| Beauty in DVD Menus(vale.rocks) | |
| 330 points by speckx 5 days ago | 184 comments | |
tl;dr: DVD menus hit their creative peak in the 2000s, with releases like Scooby-Doo 2, Harry Potter: Prisoner of Azkaban, Rocky Horror, and Wayne's World featuring elaborate animations, themed interfaces, and even playable games—all built within the format's tight technical constraints (MPEG-2 video, 4-color subpicture overlays, 16 general-purpose 16-bit registers). Despite Blu-ray's superior capabilities, modern physical media menus have largely regressed to generic static templates, mirroring the sterile interfaces of streaming platforms. | |
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