I miss the trailers of movies before the feature! Is it just me? I guess it's still early in the format. I'm not talking about the HD-DVD promo we see now.

There would have to be an option to skip them! Also in HD :D
Or they can just add them into the menu.

What do you say? Yes, No, Or Who cares?

Feel free to comment on what you voted!

As long as they dont play automatically and are selectable in the menu, like Sony, not Disney, then I am all for them. I just wish they would put together a better selection of them.

would be nice if the player could just pull down coming attractions on hd dvd from the internet.

Not necessarily ON the HD DVD per se, but I would like to be able to watch one or two of the latest HI-DEF movie trailers via persistent storage (either stream or download in the background) before watching an HD DVD movie. For example, if there's a new Transformers trailer, I want it to start playing before The Matrix starts playing. If I want to skip it and go directly to the feature, no problem. Otherwise, I don't want to go through the SAME trailers every time I put in an HD DVD movie. Gimme something NEW to whet my appetite!

Yes I'd like it

It would be nice to have a 2 special feature options

1. Movies coming soon to theaters
2. Movies coming soon to HD DVD

Then a series of 3 or 4 trailers play with whatever movies

Easier to Just use Quicktime or Yahoo movies for HD trailers. You watch what you want when you want.

That spiderman 3 BD left a bad taste in my mouth. Talk about a waste of space. They could have fit everything on a DVD-R.

I'm with MidnightWatcher. Downlod the trailers when i'm nto looking to the players storage. Also only interested in comming soon to HDDVD trailers.

I'm with MidnightWatcher. Downlod the trailers when i'm nto looking to the players storage. Also only interested in comming soon to HDDVD trailers.
Players storage? I thought that was just for bookmarks? How much storage does it have? XA1?

I want trailers for all HD-DVD movies - but downloadable from the internet with my computer. I like trailers on the discs, too, if they're optional or can be skipped.

No, unless we get the option to skip them.

I hate spoilers. My movie viewing experience has grown trmendously not watching previews on television. I can't stand the spoilers in the menus even. I get really angry why hollywood think it needs to show the movie in the menus... the best way to enjoy a movie is when it is a COMPLETE surprise.

I don't want forced trailers. Buena Vista does that on their Blu-ray discs and it gets annoying.

What I would like are the trailers for the movie itself(I'm looking at you, Universal and Sony!) along with previews for any upcoming releases that are related in some way to the movie on the disc. All in HD, of course. :)

No forced trailers and only if it doesn't detract from disc space used to maximise the quality of the release

I voted no. I do not want trailers before the movie, and I definitly do not want forced trailers . If they were through the main menu, than definitly yes.

Also get rid of the forced studio intros, and HD-DVD promos.

-John

Ok, it seems that the poll does not have enough options. Some people have voted "no", but only because they don't like forced trailers (and probably most people would agree with that). I think there should have been an additional option "yes, but only if they're not forced". Probably the poll results would have been even more positive then.

Players storage? I thought that was just for bookmarks? How much storage does it have? XA1?
There is 1GB of storage. A hi-def movie trailer may be up to 150 - 200MB running for about 2 minutes or so. Plenty of memory I think. Also, there is a reason for the USB ports on HD DVD players. I think that soon we'll be able to hook up an external HDD to download additional content, audio tracks, subtitles for movies, new high-def movie trailers, upcoming HD DVD trailers, etc. Bring it on!

There is 1GB of storage. A hi-def movie trailer may be up to 150 - 200MB running for about 2 minutes or so. Plenty of memory I think. Also, there is a reason for the USB ports on HD DVD players. I think that soon we'll be able to hook up an external HDD to download additional content, audio tracks, subtitles for movies, new high-def movie trailers, upcoming HD DVD trailers, etc. Bring it on!

IMO the usb port would work and keeps the player off the internet (for security?).

but, i think i would like to download to the pc and pull the trailers in over my local network.

Voted "no"

This may sound weird, but I don't mind them when I rent a movie. But if I am buying the movie, I just want to pop in the movie and watch it (or the other bonus features).

I voted yes before realizing that we're NOT talking about preview disc a'la the stuff they sell on eBay. I'd buy those, but just give me the movie on one disc in order to potentially getting the best PQ possible, the extra stuff can be stuffed on a separate disc.

I would like to have Trailers in the Extra's if they play at the beginning when you pop in the disc I rather don't.

