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Originally Posted by James125
Yeah I have never seen this option either but aren't these just rental copies with none of the extras?
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At least 50% of the titles I've rented from my local Redbox have been the actual retail version and not a rental version. That number might even be closer to 75% or so. Guess it all depends on the particular titles a person rents. That being said, if you hadn't rented the given title already you could always check online to see if others have rented it as to whether or not it's the retail or rental version before deciding to purchase it. The rental version naturally would not include any extras and some rental versions might also not include the lossless track though I haven't seen this that often myself aside from the occasional Lionsgate title.
In fact, I just rented Edge of Tomorrow from my local Redbox this morning. It's a rental version. No extras, but it does still include the lossless track thanks to Warner putting this on a BD50. Of course there's still a barrage of trailers and so forth which will play prior to getting to the Main Menu though you aren't forced to watch them as you can access the Main Menu at any time by hitting up the "Top Menu" function of your Blu-ray player. Just for fun I've provided the play-by-play below. Can't wait to watch this tonight!
Warner Intro [00:11]
Trailer - Mad Max: Fury Road [02:38]
Trailer - The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies [02:00]
Trailer - Into the Storm [02:35]
Trailer - Godzilla [02:35]
Trailer - Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham [01:17]
Trailer - Batman: Assualt on Arkham [01:38]
Main Menu - Menu options are "Play", "Scene Selections", "Audio" and "Subtitles"
Selecting "Play" from the Main Menu you are forced to view the below warning screens prior to the feature presentation playing. Selecting the first chapter from the Main Menu instead provides for bypassing the warning screens altogether. :-)
FBI Warning [00:08]
Piracy Warning [00:08]
Film Rating (PG-13) [00:06]
Feature Presentation (DTS-HD MA 7.1) [1:53:29]
This disc is BD-J free as well, so even on slower Blu-ray players there will be no loading time to speak of.