# Fucking DVDs that FORCE you to sit through the previews **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 1, 2003, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-dvds-that-force-you-to-sit-through-the-previews/185520 "2003-07-01T06:21:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-dvds-that-force-you-to-sit-through-the-previews/185520/21 "2003-07-02T07:59:47Z")
On my DVD player I can jump to the next chapter. In the case of my Monsters Inc DVD the next 8 chapters are previews for movies… So far, I’ve not run into a DVD that won’t allow me to skip, and I’ve got about 150 discs in my collection. That said, the INTERPOL and copyright warnings often won’t let you pass them by, but some will allow it. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Badger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/848f3c/32.png) [@Dead\_Badger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Badger)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-dvds-that-force-you-to-sit-through-the-previews/185520/22 "2003-07-02T10:14:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by UnuMondo \* > **On Linux many media players allow you to skip through the so-called “unskippable” annoucements. If you watch a DVD on a corporate OS like Windows, expect to be force to watch corporate material.** Surely this has nothing to do with Windows, and everything to do with the player used? I could just as easily write a skippable player in Windows as in Linux. I think you mean that if one buys a DVD program from a commercial company that has a licence from the DVD consortium, it is more likely to implement their specification in full. This has zip to do with MS, except that commercial companies tend to write for their OS by preference because it’s more popular. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-dvds-that-force-you-to-sit-through-the-previews/185520/23 "2003-07-02T15:17:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Keith Berry \* > \*\*I just rented a DVD last night that actually featured a choice option after the opening company logos…you could click on either “Main Menu” to get to the film or “Previews” to watch the preview for “How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days”. > > This dvd was either “The Hours” or “Punch-Drunk Love”. I watched both the same night, but can’t remember which one had this rather odd opening. \*\* Probably _The Hours_. I’m hypothesizing this because _Star Trek Nemisis_ has a “Paramount DVD” logo at the beginning which leads to the “Main Menu” and “Previews” options. One of the previews is for…_The Hours_. I’m guessing this is the new norm for Paramount Pictures. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-dvds-that-force-you-to-sit-through-the-previews/185520/24 "2003-07-02T20:37:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Seven \* > On my DVD player I can jump to the next chapter. In the case of my Monsters Inc DVD the next 8 chapters are previews for movies… I just hit the _Menu_ key for that disc and skip all the previews. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-dvds-that-force-you-to-sit-through-the-previews/185520/25 "2003-07-02T20:55:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ElwoodCuse \* > **Are these rental or purchased DVDs? I’m sure it’s not too difficult for companies to make two different copies.** I suppose I wouldn’t be bothered too much if they only had these nonskippable ads on rental DVDs. Just so long as the copy that _I pay for_ doesn’t. That being said, sometimes it’s kind of funny to see old commercials from 10-15 years ago. I recently watched an old movie I had recorded off of TBS in the late 80’s. Some of those commercials are hillarious. And don’t even get me started on the hairstyles! ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-dvds-that-force-you-to-sit-through-the-previews/185520/26 "2003-07-02T21:07:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lord Ashtar \* > **I suppose I wouldn’t be bothered too much if they only had these nonskippable ads on rental DVDs. Just so long as the copy that _I pay for_ doesn’t.** Agreed. > [@](#): > > \*\* > That being said, sometimes it’s kind of funny to see old commercials from 10-15 years ago. I recently watched an old movie I had recorded off of TBS in the late 80’s. Some of those commercials are hillarious. And don’t even get me started on the hairstyles! \*\* I’m sure the novelty would wear off after the second time. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-dvds-that-force-you-to-sit-through-the-previews/185520.md?page=1)