Dark Knight no menus??

[TechFrenzy]

I just watched The Dark Knight and there were no menus and no resume playback on this film. I had to stop my movie half way through ...(wow, imagine that)....and upon wanting to resume the next day, I had to skip through each chapter until I got to my spot. Why? Why are the simple things being taken from us blu-ray users? It's common sense to me. But others rub it off like it's nothing.

[ckent22]

Originally Posted by TechFrenzy

I just watched The Dark Knight and there were no menus and no resume playback on this film. I had to stop my movie half way through ...(wow, imagine that)....and upon wanting to resume the next day, I had to skip through each chapter until I got to my spot. Why? Why are the simple things being taken from us blu-ray users? It's common sense to me. But others rub it off like it's nothing.

Warner Bros. movies simply start now when you put them into the player. If you want a menu to change the audio or go to another scene you have to push the menu button on the remote otherwise the film will continue to play.

[thecroshow]

ugh..what's the next dark knight thread going to be? "please help! my aspect ratio keeps changing during the dark knight!!??!?!"

[Red Hood]

Originally Posted by thecroshow

ugh..what's the next dark knight thread going to be? "please help! my aspect ratio keeps changing during the dark knight!!??!?!"

My copy keeps ending after 152 mins.

[tommyboy81]

Originally Posted by thecroshow

ugh..what's the next dark knight thread going to be? "please help! my aspect ratio keeps changing during the dark knight!!??!?!"

speaking of questions. Why the Jokers hair green? Didn't look like he had green hair in the theater. Is there something wrong with the tint?

[TechFrenzy]

So no one cares about the resume playback feature slowly disappearing. Well I do and I think it's ridiculous because the average person today has to stop and start films alot. Losing my place if I have to shut off the player as well. These were simple things that were taken away for some reason with the bd-j format

[GGX]

lol I can tell the OP just got into Blu-ray. Otherwise he would realize all Warner Blu-ray's are like that.

[gvortex7]

Originally Posted by TechFrenzy

So no one cares about the resume playback feature slowly disappearing. Well I do and I think it's ridiculous because the average person today has to stop and start films alot. Losing my place if I have to shut off the player as well. These were simple things that were taken away for some reason with the bd-j format

You need to start using Blu-ray's bookmark feature if this is such a huge issue. That way you can resume where you left off without having to go through the hassle of finding your last scene. You'll need to do that for every BD with Java menus.

[Cplhicks]

Sure all WB discs are like that, but I personally find it annoying. Why does WB have to do it different from everyone else? I like to have a real menu on my movies. I think it's just WB being cheap because they don't want to design cool menus. WB always has to find some annoying way to be different from all other studios-- snappers, poor audio, no menus.

[SpaceMind]

I personally hate the lack of initial menu's on Warner releases. And then when you go to their menu... it's totally lame. EVERYTHING on one screen. Not broken up into sections.

[metsfan1545d]

Originally Posted by Cplhicks

Sure all WB discs are like that, but I personally find it annoying. Why does WB have to do it different from everyone else? I like to have a real menu on my movies. I think it's just WB being cheap because they don't want to design cool menus. WB always has to find some annoying way to be different from all other studios-- snappers, poor audio, no menus.

its just the way they do things, its probably just a preference

[Big Daddy]

That is one of the reasons I refuse to buy any Blu-ray discs from Warner. The other reason is because of Warner's refusal to support HD audio on all their discs.

Big Daddy does not have any plans to buy The Dark Knight. I have seen it in the theater and I may rent it from Netflix, but I will not buy it until Warner abandons its stupidity.

[Sky_Captain]

Originally Posted by Big Daddy

That is one of the reasons I refuse to buy any Blu-ray discs from Warner. The other reason is because of Warner's refusal to support HD audio on all their discs.

Big Daddy does not have any plans to buy The Dark Knight. I have seen it in the theater and I may rent it from Netflix, but I will not buy it until Warner abandons its stupidity.

Wow. Just. Wow.

[Spymaster]

Originally Posted by SpaceMind

I personally hate the lack of initial menu's on Warner releases. And then when you go to their menu... it's totally lame. EVERYTHING on one screen. Not broken up into sections.

I totally agree. I am totally opposed to Warner's decision not to allow viewers to select all the options they want BEFORE watching the movie. It's totally ridiculous to expect people to go fumbling around menus while the movie is playing, especially if it's a movie you haven't seen before and, y'know, wanna actually watch!

It wouldn't be so bad if they at least defaulted to the HD audio track...

Anyway my signature says it all.

[SpaceMind]

I forgot about the audio issue. Right... you are already watching the movie before you get to switch the audio track. Who in the hell QA'd and approved that?

[djluis2k6]

Originally Posted by thecroshow

ugh..what's the next dark knight thread going to be? "please help! my aspect ratio keeps changing during the dark knight!!??!?!"

No lie. I thought that's why the mega-thread was created. Where are the mod's on this?

[JTStarkiller]

Originally Posted by Pyre

My copy keeps ending after 152 mins.

Awesome.

[STARSCREAM]

You gotta go to the menu yourself on Warner movies, except for Clone Wars which automatically takes you there. Also, don't forget to go in menu and change audio to lossless on these.

[Petra_Kalbrain]

Originally Posted by TechFrenzy

I just watched The Dark Knight and there were no menus and no resume playback on this film. I had to stop my movie half way through ...(wow, imagine that)....and upon wanting to resume the next day, I had to skip through each chapter until I got to my spot. Why? Why are the simple things being taken from us blu-ray users? It's common sense to me. But others rub it off like it's nothing.

LMAO!!!

#1. Is it really that difficult to remember the approximate timecode where you left off? And if I had to stop a movie for whatever reason, I respect the artists enough to start it from scratch when I get the chance again... expecially since movies aren't TV episodes. They aren't created to be watched in installments.

#2. I bet that you didn't change the audio setting to watch the film with the Dolby TrueHD track either, did you? Their discs default to Dolby Digital 5.1 even when a lossless HD track is available.

These are such small inconveniences in my opinion that I would rather expend those energies making sure that my fingernails are the right length!

BTW, This thread topic has been discussed in at least 5 other threads!!!

[Spymaster]

Originally Posted by Petra_Kalbrain

#2. I bet that you didn't change the audio setting to watch the film with the Dolby TrueHD track either, did you? Their discs default to Dolby Digital 5.1 even when a lossless HD track is available.

These are such small inconveniences in my opinion that I would rather expend those energies making sure that my fingernails are the right length!

It's not a "minor" inconvenience at all, and this is why:

1. Your attention is distracted from the first 10 seconds of the movie while changing audio track. 10 seconds isn't much but it's 10 seconds that you shouldn't have to miss. You don't miss those 10 seconds at cinemas!

2. Switching the audio track causes a momentary drop-out. This can interrupt the opening music cue and is unacceptable. If there was an audio dropout on a disc there'd be 1000s of people crying for a recall. Why is a disc fault bad but a forced user-generated drop-out is okay?

3. How many people won't even know to change the track? There's nothing in the box to remind people that they have to fiddle around during a WB movie but not, for example, a Disney movie.

This is sloppy handling by Warner Bros. who should know better. Clearly it was thought up in a board room and not by people who actually watch movies!

This really needs to be resolved.