The answer is it depends on the disk. A disk can have popup menus in-movie, but some disks might just be static menus. It really depends on the authors.
Well, whenever you do go blu-ray, there still is the in movie menu pop-up system. Just it will depend on either your blu-ray player or the BD movie itself for the progress bar at the bottom. Most of the newer players should have a progress bar though, so you shouldn't have any problems.
Anyways, back on topic, I'm more of a HD nut than a movie buff, so I really don't care for the whole scene selection thing. I just rent my BD movies off Blockbuster, watch the thing from beginning until the end, then the extras, then finally return it. As long as I'm utilizing my HDTV and surround system, I'm good to go.
The in movie scene selection is about the same as HD DVD on most discs and works well.
My problem is that many times I don't get to finish a movie in the same sitting, so the next day I have to figure out where I left. The smart thing to do would be to just not the chapter, but even then selecting the scene would be easier with more scenes on the screen at once.
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one of my favorite things about HDDVD was the in movie menu popup system and the progress bar at the bottom.
Are you telling me that when I get a BR player, I'm going back to DVD menus? I hate those things. Seriously, I don't know. What's the situation?
The answer is it depends on the disk. A disk can have popup menus in-movie, but some disks might just be static menus. It really depends on the authors.
Well, whenever you do go blu-ray, there still is the in movie menu pop-up system. Just it will depend on either your blu-ray player or the BD movie itself for the progress bar at the bottom. Most of the newer players should have a progress bar though, so you shouldn't have any problems.
Anyways, back on topic, I'm more of a HD nut than a movie buff, so I really don't care for the whole scene selection thing. I just rent my BD movies off Blockbuster, watch the thing from beginning until the end, then the extras, then finally return it. As long as I'm utilizing my HDTV and surround system, I'm good to go.
The in movie scene selection is about the same as HD DVD on most discs and works well.
My problem is that many times I don't get to finish a movie in the same sitting, so the next day I have to figure out where I left. The smart thing to do would be to just not the chapter, but even then selecting the scene would be easier with more scenes on the screen at once.