AndrewWilliams Posted March 11, 2007 Posted March 11, 2007 I'm just wondering if anybody has some thoughts on the menu systems of the nextgen formats. I haven't seen much written in articles about how responsive, user friendly, feature-packed etc the new formats are in terms of user experience. Am I right to assume that the menu capabilities of the two new formats are much the same?
momaw Posted March 11, 2007 Posted March 11, 2007 he he, see my griping here. It mentions the menu system
sulimo Posted March 11, 2007 Posted March 11, 2007 I have no idea. Not that I care about next gen menu systems at all. I'd be quite happy if they were exactly the same as DVD has.
AndrewW Posted March 11, 2007 Posted March 11, 2007 I have no idea. Not that I care about next gen menu systems at all. I'd be quite happy if they were exactly the same as DVD has. So why bother commenting ? Anyhow, I've watched about 25 HD DVDs and 2 Blu Ray movies so far. The problem is that they are all different, it depends on the studio. One of the BD discs went straight into the movie, I had to bring the menu up to select the proper audio track. The other one was exactly the same as every HD DVD I have watched, in that the menu was presented without the movie starting automatically. I love the new menus. I love the way that you can open the menu without the movie pausing, it makes it far more responsive than the old DVD versions. I also like things like being able to see 'time to go' and being able to set persistent bookmarks (HD DVD only). I also like the way that the extra section has a lot more information about each extra, and will sometimes have a clip built into the menu to give you a taste of the extra in question. anyhow, what was the original question again ? responsive -> extremely user friendly -> very feature packed -> varies are they much the same (BD & HD DVD) -> yes. Andrew.
Cody Posted March 12, 2007 Posted March 12, 2007 not sure about BR, but i think the menu's on the HD-DVD's ive watched are great, much better than DVD.
AndrewWilliams Posted March 12, 2007 Author Posted March 12, 2007 responsive -> extremelyuser friendly -> very feature packed -> varies are they much the same (BD & HD DVD) -> yes. Thanks, Andrew
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