The internet carries hundreds of accounts of commercial DVDs with problems. You've no doubt discovered DVDs displaying problems, some obvious and others minor but annoying. The following is a list of problems that we try to solve in every master disc we create:
- Flickering menus or unstable menus
- Menu highlights don't stand out clearly
- Jagged-looking button highlights
- Out-of-sync audio track
- Menu or buttons not title safe
- Interlaced video shows "combing" on progressive displays
- Disc freezes or stutters on cheap players
- Navigation is a pain, i.e. after any function the disc always reverts to first button on top menu
- Mistakes in button programing, i.e. buttons jump to wrong video
- Buttons on menus reach "dead ends" where nothing happens
- Conventional remote control operations not followed
- No accessibility for hearing or sight impaired viewers
- Poor navigation planning
- Poor interface design
- DVD-9 layer break interrupts the program unnecessarily
- Menu design doesn't coordinate with packaging design or film titles
A DVD correctly authored is a thing to behold. A DVD that is not can easily become your worst nightmare.
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