Who else fins it annoying they list runtimes in minutes? - Blu-ray Forum

RiseDarthVader · 09-28-2009, 03:01 PM

Why do they list the run times of movies only in minutes? Why not hour,minutes? Sometimes when I pull out a movie and wanna know if I have enough time to watch all of it and see 186 minutes I just think WTF? It's as stupid as telling your friend "cya in 168 hours hours" instead of "cya in a week"

Riff Magnum · 09-28-2009, 03:03 PM

i guess i don't find it annoying.

DetroitSportsFan · 09-28-2009, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Riff Magnum

i guess i don't find it annoying.

Me either.

STARSCREAM · 09-28-2009, 03:09 PM

I can see where you are coming from. It would be easier to just glance at it and have it say something like 2hrs 15min

Dynamo of Eternia · 09-28-2009, 04:34 PM

To some degree I find it annoying, mostly for longer movies.

For anything that is about 2 hours or under, it's not too big of a deal.

I know offhand without even having to think about it that an hour is 60 minutes, an hour and a half is 90 minutes, and 2 hours is 120 minutes. So when something falls within those ranges, it's not too difficult for me to quickly figure out what the hours, minutes are.

But then for longer running times for longer movies, which I'm not as used to seeing the hours represented in minutes, I do have to stop and caculate it out in my head a bit. It can be annoying in those instances. I do agree that it would be easier if they just made it more "glance friendly".

Q? · 09-28-2009, 04:37 PM

It doesn't annoy me, but it certainly would be easier if they listed them
hour, minutes.
186 minutes equals 11160 seconds btw...

Lord_Stewie · 09-28-2009, 04:43 PM

Personally I like to know my time in minutes.

So let me get this straight you have a problem with exercising your thinking process to figure out the minutes in hours.

Doesn't really bother me since I can figure out minutes in hours.

Russell_L · 09-28-2009, 04:46 PM

I'm not annoyed by it, but I always have to keep in mind that the runtime includes the closing credits (in all cases, AFAIK), which always pads several minutes to the end of the actual movie. (At least for most contemporary movies--sometimes they go on forever.)

Deadset · 09-28-2009, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by DetroitSportsFan

Me either.

Me either. I can do the math.

Mr.White · 09-28-2009, 04:49 PM

It does'nt matter to me one way or the other.

Lt. Aldo Raine · 09-28-2009, 04:50 PM

yea i would be easier too look and it and it says 2hrs 30mins instead of 150mins, and then you have to do calculations on how long that is, i can do the math lol, its jus it would be alot quicker to read

adh56 · 09-28-2009, 04:53 PM

Every once in a while I've gotten mixed up by not paying much attention. I would happen on the ones that are less then 160 minutes. You casually glance at it and it says 145 minutes, if you're not paying attention you might not realize that's 2 hrs 25 mins. I must admit that's happened to my before.

SquidPuppet · 09-28-2009, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by kefrank

This stopped annoying me about the time I learned how to divide.

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Originally Posted by Blu2U

I like the minutes, I can do the math.

I don't fins it annoying.

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Originally Posted by Deads3t

Me either. I can do the math.

Simple division is hard for me when I run out of fingers and toes.

MovieHermit · 09-28-2009, 05:28 PM

minutes is fine by me, im pretty good in math

P@t_Mtl · 09-28-2009, 05:40 PM

It does not bother me one way or another I got way more others things to worry and be bothered about

jasonicus · 09-28-2009, 07:32 PM

I guess for people who aren't good at math, it can be annoying. I find it perfectly fine and acceptable. Makes sense to me.

Moefiz · 09-28-2009, 07:35 PM

Its doesn't bother me at all.

What does piss me off is when I can't fine the run time for movie on the disc or the case.

SpaceDog · 09-28-2009, 08:32 PM

Since movie run times have always been presented this way, I've just always had factor 60 hard wired into my brain for quick analysis.
Just memorize it like a times table in 2nd grade:

60 --> 1
120 --> 2
180 --> 3
240 --> 4
300 --> 5
360 --> 6

And so on. It's not so much to remember off the top of your head. Nor is dividing by 60

sfmarine · 09-28-2009, 09:09 PM

They've been doing it for years. It doesn't bother me.

DrrnHarr · 09-29-2009, 12:36 AM

I have all my movies in an Excel worksheet where I have the movie runtimes in hours and minutes.

With the "Filter" tool on Excel it is much easier when trying to find a movie that will fit within a certain amount of time.

09-28-2009, 03:01 PM	#1
RiseDarthVader Power Member Member since:Sep 2008 Location:Australia Blu-ray collection:136	Who else finds it annoying they list runtimes in minutes? Why do they list the run times of movies only in minutes? Why not hour,minutes? Sometimes when I pull out a movie and wanna know if I have enough time to watch all of it and see 186 minutes I just think WTF? It's as stupid as telling your friend "cya in 168 hours hours" instead of "cya in a week" Last edited by RiseDarthVader; 09-28-2009 at 03:07 PM.

09-28-2009, 03:09 PM	#4
STARSCREAM Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Feb 2008 Location:Dagobah Blu-ray collection:148 Trading Score:67	I can see where you are coming from. It would be easier to just glance at it and have it say something like 2hrs 15min Last edited by STARSCREAM; 09-28-2009 at 08:21 PM.

