Friday, February 22, 2008

An Open Letter to Warner Brothers

Dear Warner Brothers,


As a recent owner of two AppleTVs (one for my child, one for us adults), I was extremely thrilled when my wife showed me that her "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Two-Disc Special Edition)" included a 100% legal digital download. How nice of you guys to save me the trouble of having to download an illegal copy so I can watch the movie, or having to rip the DVD under my fair use rights.


The problem is, it doesn't work.


The instructions are quite simple: the box has a flier with a serial number. You are expected to pop-in the second DVD into your computer, select the digital download choice in the menu, then enter the serial number. And yes, the box has a sticker that clearly says that this feature is only Windows compatible.


Then how come I can't run it in Windows?


I followed the instructions perfectly, and what did I get? A pop-up menu that automatically changes pages and won't allow me to enter the serial number. Is it really that hard to make an auto play menu that runs properly in Windows? I am not even asking for it to work on Mac OS, but Jesus Christ, to what depths of suck do you have to fall into so you can't even deliver a god damn auto play menu that works properly in Windows? And yes, I am talking XP SP2, not some odd duck.


The sad thing is that when my wife handed me the box the very first thing I told her was "sweet, I don't mind paying for the DVD, I just don't want to waste the time to rip it."


Go Fuck Yourself, Warner Brothers.



1 comments:

jakrpanda said...

I will personally skull fuck every warner brothers executive for this infraction. Hate engine at full