When I put a movie in, I want to watch the movie, not trailers. I paid for the movie, I should not be forced to watch the studio's advertisements. Get rid of them! Put some more special features and other content on the disc in their place. If I want to watch a trailer, I download it from xbox marketplace.

I hate it when the trailers come up before the menu like Disney. If I can choose to watch trailers from the menu then that's fine.

Of course I wouldn't want lower bit-rates just so they can try to sell me another movie.

Yes, I do want them! Even the promo features now I enjoy and I often do not skip. Call me crazy. Especially in this early stage where we are somewhat starved for new HD content/news/etc - seeing new trailers and what not at the start of a feature, I think,...would be quite cool.

Take the movie scenes out of the menu too... Spoilers are rediculous mentality. Everything with hollywood has to be shock and awe... That fine, but I'm not a complete moron, don't put the movie scenes in the menu before I watch it...

There is 1GB of storage. A hi-def movie trailer may be up to 150 - 200MB running for about 2 minutes or so. Plenty of memory I think. Also, there is a reason for the USB ports on HD DVD players. I think that soon we'll be able to hook up an external HDD to download additional content, audio tracks, subtitles for movies, new high-def movie trailers, upcoming HD DVD trailers, etc. Bring it on!
Damn, 1 GB? That's a lot of bookmarks :D But downloadable trailers sounds like a plan. That way if you want to see them, you download. You don't, then you don't download.

They ought to just ditch that horrible "Lookandsoundofperfect.com" and make it only available to those with HD DVD players. The only way you could get into it would be via your HD DVD player. From there you could sift through upcoming HD DVD titles, get news, and watch trailers. That'd be great. It'll never happen, but it'd be great.

BTW, yes, I too miss the trailers we got all the time back on SD DVD. What really kills me is when they include the trailer but it's in SD(and letterboxed even). It's really laughable. Also, what's the deal with all these special features getting cut for the HD DVD release of films? I actually kept The Mummy: Ult. Edition because the HD DVD version didn't even have a fourth of the extra content that one does.

Digital Man5,

Maybe it has something to do with storage? Maybe that will change when we see 51gb disc.

yeah i would love HD trailers, so your able to see what they will look like in HD, just like Bluray had trailers for Spiderman, pirates etc

Digital Man5,

Maybe it has something to do with storage? Maybe that will change when we see 51gb disc.

It's possible, but you've got figure that all the extras will most likely be in SD, which takes up less space. Seems like having a 2 disc HD DVD set is just right out too, with MI3 being the only one I can think of that's done it. Just seems like a shame when the SD version of a film is still more complete than it's HD DVD brother.

Ah well, you win some, you loose some I guess. Still, I think the streaming trailers for upcoming HD DVD releases via the player would rock. :)

Yeah, I think SD trailers on a HD disc format is stupid! I can watch sd trailers on my sd player. I think everything on the HD disc should be HD! Except the IME.

As long as they dont play automatically and are selectable in the menu, like Sony, not Disney, then I am all for them. I just wish they would put together a better selection of them.

Agreed.

Anyone that has the Matrix set, chime in on any new previews of upcoming HD-DVD's!

Not just no, but HE77 NO!

I watched The Matrix tonight and no HD-DVD promo. Goes straight to the Warner logo, then the feature!

I thought that the trailers for the movies, on the discs, were pretty poor quality. Looked like 480i upscaled or something. That's pretty sad when you figure than the official Matrix site has "Ultra" quality versions of the trailers for download.

I thought that the trailers for the movies, on the discs, were pretty poor quality. Looked like 480i upscaled or something. That's pretty sad when you figure than the official Matrix site has "Ultra" quality versions of the trailers for download.
Yeah, their not HD. 480p I think.

They definitely look it. At least they were full screen, instead of 4:3(and letterboxed) like The Mummy/Returns trailers on their discs(I about cried).

I hope the Blu Ray version has 24/48 DD True HD... I'm waiting for the Blu Ray version.

I just looked at the 720p trailer for "Coming To America" and it didn't look all that hot.
I'm getting ready to look at the 1080p trailer in a few mins.

I just looked at the 720p trailer for "Coming To America" and it didn't look all that hot.
I'm getting ready to look at the 1080p trailer in a few mins.

