Watching DVDs at Double Speed

[Showdown]

I've recently discovered the most wonderful invention. The DVD-ROM on my new computer, when you play the DVD at X2 speed, retains the sound. So you can watch a show at 1.5 or X2 speed and still have the sound!

This has been a revelation for me. I have so many shows to see, or shows I'd like to re-watch, but not the time or the patience to watch them. But now you can watch a 44 show in 22 minutes! On my day off I got to re-watch the entire first season of Chuck... in one day!

Does anyone else do this?

Not me. It makes it less enjoyable.

 

[Ethros]

And I wonder why people in theaters can't just shut the fuck up and enjoy a movie for two hours. Maybe this is why.

Yeah no kidding. Seriously just don't watch if you can't be arsed to actually watch it.

Agreed. As some say maybe just for a boring scene or something, but for a whole film, a whole episode, or as the OP says a whole series...
It would completely ruin the mise-en-scene and any atmosphere whatsoever. Its like admitting what you're watching is garbage, heralding the question why are you watching it?

 

[Mr Light]

OK here's a reason not to do it. I think it might have scratched one of my DVDs. I'm watching a Dr Who commentary at X2 speed and all of a sudden it keeps freezing over and over. Finally I take it out and there's a big semi-bad score on the disc! I'm almost positive that wasn't there before. Now I'm afraid of putting a damn disc in this thing again.

 

[Timby]

OK here's a reason not to do it. I think it might have scratched one of my DVDs. I'm watching a Dr Who commentary at X2 speed and all of a sudden it keeps freezing over and over. Finally I take it out and there's a big semi-bad score on the disc! I'm almost positive that wasn't there before. Now I'm afraid of putting a damn disc in this thing again.

This is why you should stop doing stupid things.

 

[RoJoHen]

I don't even fast-forward through opening credits on TV shows that I've seen a million times.

Now this I really don't get. That's why God created VCRs and DVDs. That, and he gets bored of reading his name on the credits, repeated ad infinitum...

... sometimes you sort of enjoy it as a whole, but if you can get through the rough patches a little quicker, it doesn't hurt.

Yeah, I can dig this. It's perfectly possible to like bits of something but not the whole thing. So going fast through the dull bits lets you enjoy the good bits while still retaining an understanding of the overall plot.

There are really good shows and really bad shows. The former you wouldn't watch sped up. The latter you just wouldn't watch. But there's a lot in between that you might like bits of and so fast-forwarding past the dull bits makes sense. For instance, whenever I watch Matrix Reloaded and Revolutions, there are big chunks I skip past and still enjoy watching them overall. Being able to do it on x1.5 or x2 would let you do this while still retaining knowledge of the plot.

Let's face it, a lot of shows and movies have bad pacing or dull bits. This just lets you take charge of re-editing it to fix that.

If a part is boring, I usually take advantage of it by going to the bathroom or getting myself some food.