What does buying a DVD movie give you?

[streetster]

right, another thought.

what about DVD (etc) upscalers, ie the new PS3 1.80 firmware allows DVDs to be upscaled to 1080p, this is surely fine tho?

[directhex]

right, another thought.

what about DVD (etc) upscalers, ie the new PS3 1.80 firmware allows DVDs to be upscaled to 1080p, this is surely fine tho?

upscaling is bull****

playing a 320x200 game on a 1600x1200 monitor doesn't invent extra graphics out of nowhere, and the same applies with DVD

[jimbouk]

what about DVD (etc) upscalers, ie the new PS3 1.80 firmware allows DVDs to be upscaled to 1080p, this is surely fine tho?

It's still the same disc for personal domestic use (I assume...). Upscaling is just a method of viewing it, like if you have a telly that can pan+scan widesceen to 3:4, or anything like that - it's still the same disc being played.

[Mousemat]

Legally buying a DVD entitles you to watch the unskippable anti-piracy advert. Something that you would only have to endure if it actually was a legal copy. Are they trying to force people into piracy just to avoid seeing the damn thing for the millionth time?

[finlay666]

Legally buying a DVD entitles you to watch the unskippable anti-piracy advert. Something that you would only have to endure if it actually was a legal copy. Are they trying to force people into piracy just to avoid seeing the damn thing for the millionth time?

I never have to watch it

Mind I do set VLC to just go straight to the menu

And if you don't like the DVD buying it legally entitles you to use it as a coaster

[jimbouk]

I don't mind not being able to skip the copyright thing, it's when you can't go to the menu when they've lined up 10+ rubbish trailers for B-rate movies, grrrrrrr!

[Mousemat]

I don't mind not being able to skip the copyright thing, it's when you can't go to the menu when they've lined up 10+ rubbish trailers for B-rate movies, grrrrrrr!

If I remember right there was a big stink about this a while back. Something to do with the movie companies not being supposed to use that section of the DVD for advertising purposes.