Blu-ray is not always better than DVD.

Yes, because a snazzy menu always trumps six times the pixel count and uncompressed audio.

Menu system? Seriously???

I think you've got your priorities in the wrong place, boy. You're talking about the creativity, or lack thereof, of menu designers, not the technical specs of the blu-ray format itself.

"Menu system" ok then

You example means nothing at the end of the day, if you think about it... Would I rather have better picture and sound quality or a better menu presented? Yeah, I appreciate when a good menu is done for a film, but I much prefer the quality of the better audio and picture over a menu I spend seconds looking at.





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Sure the movie and pixels trump the menues/easter eggs etc but I partly agree with you OP. I don't get why they make a nice bluray and make the menues feel like a budget dvd from 1999 or drop some of the fun easter eggs that the massive dvd releases had.

The menus for Star Wars, Abyss, T2, matrix and many other titles on dvds were top notch. I especially loved the edited version of the trailer that looped over and over in the background of The Matrix. Just fabulous stuff that couldn't be found anywhere else.

And ye the UK Leon release is beyond crap menu-wise. Feels like an intern made it.

Thank you for agreeing with me. I mean, the difference is so stark between the two menus. The US DVD version is animated, and there is a bit where you click on an option, and a sound plays like a bomb and it explodes into more options. The menu is a joy to look at.

I like nice menus because, I don't immediately watch a film, sometimes I need a bit of time to get settled down, to fix myself a drink or whatnot, so I leave it on the menu screen while I am getting ready.

Also, I think the Leon Blu-ray menu is particularly poorly done because to switch between the Director's cut and Theatrical version, it wasn't clearly defined. It just had "Play Movie", how are we suppose to know which version is that? Then I realised the "Theatrical Version" is tucked away elsewhere, and the "Play Movie" version is the Director's cut by default. Why can't they clearly label "Director's Cut" and "Theatrical cut" and put it together? Plus the background/artwork of the menu is f ugly.

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Ugh, I hate that gimmicky crap. Simple menus are best.

Depends if you care about Picture and sound quality (I do).

The only way where the DVD can be better, is when all the DVD extras have not been ported over to the Blu-ray. That is damn annoying.


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The menus may not look like much, but blu-ray has got it where it counts, kid.