fact that I have over 1600 DVDs and half of them are all the Army Of Darkness and Halloween rereleases.

Cardiac161 · 06-18-04, 01:15 PM

The fact that seeing my dvd collection makes me realize how much I have spent could have gone to my life savings.

06-18-04, 10:45 AM	#1
whynotsmile Needs to contact an admin about multiple accounts Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 1,411	what do you hate most about dvds? i hate that you always gotta keep em safe or in a case. im not a very tidy person, and something i really liked about vhs was how you could just throw it across the room when you were done.

06-18-04, 11:03 AM	#4
wordtoyamotha Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 844	The inevitability that another format will one day replace them. __________________ My Holiday Movie Challenge List

06-18-04, 11:05 AM	#5
flashburn DVD Talk Hall of Fame Join Date: Apr 1999 Location: Deltona, FL Posts: 7,541	Ones that aren't anamorphic and/or OAR. __________________ Xbox Live Gamertag: FlasHBurN2012 My Ever Growing Blu-ray, HD DVD, and DVD Collection

06-18-04, 11:09 AM	#6
NaturalMystic79 DVD Talk Special Edition Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Empok Nor Posts: 1,796	The fact we have to pay for them. __________________ My DVD Collection at DVDAF

06-18-04, 11:18 AM	#7
BlackBeauty92 DVD Talk Special Edition Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Jakarta, INA Posts: 1,958	for me, the Re-re-re-release of em they did that with LD (which is worse i think due to its prices) __________________ "All these rumors about Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, Hayden Christensen, Colin Farell etc. being gay surface out of a mix of jealousy & gossip. I assure you, Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks and Colin Farrell are NOT gay" ~ By DonnachaOne My DVD Collection DVD Trade List

06-18-04, 10:59 AM	#2
tofu DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 10,045	That circle in the middle.

06-18-04, 11:01 AM	#3
PopcornTreeCt DVD Talk Hero Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Central Florida Posts: 25,826	Umm...their collectability. And the fact that there are websites devoted to them that promote collecting.

06-18-04, 11:30 AM	#8
Fok DVD Talk Limited Edition Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Canada, BC Posts: 6,647	Double dipping......they should get it right the first time. Understandable for the very old releases, but you gotta be joking with the new ones. At least give the consumer a choice (thumbs up for the LOTR trilogy). __________________ This is my signature, don't know what to put here yet

06-18-04, 11:41 AM	#9
CanadianKnight Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Calgary, AB, Canada Posts: 401	The fact that I can't melt 'em down and inject 'em directly into my veins. My name is CK, and I'm a DVD addict. __________________ _____________________ C.K.

06-18-04, 11:42 AM	#10
nodeerforamonth DVD Talk Limited Edition Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 7,315	That I don't have enough time to watch all the ones I want to. __________________ "Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad." -nodeerforamonth

06-18-04, 11:59 AM	#11
TomMiller Member Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 244	The fact that you are usually blocked from fast forwarded or skipping past all of the introductory stuff before getting to the DVD menue (FBI warnings and the like). It takes about a minute to load a DVD, whereas you can play a CD in three seconds. This isn't a big issue when just playing a movie, but when doing demos, or trying to trouble shoot a problem, or trying to do comparisons between movies, it is a real PITA.

06-18-04, 12:04 PM	#12
TomOpus DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 23,292	I fully understand the reasoning but I hate region-coding. __________________ "Pear Pimples for Hairy Fishnuts!" My So-Called DVD Life (Profiler),A Fistful of Discs (DVDAf)

06-18-04, 12:12 PM	#13
antennaball DVD Talk Platinum Edition Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: The 7-8-Triple6, Texas Posts: 3,621	The fact that I can't stop purchasing them. Seriously. __________________ DVDSpot

06-18-04, 12:13 PM	#15
johnbook DVD Talk Special Edition Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Home of the Maize & Blue (Ann Arbor, Michigan) Posts: 1,118	Opening a brand new one, all those damn theft seals... __________________ I WANNA ROCK! (TWISTED SISTER)

06-18-04, 12:16 PM	#16
ukywyldcat DVD Talk Platinum Edition Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Peoples Republik of Kalifornia Posts: 3,382	that i dont get them for free __________________ Happiness is a warm gun and a lit cigar. Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives should be the name of a store not a government agency.

06-18-04, 12:37 PM	#20
Chew DVD Talk Legend Join Date: May 1999 Location: South of Titletown Posts: 18,628	re-re-releases non-anamorphic discs knowing HD is around the corner __________________ XBL/PSN: chew1138 Weekly Tuesday Warhawk Night (PS3)

06-18-04, 12:21 PM	#17
lcnickell Suspended Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 661	Floaters. or ones that say Directed by Spielberg on them

06-18-04, 12:27 PM	#18
RichDB10 DVD Talk Special Edition Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: North east England UK Posts: 1,689	The fact that they take up space!!....and that you begin to think you need to sell your house..not because of an expanding family...but because the spare room is now no longer big enough to house your collection

06-18-04, 12:29 PM	#19
Artman DVD Talk Limited Edition Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 7,002	-They can only hold a certain amount of data. (isnt it about 4 hrs?) -Layer changes. __________________ Keeping sight of the vow we made / Holding fast to the hope - Relentless Intolerance http://trukid.dvdaf.com/owned/blu-ray

06-18-04, 12:46 PM	#22
FuzzyBallz Suspended Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: 5 Point West Side Posts: 2,171	That the current crop of DVDs will look like crap when Blu-Ray becomes main stream and replacing it as the standard. Then I'd have to repurchase all my triple dipped DVDs. Damn you movie studios.

06-18-04, 12:48 PM	#23
ChrisHicks DVD Talk Ultimate Edition Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Michigan Posts: 4,611	the fact that no matter how great a disc is there will always be someone bitching about it. __________________ Wii Friend Code: 1249 6431 9623 9624 / XBL Gamertag / PS3 Gamertag: chrishicks

06-18-04, 12:54 PM	#24
ChrisHicks DVD Talk Ultimate Edition Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Michigan Posts: 4,611	the fact that I have over 1600 DVDs and half of them are all the Army Of Darkness and Halloween rereleases. __________________ Wii Friend Code: 1249 6431 9623 9624 / XBL Gamertag / PS3 Gamertag: chrishicks

06-18-04, 01:15 PM	#25
Cardiac161 DVD Talk Special Edition Join Date: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,045	The fact that seeing my dvd collection makes me realize how much I have spent could have gone to my life savings.