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Originally Posted by Janey
HATE THEM. If there are ads, I walk out, and ask for my money back. Same with DVDs. I have gone back to the store and asked for 1) my money back or 2) a discount (usually with no luck, but it helps me to vent).
It's as bad as getting commercials on Pay TV. or Public television. I truly believe that the price of admission should absolve you of viewing any advertising above the traditional trailers or concession blurbs.
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I'm not trying to flame but that makes you look like a jackass to the person where you bought the DVD. Venting to them is pointless, even if you actually get to speak to the district manager. They sell the product, they don't make it. They have no control over what is in the product. There is no reason why they shouldn't sell the latest blockbuster movie just because the MANUFACTURER put a couple of ads in it. You could save yourself a lot of time and frustration by just buying a DVD burner, Nero, and downloading DVDShrink. In 30 min you can re-author your DVD so that it only includes the movie. No trailers, no bs. You stick the movie in and it plays immediately. As a bonus you can always make a second backup if the first backup gets scratched. As expensive as DVDs are you should backup all your movies anyways.
Regarding 'pay tv' are you referring to HBO, Showtime, etc or Comedy Central, CNN, TBS, etc.? If it's the latter than you really need to educate yourself on how cable tv works. The cable networks don't make enough to live off the subscription fees. Without the ads your cable bill would be a LOT larger.
Like it or not advertising subsidizes the costs of many things (however they get you back when you buy the product). We wouldn't have TV, radio, and most websites without advertising. If you have that much of a problem with it buy only generic label items. That way you get the subsidized costs without having to pay the advertiser back.