What bugs you most about the DVD platform?
03-23-05, 02:50 AM
#52
DVD Talk Reviewer
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Northern Virginia
Posts: 506
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Region coding.
Nearly half of my DVDs are from regions other than region 1 (Asian cinema, anime, films from Europe), so any player I own must be region-free. That means I can't just walk into a store and purchase a DVD player and expect it to play all my discs. I can't take many of my discs over to friends' places or lend them out.
There are ways around this, but we're talking about annoyances here, and region coding bugs me a lot more than missing inserts or snap cases.
Nearly half of my DVDs are from regions other than region 1 (Asian cinema, anime, films from Europe), so any player I own must be region-free. That means I can't just walk into a store and purchase a DVD player and expect it to play all my discs. I can't take many of my discs over to friends' places or lend them out.
There are ways around this, but we're talking about annoyances here, and region coding bugs me a lot more than missing inserts or snap cases.
03-23-05, 02:53 AM
#53
DVD Talk Reviewer
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Northern Virginia
Posts: 506
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Speaking of that metal T2 case, I didn't have a problem with it until I noticed it was scratching up the packaging of some other DVDs I had placed near it. DVD cases shouldn't be able to damage other titles in your collection.
03-23-05, 03:40 AM
#54
DVD Talk Gold Edition
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Kingston, TN
Posts: 2,309
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Well, I hate P&S disc. If they did not exist and everything was OAR I would be able to deal with all the other BS that irritates me such as forced trailers and FBI warnings.
The layer change is irritating, but I know it will leave when I buy a new player. My player is a name brand, and retailed for like $1500, but it is also the first progressive scan unit by Toshiba (in America). I will get a new player soon enough though.
The layer change is irritating, but I know it will leave when I buy a new player. My player is a name brand, and retailed for like $1500, but it is also the first progressive scan unit by Toshiba (in America). I will get a new player soon enough though.
Last edited by speedyray; 03-23-05 at 04:02 AM.
