DVD compression SUCKS at times.
Forced lockout of fast forward during opening FBI warnings and corporate logos.
No keypad "chapter number" access to individual cuts (you have to use the menu).
Little control of the player without the remote (90% of the functionality is confined to that device which can break or become lost).
Hidden features (Easter Eggs) that are advertised on the packaging. I'm not a small child. Don't make me look for functionality I PAID FOR.
The previously mentioned single frame and fast forward issues.
Region coding (I defeated it and Hollywood came back with a scheme to not playback if a system is set to region 0, does nothing but waste my time as I can toggle the setting and STILL play the disc; just makes me certain that I will never BUY that troublesome disc).
DVD has great potential. Too bad that Hollywood jacks with the controls and some production companies can't follow the standards (or put out quality compression in this day and age).
DVD is a media like any other. I am not swayed by novelty gimmicks.
I have DVD. I acknowledge some improvements over laserdisc and also some steps backward.
Hopefully the next format will fix problems with this stepping stone technology.
>>Region coding...<<
A few years ago my daughter came back from her "student exchange' trip from Germany. She had bought an armful of DVDs of her favorite with German subtitles/dubbing to help her with her German.
You know where I am going with this. 8^>
I had to explain region coding to her...
BTW, I have found that sometimes you can get past "lockout" by using fast forward instead of chapter advance - sometimes.
But it DOES suck, nonetheless.
I love the easter egg feature on DVDs. I think one of the best ever is Gollum accepting the MTV award for best CGI character on the LOTR TTT DVD.