Non movie related commercials on dvd.

[Film Addict]

Has anyone encountered this? I once saw a car advertisement (right before the interactive menu came up) on a family drama dvd that had nothing to with cars at all. I think that just seems sad and cheap.

[Erasmus Folly]

No I can't say I have, but I'm against it. But I'm also against those warnings about copying movies and threats from the FBI and Interpol. (Actually I might have seen a Coca-Cola comericial once, the same one that plays in the movie theaters.)

[Cygnus X-2112]

Yeah i have the No Country For Old Men DVD and it has a ****ing car commercial on the beginning. So ****ing stupid.

[mark f]

I could be dreaming this, but wasn't there a Coca-Cola "commercial" at the beginning of the VHS version of E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, featuring E.T.? I think I have it around here so maybe I'll check later. It was clever enough, whatever the heck it was, that I didn't care.

[7thson]

I do not really care what is on the dvd as long as I can go to main menu with push of button. Making me watch an ad and telling me that a certain operation is not availble is a bit rude. Making me sit through a do not copy this DVD cause it is illegal spiel after I just bought the dang thing ticks me off too. We should be able to insert DVD, hit main menu and be off.

[PimpDaShizzle V2.0]

It's the best when they're non existent, fine when you can menu-button past them, and irritating when you have to fast forward through them, but alas, I still watch the effin' movie.

[n3wt]

To be honust I cant stand any sort of adverts on DVDs not even that bloody "you wouldnt steal a car...." rubbish. It was the same on VHS half the cassette was taken up by adverts for other films and rubbish. When I buy DVDs I just want to watch the film not have endless amout of rubbish before hand. Yes you could skip but why should I Ive got this film to watch, Just put the film on. There are some DVDs that wont let you even skip the Adverts even by pressing the DVD menu button.

[Sedai]

Agreed. I mean, if we are plopping down the cash for the DVD, we should get a nice clean copy of the film, extras, and other items we want, and not some commercial for a candy bar, or, as n3wt points out, a short piece of info telling us not to be criminals.

[Yoda]

I do not really care what is on the dvd as long as I can go to main menu with push of button. Making me watch an ad and telling me that a certain operation is not availble is a bit rude. Making me sit through a do not copy this DVD cause it is illegal spiel after I just bought the dang thing ticks me off too. We should be able to insert DVD, hit main menu and be off.
Agree completely. The ads are lame, but I don't think twice about them unless I'm forced to watch.

[n3wt]

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I was watching this last night and I couldnt skip to the menu or the trailers for the films, the only way I could get thro them was to fast forward that was annoying!