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I didn't like DVD. Those screens and advertisements that only made you loose time. I used those to "learn" French and German and the subtitles never matched wh
by cladopa 2y ago
I didn't like DVD. Those screens and advertisements that only made you loose time.
I used those to "learn" French and German and the subtitles never matched what was said. When you are advanced in the language you don't care, but when you are learning it is a big flaw.
The DVD usually only had English (and another one) audio tracks, subtitles in several languages, but not audio. You had to buy another DVD from Amazon.de or something, when it was way harder than today.
I find arcade games or classics like Sonic or Mario, brilliant, even today. Sometimes the emulator is not properly setup: Nobody saw individual pixels on CRT screens.
- guappa 2y agoEh at least on linux you could skip the ads. On windows or hardware players it was annoying. Not that VHS didn't have ads. I remember my little mermaid VHS that had a few minutes of promo for disneyland before starting.
- doublerabbit 2y agoYou still had the copyright warning: "this video could be a fake, mum the quality is all fuzzy, check for the shiny sticker thing" on Disney movies. But at least you could skip past it.
- guappa 2y agoIt was typing the warning letter by letter, slowly.
- astrange 2y agoSubtitles aren't designed to help you learn the language, they're designed to entertain you. They'll often be shortened or translate jokes so locals will understand them, and that's unavoidable.