InterActual THIS.
June 20th, 2007 by screenwriterguy
Dear DVD Manufacturer and Distributor:
I enjoy watching movies on my computer. This morning, for example, I thought I’d have School of Rock playing in a small corner window while I work on a client’s web page. This sort of thing is why people have DVD players on their computer.
Here’s what I don’t enjoy: being greeted each and every time I insert a disc with a prompt to install some proprietary player. I already have the player that came with Windows, plus the other Microsoft one that Windows makes you install if you ever try to watch anything on the web, plus the crappy one that came with my computer, plus the OTHER crappy player that came with my computer… all of which seem to vie for control of my media files. The last thing I want is another stupid player clogging up my system, especially one that doesn’t seem to have a full-screen mode available, and that places an obnoxious studio logo in the corner the entire time I watch a movie.
This may come as a surprise, but when I insert a DVD, what I want is for a movie to play. I prefer not to have to open several windows manually, then right-click to get the player I want.
Oh, and while we’re on the subject, I don’t want to watch previews. I don’t want studio promotions through which I cannot fast forward. I don’t want 30-seconds of DVD menu animation before I have the option to select play. You might GUESS that what I want when I put in a movie–a movie I PAID FOR, by the way–is to see that movie. You might guess that if you spent half a second thinking about customer experience, if your brain hadn’t rotted away through your choice of a career in marketing, leaving you incapable of prioritizing anything beyond getting me to see the stupid freakin’ logo of whatever company you’re whoring your services to.
Thank you for your time. Have a nice day.
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Jun 20th 2007 at 10:15 am
Putting trailers infront of a movie you’re watching at home. Geeze, that’s like, so VHS. (Though I did watch the trailers that came with my Land Before Time VHS, like the Pizza Hut one. When I bought my LBT (only the original, not like 50) DVD, I sadly missed that confused kid in the outfield.
Other then that, I agree 100%
Jun 20th 2007 at 11:52 am
Get a Mac. That will solve the multiple crappy player problem.
Jun 27th 2007 at 5:08 am
Robby-I hear ya, man. At least on a VHS you can fast forward through the trailers.
Mike-Will buying a Mac cause the DVD design to suck less? Cuz that might suddenly make it worth it to pay 60% more for a computer.