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09-28-2009, 03:03 PM	#2
Riff Magnum Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Apr 2008 Location:The Island Blu-ray collection:149	i guess i don't find it annoying.

09-28-2009, 04:34 PM	#5
Dynamo of Eternia Blu-ray Knight Top contributor Member since:Dec 2007 4K collection:335 Blu-ray collection:1857 DVD collection:1573 Trading Score:3	To some degree I find it annoying, mostly for longer movies. For anything that is about 2 hours or under, it's not too big of a deal. I know offhand without even having to think about it that an hour is 60 minutes, an hour and a half is 90 minutes, and 2 hours is 120 minutes. So when something falls within those ranges, it's not too difficult for me to quickly figure out what the hours, minutes are. But then for longer running times for longer movies, which I'm not as used to seeing the hours represented in minutes, I do have to stop and caculate it out in my head a bit. It can be annoying in those instances. I do agree that it would be easier if they just made it more "glance friendly".

09-28-2009, 04:37 PM	#6
Q? Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Dec 2008 Location:Nuuk, Greenland Blu-ray collection:168	It doesn't annoy me, but it certainly would be easier if they listed them hour, minutes. 186 minutes equals 11160 seconds btw...

09-28-2009, 04:43 PM	#7
Lord_Stewie Blu-ray Baron Member since:May 2007 Blu-ray collection:396 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:1	Personally I like to know my time in minutes. So let me get this straight you have a problem with exercising your thinking process to figure out the minutes in hours. Doesn't really bother me since I can figure out minutes in hours.

09-28-2009, 04:46 PM	#8
Russell_L Senior Member Member since:Nov 2007 Location:San Francisco Home Theater Gallery:2 4K collection:3 Blu-ray collection:800 DVD collection:1 Blu-ray reviews: 11	I'm not annoyed by it, but I always have to keep in mind that the runtime includes the closing credits (in all cases, AFAIK), which always pads several minutes to the end of the actual movie. (At least for most contemporary movies--sometimes they go on forever.)

09-28-2009, 04:49 PM	#10
Mr.White Banned Member since:Jan 2009 Blu-ray collection:502 Blu-ray reviews:29	It does'nt matter to me one way or the other.

09-28-2009, 04:50 PM	#11
Lt. Aldo Raine Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Jan 2009 Location:Toronto Home Theater Gallery:17 Blu-ray collection:289 Blu-ray reviews: 11	yea i would be easier too look and it and it says 2hrs 30mins instead of 150mins, and then you have to do calculations on how long that is, i can do the math lol, its jus it would be alot quicker to read

09-28-2009, 04:53 PM	#12
adh56 Senior Member Member since:Jul 2009 Location:Hollywood, CA 4K collection:67 Blu-ray collection:3401	Every once in a while I've gotten mixed up by not paying much attention. I would happen on the ones that are less then 160 minutes. You casually glance at it and it says 145 minutes, if you're not paying attention you might not realize that's 2 hrs 25 mins. I must admit that's happened to my before.

09-28-2009, 05:28 PM	#14
MovieHermit Senior Member Member since:Sep 2009 Location:Toronto, Canada 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:- Blu-ray reviews:2	minutes is fine by me, im pretty good in math

09-28-2009, 05:40 PM	#15
P@t_Mtl Blu-ray Duke Member since:Sep 2008 Location:Montreal Home Theater Gallery:4 Blu-ray collection:452 DVD collection:513 Trading Score:3	It does not bother me one way or another I got way more others things to worry and be bothered about

09-28-2009, 07:32 PM	#16
jasonicus Senior Member Member since:Jul 2009	I guess for people who aren't good at math, it can be annoying. I find it perfectly fine and acceptable. Makes sense to me.

09-28-2009, 07:35 PM	#17
Moefiz Blu-ray Knight Member since:Jul 2007 Blu-ray collection:288 DVD collection:20 Blu-ray reviews: 15 Trading Score:70	Its doesn't bother me at all. What does piss me off is when I can't fine the run time for movie on the disc or the case.

09-28-2009, 08:32 PM	#18
SpaceDog Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jun 2007 Location:Raleigh, NC Blu-ray collection:116	Since movie run times have always been presented this way, I've just always had factor 60 hard wired into my brain for quick analysis. Just memorize it like a times table in 2nd grade: 60 --> 1 120 --> 2 180 --> 3 240 --> 4 300 --> 5 360 --> 6 And so on. It's not so much to remember off the top of your head. Nor is dividing by 60

09-28-2009, 09:09 PM	#19
sfmarine Blu-ray Archduke Top contributor Member since:Apr 2008 Location:The Swan Station aDdIcTeD 2 LOST PSN:U5MC51473 Home Theater Gallery:18 4K collection:936 Blu-ray collection:2317 DVD collection:276 MA collection:461 Digital collection:492 iTunes collection:534 Blu-ray reviews: 7 Trading Score:43	They've been doing it for years. It doesn't bother me.

09-29-2009, 12:36 AM	#20
DrrnHarr Power Member Top contributor Member since:Dec 2008 Location:Wisconsin 4K collection:41 Blu-ray collection:818 DVD collection:352 MA collection:2122 Digital collection:6033 iTunes collection:6971 Prime collection:282 Blu-ray reviews: 13 Trading Score:3	I have all my movies in an Excel worksheet where I have the movie runtimes in hours and minutes. With the "Filter" tool on Excel it is much easier when trying to find a movie that will fit within a certain amount of time.

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