>It's the same DVD's you would buy. So sometimes you get the disc from Disney that has ads you must watch.

I wouldn't and I don't. I.e. I'd never buy a DVD if I knew in advance that I can't skip the ads. And I'd never buy anything from Disney. I've been in Orlando for six weeks this year, and Disney got just one wrong turn to Buena Vista avenue (it looks soooooo artificial, even for Florida!) and getting back on track as soon as I could.

>It's one of the pluses of HDDVD. The HDDVD players are basically computers, so there a 20 sec or so boot time.

DVD players are also computers, and the processors are something on the very low end, from the times when the spec was written. I've seen some of the language used to code the DVD menus - compared to that, GWBasic is AI :).

> But after that, the movie starts right away, no trailers, etc.

Goood... now wait for the great old movies to be converted, plus another year to see whether they'll also come with unskippable ads.