When you need to rant...

[D'Snowth]

They say if you have a DVD where the movie automatically starts without you pressing play, to return your DVD, for it is haunted.

 

[newsmanfan]

They say if you have a DVD where the movie automatically starts without you pressing play, to return your DVD, for it is haunted.

I guess that means every dvd ever watched on a Mac. Hmm. That's a lot of Ringu.

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[Misskermie]

They say if you have a DVD where the movie automatically starts without you pressing play, to return your DVD, for it is haunted.

You mean Fast Play, right Snowth?

 

[Sgt Floyd]

What is this Fast Play thing? Is it something new? I don't quite understand it. I saw it pop up on The Muppets dvd and was very confused about what it meant

 

[Misskermie]

Fast play is when they immediately play the movie, and after the movie plays, it goes right to bonus features.

 

[beakerboy12]

I have a bunch of Disney DVDs and I was confused at first but I think Fast Play is what miss kermie is saying. You have the option to Fast Play (just have the trailers and movie begin automatically) or skip right to the menu.

EDIT: Man! I've been ziffeled!

 

[fuzzygobo]

Not so much a rant, but an observation.
On Jeopardy, a contestant can win tens of thousands of dollars, and might just crack a smile or indulge in a little golf clap. Meanwhile, over on The Price Is Right, a contestant might be screaming their head off, high-fiving everybody, and running victory laps for winning an oven mitt.
I'd like to take one of those contestants, put them on Jeopardy, and see how Alex Trebek would handle it when they win. It's the end of May, it's Sweeps Week, so now's a good time to do it. Could do wonders for ratings.

 

[D'Snowth]

I think it somehow depends on the "sophistication" of the game show as to how excitable the contestants get.

 

[Drtooth]

Not so much a rant, but an observation.
On Jeopardy, a contestant can win tens of thousands of dollars, and might just crack a smile or indulge in a little golf clap. Meanwhile, over on The Price Is Right, a contestant might be screaming their head off, high-fiving everybody, and running victory laps for winning an oven mitt.

Yeah, but the shows are apples and oranges, especially the kind of contestants they get. The contestants on Jeopardy are usually calm, college educated trivia buffs who specifically get on Jeopardy for the show's sophistication. Not so much just then money, but to prove that they know a lot on various subjects. The only thing loud about the show is the theme song. It's not so much that they aren't excited, but they have a much greater deal of composure.

Price is Right, while the contestants aren't exactly idiots by comparison, are usually just normal people, sometimes younger, sometimes much older. And unlike Jeopardy, there's much more of a game in this game show. It's not exactly Double Dare, but it's a little more physical than Jeopardy. Not to mention the fact they call contestants down, where as in Jeopardy, the contestants are already at their podiums.

 

[mr3urious]

Yeah, but the shows are apples and oranges, especially the kind of contestants they get. The contestants on Jeopardy are usually calm, college educated trivia buffs who specifically get on Jeopardy for the show's sophistication. Not so much just then money, but to prove that they know a lot on various subjects. The only thing loud about the show is the theme song. It's not so much that they aren't excited, but they have a much greater deal of composure.

Price is Right, while the contestants aren't exactly idiots by comparison, are usually just normal people, sometimes younger, sometimes much older. And unlike Jeopardy, there's much more of a game in this game show. It's not exactly Double Dare, but it's a little more physical than Jeopardy. Not to mention the fact they call contestants down, where as in Jeopardy, the contestants are already at their podiums.

There are also ushers to help pump up the contestants in TPiR.