Review: DVDs and Videos

[jack]

DVD:

No need to rewind
Easy skip ahead
Menus to view different options non-linearly
Subtitles
Small storage space

Video:

Built-in ability to skip stupid intros, piracy ads, menus, etc
Low hassle recording
Cheap
No stupid bonus features

Comments

[robhu.livejournal.com]

(how to do this left as an exercise for the reader...)

Actually there are some Python (I think) scripts knocking around that do it. I use a Mac OS X only app that does it.

I'd google for the scripts and stuff - but it's sufficiently complicated to do on non Mac platforms atm (AFAICT) that unless you're really committed it's probably not worth doing. (and you can download everything on UK television through USENET or Bittorrent at much higher quality than what the BBC provides...)