Blu-ray Opening Content Navigation

[Stillhouse]

Inspired by a few comments on another forum concerning the navigation of Blu-ray movie playback, I decided to come up with a list of the opening contents of Blu-ray movies and the ability(or lack thereof) to skip them and proceed quickly to the main menu or movie.

In collecting this info, I have ignored any BD-Live or Java based menu load times, as these will vary from player to player. Arcsoft TotalMedia Theatre 3 Platinum was used for playback on my PC.


Red = Unskippable
Green = Skippable



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300 - Piracy warning(9s) > WB fanfare(11s) > Rating(5s) > Main movie

2001: A Space Odyssey - Piracy warning(9s) > WB fanfare(11s) > Main movie

2010: The Year We Make Contact - Piracy warning(9s) > WB fanfare(11s) > Main movie


A

American Psycho - Lionsgate fanfare(21s) > Commentary disclaimer(10s) > Main menu

Apollo 13 - Universal fanfare(21s) > BD-Live previews > Menu language selection > Piracy warning / Commentary disclaimer / Rating / BD-Live notification(30s) > Main Menu

Austin Powers Trilogy - Piracy warning(11s) > New Line Cinema fanfare(24s) > Main movie

B

Band of Brothers - Piracy warning(9s) > Piracy / Commentary disclaimer(40s) > HBO fanfare(15s) > Main menu

Batman Begins - Piracy warning(9s) > WB fanfare(11s) > Rating(5s) > Main movie

Black Hawk Down - Sony fanfare(13s) > Main menu

Blade Runner - Piracy warning(9s) > WB fanfare(11s) > Main movie

Blazing Saddles - Piracy warning(9s) > WB fanfare(11s) > Main movie

Braveheart - Paramount fanfare(13s) > Paramount Sapphire Series preview(53s) > Previews > Main menu

Bullitt - Piracy warning(9s) > WB fanfare(11s) > Main movie


C

Clear and Present Danger - Paramount fanfare(13s) > Main menu

Constantine - Piracy warning(9s) > WB fanfare(11s) > Main movie

A Clockwork Orange - Piracy warning(9s) > WB fanfare(11s) > Main movie

Close Encounters of the Third Kind - Sony fanfare(13s) > Main menu



D

Dark City - New Line Cinema fanfare(24s) > Version selection > Main menu

The Dark Knight - Piracy warning(9s) > WB fanfare(11s) > Rating(5s) > Main movie

Donnie Darko - Piracy warning(6s) > Commentary disclaimer(6s) > Rating(6s) > Previews > Main menu

Dr. Strangelove - Sony fanfare(13s) > Main menu

Dune - Universal fanfare(21s) > BD-Live previews > Main Menu


E

Elf - Piracy warning(11s) > New Line Cinema fanfare(24s) > Rating(6s) > Main movie

F

The Fifth Element - Sony fanfare(13s) > Main menu

Fight Club - QC notice(6s) > Piracy warning(6s) > Commentary disclaimer(6s) > Main menu

Firefly - Piracy warning(7s) > Piracy warning(7s) > Commentary disclaimer(7s) > 20th Century Fox fanfare(7s) > Main menu

G

Ghostbusters - Sony fanfare(13s) > Sony Blu-ray preview(2m18s)> Main menu

Gladiator - Paramount fanfare(13s) > Paramount Sapphire series preview(53s) > Main menu


H

The Happening - Piracy warning(7s) > Commentary disclaimer(7s) > Previews(6m33s) > Main menu

Hellboy - Sony fanfare(13s) > Sony Blu-ray preview > Main menu

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Touchstone fanfare(11s) > Blu-ray previews(1m17s) > Piracy PSA(48s) > Commentary disclaimer(7s) > Piracy warning(7s) > Main movie

The Hurt Locker - Summit Pictures fanfare(17s) > Commentary disclaimer(6s) > Previews > Main menu

I

I Am Legend - Piracy warning(9s) > WB fanfare(11s) > Version selection > Main movie

Ironman - BD-Live download selection > Paramount fanfare(13s) > Main menu

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Z

So far it looks like Warner Brothers titles have the most user-friendly opening contents. They are not only shorter than most other studio's offerings, but aside from Bullitt and Blazing Saddles, they're completely skippable as well.

HBO, Universal and Lionsgate seem to have the worst opening content, with little if any that can be passed over.

So far I've only checked about half my collection, more info will be coming as time allows. If others would like to contribute their findings with other titles I will add them to the list.

[bkbluray]

Impressive list so far! I find it very annoying when there are multiple unskippable parts before you can get to the menu. One of the most annoying discs is 3:10 to Yuma, where you have 7 previews that you have to skip individually (can't go straight to the menu).

[PoloMan]

Thanks for the info....

[Alpha]

Originally Posted by bkbluray

Impressive list so far! I find it very annoying when there are multiple unskippable parts before you can get to the menu. One of the most annoying discs is 3:10 to Yuma, where you have 7 previews that you have to skip individually (can't go straight to the menu).

I hear ya! WWE BD's all have the "Do Not Try This At Home" unskippable message.

Reminds me of that graph someone made showing how much stuff people who purchased the movie have to go through to get to the actual movie versus those who pirate, lol.