It looks just as bad. My buddy just uses the 720p version of all the trailers because a lot of people have problems running 1080p on their computers(including myself).

Bump

Any other voters?

I say hell yes! I love movie trailers on DVDs. Makes it more like a movie theater experience. But I want the option to skip through the crappy ones, though.

I say hell yes! I love movie trailers on DVDs. Makes it more like a movie theater experience. But I want the option to skip through the crappy ones, though.
BAD, news. Almost all of the BD movies I've watched have the pre-movie trailers like DVD's have. The trailers are in HD glory too. Why can't we get this from HD-DVD? Call me crazy, but this is another reason I'm leaning on the Blu more lately. Some of the BD movies have the "Preview" in the menu, so you can go watch the previews you want to watch. I guess it's that extra space BD has. Some HD-DVD's have them in the menu too, but they are almost always SD.

Call me crazy, but this is another reason I'm leaning on the Blu more lately. Some of the BD movies have the "Preview" in the menu, so you can go watch the previews you want to watch. I guess it's that extra space BD has.

You're not crazy. There are options and BD is your preference. There is nothing crazy about that, regardless of reason.

You're not crazy. There are options and BD is your preference. There is nothing crazy about that, regardless of reason.
Yeah, I just think all the media on HD optical disc should be HD. Maybe in the future when HD is widely accepted we will see this. I just hope we are not downloading it :D

Yeah, I just think all the media on HD optical disc should be HD. Maybe in the future when HD is widely accepted we will see this. I just hope we are not downloading it :D

It also irks me to no end when watching HD DVD extra in SD Letterbox :eek: They should at least do the HD upconversion at the mastering level so we get the full screen. I can tolerate pillar boxing. I can tolerate letterboxing... but PLEASE, no window boxing. It's stupid! :mad:

I voted no, only because i wouldnt want them from the start. But like others have said make it and option and that would be great with me. I like to watch the trailers but not when im ready to watch a movie.

I voted no for a few reasons, with conditions. :rolleyes:


I want maximum space available for the movie and for a lossless audio track. If there is extra room, then feel free to put trailers in that space. But as soon as any movie is compressed more than it should have been or if a movie does not contain lossless audio due to space issues... That is when trailers need to be removed! This rule trumps all others for me.
If there are trailers, I must have a way to skip them with one button press. I really hated the DVDs that made you watch them. I also disliked highly the ones that you had to press skip on each stupid trailer to finally get to the main menu. Thus in order to prevent either issue by poor authoring techniques (or done on purpose!) I would rather have no trailers at all. But make pressing [menu] always go straight to the main menu as a feature, and I am ok with trailers.
If they are not in highdef they should not be on highdef disks. Presenting original theater trailers given the full highdef transfer (with DD+ audio) would be kind of neat. Nothing turns me off of a movie worse than a preview that looks bad.
If they are not for movies that will be released soon in HD-DVD format, they should not be on HD-DVD disks. Advertising for a movie I really want, but can not get in HD-DVD does me no good, wastes my time, and ticks me off!

My suggestion would be for the studios to sell and market dedicated HD-DVD or BD discs of trailers, music videos and surround demos, etc. It would be agood way to introduce new bands, as well. They could also include previews of HD television series upcoming HD sports events, World Cup, NASCAR, Etc. Lots of possibilities!

Looking forward to being internet interactive (such as in the Universal demos) and the ability of downloading and viewing up to date previes with due out in theaters...

Yeah I thought the Miami Vice disc already had this feature, but it doesn't.

BUMP-

Does any of the current HD-DVD's have any trailers beside a trailer of the movie on the disc?

Stomp The Yard BD has about 8 trailers on them all in HD!

I voted NO.

When I have to pay $20 - $30 for a movie, I don't want to be forced to watch 20 minutes of forced ads and trailers (DISNEY). I paid a lot of money for the movie, I just want to watch the movie. Back in the LD days, there wern't forced trailers and I would like that to come back with the new high end niche formats.

I voted NO.

When I have to pay $20 - $30 for a movie, I don't want to be forced to watch 20 minutes of forced ads and trailers (DISNEY).
This is exactly why I think that this poll is fundamentally flawed. I think 99% of all people would say that they don't like forced trailers. The real question is: Do we want *optional* trailers. The poll is very unclear on that. So some people vote "no" because they don't like forced trailers, while other people vote "yes" because they are thinking about optional trailers.