I’ll be that guy: eventually DVD menus got in the way of what I bought to watch. At least you could skip previews usually, but it was usually not allowed to skip some animated lead-in to each submenu. I liked Superbit DVD menus best because they got straight to the point, which was to play the damn movie.
Yeah, I think this is very much a case of effort being spent where people would have preferred none at all, and I think most didn’t appreciate the effort. I remember back in the day getting DVDs instead of VHSes were annoying because of unskippable warnings and trailers. 99% of the time I also just want to watch the movie, and the 1% of the time that I care about special features or chapter select, I’m OK with something more austere.
Also, the DVD player usually had a built in UI for chapter select. Same with subtitles. The menu kind of made you think you had to go through it, which was also annoying.
I’ll be that guy: eventually DVD menus got in the way of what I bought to watch. At least you could skip previews usually, but it was usually not allowed to skip some animated lead-in to each submenu. I liked Superbit DVD menus best because they got straight to the point, which was to play the damn movie.
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Yeah, I think this is very much a case of effort being spent where people would have preferred none at all, and I think most didn’t appreciate the effort. I remember back in the day getting DVDs instead of VHSes were annoying because of unskippable warnings and trailers. 99% of the time I also just want to watch the movie, and the 1% of the time that I care about special features or chapter select, I’m OK with something more austere.
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Also, the DVD player usually had a built in UI for chapter select. Same with subtitles. The menu kind of made you think you had to go through it, which was also annoying.
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