TromboneAl
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We have an older DVD player that allowed me to disable UOP (I had to do some kind of firmware magic].
In most cases, I can skip the FBI warnings and commercials, although sometimes I still get the dreaded "The DVD player cannot do that right now."
Sometimes I can press "Stop" then "1" and it will start playing the movie, but many newer movies don't allow that.
Are there any new players that give me total control over what I watch?
The user operation prohibition (abbreviated UOP) is a form of use restriction used on video DVD discs and Blu-ray discs. Most DVD players and Blu-ray players prohibit the viewer from performing a large majority of actions during sections of a DVD that are protected or restricted by this feature, and will display the no symbol or a message to that effect if any of these actions are attempted. It is used mainly for copyright notices or warnings, such as an FBI warning in the United States, and "protected" (i.e., unskippable) commercials. [From Wikipedia]
In most cases, I can skip the FBI warnings and commercials, although sometimes I still get the dreaded "The DVD player cannot do that right now."
Sometimes I can press "Stop" then "1" and it will start playing the movie, but many newer movies don't allow that.
Are there any new players that give me total control over what I watch?