xirtam
08-01-2003, 07:04 PM
From www.davisdvd.com...
"Some interesting news has come out of the VSDA show in Vegas. On Wednesday a "DVD Content and the Market" round table was held featuring DVD producers Van Ling (Star Wars, T2), David Naylor (The X-Files, Buffy), David Prior (Fight Club, Pearl Harbor) and Charles de Lauzirika (Gladiator, Black Hawk Down). One of the main points of discussion was the area menu design, with the general consensus being that easy navigation and functionality remain the key to good menus. In the midst of the discussion, Prior, who is currently finishing up work on Columbia's Panic Room two-disc special edition, said that the Blockbuster chain has apparently demanded that menu pages on the multi-disc set shouldn't point to bonus features that are on the disc. That way, Prior suspects, Blockbuster has the option of renting each disc separately. If this is indeed the case, the panel speculated that Blockbuster may begin demands such as this on a title-by-title basis. (thanks to Troy for the news)"
That really sucks. Those greedy bastards at Blockbuster want people to have to rent multi-disc sets twice if they want to see all the special features. That doesn't make any sense! When you buy them they usually cost just as much as single disc sets, so why shouldn't the multi and single discs cost the same to rent?
I hope this isn't true, and I hope they never succeed in going through with this. If they do I might just switch to Hollywood Video...
"Some interesting news has come out of the VSDA show in Vegas. On Wednesday a "DVD Content and the Market" round table was held featuring DVD producers Van Ling (Star Wars, T2), David Naylor (The X-Files, Buffy), David Prior (Fight Club, Pearl Harbor) and Charles de Lauzirika (Gladiator, Black Hawk Down). One of the main points of discussion was the area menu design, with the general consensus being that easy navigation and functionality remain the key to good menus. In the midst of the discussion, Prior, who is currently finishing up work on Columbia's Panic Room two-disc special edition, said that the Blockbuster chain has apparently demanded that menu pages on the multi-disc set shouldn't point to bonus features that are on the disc. That way, Prior suspects, Blockbuster has the option of renting each disc separately. If this is indeed the case, the panel speculated that Blockbuster may begin demands such as this on a title-by-title basis. (thanks to Troy for the news)"
That really sucks. Those greedy bastards at Blockbuster want people to have to rent multi-disc sets twice if they want to see all the special features. That doesn't make any sense! When you buy them they usually cost just as much as single disc sets, so why shouldn't the multi and single discs cost the same to rent?
I hope this isn't true, and I hope they never succeed in going through with this. If they do I might just switch to Hollywood Video...