Re: DVD Buying question - simple

"Boris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> I never owned a DVD before So I know nothing.
>
> Can I buy a DVD player (and recorder?) and install it on my computer?
> Then rent the DVD from ---say Blockbuster. I 'm not interested in making
> copies.

If you are not interested in making copies, then just buy a dvdrom drive,
and not a dvd burner drive...dvdrom drives are as inexpensive as $25-$30US
these days....
>
> I understand that DVD's have a lot of commercials at the beginning. With
> the computer, can I skip all these commercials and go straight to the
> movie?
>
> Thanks
>
>

Very few dvds have commercials at the beginning, Disney seems to be the
biggest culprit to date.  Most movies are authored so you can't easily skip
the previews or commercials, but most can be passed by a simple stop or skip
command to jump to the film itself.