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Er...it is, isn't it? When I got my player, I set it up for a widescreen set, and that's the only time I've ever had to change that setting. Widescreen material plays in anamorphic widescreen, 4:3 material plays in 4:3. You certainly shouldn't need to change it on a disc-by-disc basis!

You mean, why don't they do one now? Lucas' stance has been that he doesn't have the time to devote to it right now, as he's busy with the prequels. The same argument was applied to the Indiana Jones trilogy (although that should now be out by the end of the year). There wasn't supposed to...

Oh, it's nothing to do with the disc producers - this is a decision on the part of the hardware manufacturers to keep costs down by skimping on rarely-used features. The full DVD spec is long, complex and self-contradicting, and thus pretty expensive to get right :-) I know - I'm wrestling...

Allergies suck :-( I get mild hayfever myself. Thankfully, the area I live in now doesn't grow the particular type of grass that triggers it, but where I grew up does...I remember driving down to visit my folks a few summers ago...just as I passed Washington I started sneezing, and it remained...

The 'Toy Story' disc isn't technically defective, it's just that the cheaper players out there can't handle it cos their manufacturers skimped. The extras disc with 'Gladiator' had a similar problem: the cheap players didn't have enough memory fitted to cope with the disc's menus, and crashed...

Lucas' artistic decisions aside, there's one technical reason why they're very unlikely to use seamless branching to present both versions of the films: far too many cheap players simply don't support it (either properly, or at all). There are very few discs on the market using the feature for...

It's an essential part of the cure. If you don't have a bucket, a similarly sized container will do just as well.

Despite the copious amounts of cider I used to consume, I never got hangovers either. Or at least, I thought I didn't. It turns out that as I wasn't in the habit of waking up before 1pm, I was in fact sleeping right through them :-) Student life was great!

A bucket.

AFAIK, Fozzie's cousin was never named on-screen.

Not on my copy :-)

Where'd you get this version of the quote from? On the he Avery Schreiber TMS, Fozzie just says "Hey - did you know that George the janitor is so cheap that his wallet has an unlisted pocket?"

Sure thing. Do you have a bucket handy?

I can offer you a miracle cure, guaranteed to relieve you of any illness or complaint, and as a bonus, it will immunise you against further problems! Any takers?

I did not wish to know that, kindly leave the stage! :-P

I'm about to start writing a DVD player. I don't see myself implementing the 'block controls' feature somehow... As for MCC, 'less there's a widescreen release over here in the next year or so, I'll be transferring my laserdisc copy to DVD :-)

Why thank you! I am indeed a hacker, although probably not in the sense you mean ;-) Extras have their place - I produce them myself on occasion - but animated menus just irritate me. Once you've seen them, they rapidly become boring :-( And unskippable intros/trailers are just obnoxious...

Companies can't compete with 'free' (Ok, 'the cost of a blank tape/disc' :-). There will always be people who want something for nothing. That said, I don't see the point of any copy-protection scheme. It just seems a complete waste of time/effort, since whatever is used will be cracked or...

You mean you didn't notice? Excellent! "Please allow me to introduce myself: I'm a man of stealth and haste..."

That is indeed odd! I wonder what they're doing...I'll have to take the disc apart and see :-) Which player software are you using? I know PowerDVD has some nasty little bugs. On the subject of standards, I've just heard that the decision has been taken to allow progressive-scan 625/50...