I can understand the argument of simplicity and consistency for something productivity-related, or whatever, but when watching a DVD it is almost always for the purpose of entertainment. A fun and intnrnsting menu feels like part of the experience. It is a bit more of an event with all the little added flourishes.

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hdgvhicv a day ago | parent [-]

One of the many reason I stopped buying dvds. The adverts (unskippable), the cognitive bones etc get through to the play, some disks would even have spoilers for the film.

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reaperducer a day ago | parent [-]

Just buy them and rip them. This is Hacker News, after all.

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scun a day ago | parent | next [-]

Who's ripping DVDs in 2026? Just print a photo of each frame and flick through.

	▲	viceconsole 21 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I still rip DVDs, a few a month. No streaming services in our household, so DVDs are how we get multilingual versions of things. And I can rip the special features.

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hdgvhicv 15 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I was ripping DVDs before most of HN had touched a keyboard. I’ve stilll got my decss tshirt.

It’s far easier to acquire them from the internet.

Piracy is a service problem.