Watch DVD Movies without any Trailers – Skip Ads with your Remote

Skip the DVD Trailers & Go Straight to the Movie

You buy an original DVD movie (or get one on rent), pop it in your DVD player and quickly grab a snack from the kitchen hoping that the movie would play right away.

Obviously, that won’t happen as you’ll have to patiently sit through all the movie trailers, video ads, copyright notices, FBI warnings and lot of other stuff before the movie starts playing on your TV screen.

These trailers and commercials can run anywhere between 10-15 minutes so you are likely to be done with your snack by the time the actual movie begins playing. And they appear even more annoying if you are trying to watch the same DVD movie for the second or the third time.

How to Skip Trailers and Ads on DVD Movies

DVD discs often have a UOP flag set that is used for displaying copyright notices, FBI warnings and commercials that cannot be skipped. However, if your DVD player hardware ignores the UOP flag, the commercials can be bypassed.

The easiest way to skip (or fast forward) all the ads, warnings and trailers from the DVD movies is this — just press the Stop button on the DVD remote followed by the Menu button and it will take you straight to the main menu from where you can play the movie.

However, if this age-old method for skipping trailers doesn’t work with your DVD player, try an alternate trick from Tom Merritt.

Trick One – For DVD Players

When the first trailer on the DVD starts playing on your screen, press the STOP button of your DVD remote twice followed by the PLAY button. That’s STOP –> STOP –> PLAY and it should take you directly to the movie skipping all the trailers and ads.

Trick Two – For DVD Players

If the above trick doesn’t work for your DVD, try this sequence suggested by Richard Rider. Instead of pressing the STOP button on your DVD remote twice, press it three times followed by PLAY and it should skip all the trailers and previews. To repeat, the sequence becomes STOP –> STOP –> STOP –> PLAY.

Trick Three – For Laptops and Desktops

If you are watching the DVD movie on your laptop computer where you don’t have an external remote to skip the ads, try Rick Brodia’s suggestion. Insert the DVD into the computer and when the first splash screen appears, hit the Stop button.

I popped in a DVD and fired up Windows Media Player. When the first splash screen appeared, I clicked the player’s Stop button. Then I clicked Play, and the disc skipped ahead to the previews. I repeated the process — Stop, then Play — and it advanced to the FBI warning. I did it a third time and presto: I landed right on the movie’s menu screen.

You won’t just save time by skipping trailers but it will also save you some battery life if you are watching the DVD movie on a laptop while on the move.

Give it a shot and do share if these tricks work on your DVD player / computer.

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Multiplication by 111 — Mudd Math Fun Facts

Multiplication by 111

If you liked the Fun Fact Multiplication by 11, you’ll enjoy seeing how to take that idea one step farther. Here’s a quick way to multiply by 111.

To multiply a two-digit number by 111, add the two digits and if the sum is a single digit, write this digit TWO TIMES in between the original digits of the number. Some examples:

23×111= 2553
41×111= 4551
The same idea works if the sum of the two digits is not a single digit, but you should write down the last digit of the sum twice, but remember to carry if needed. So
57×111= 6321
because 5+7=12, but then you have to carry the one twice.

If the number you are multiplying by 111 is a three-digit number, say ABC, then the answer will have five digits (though it may be six if there is a carry involved):
the first digit is A,
the second digit is A+B,
the third digit is A+B+C,
the fourth digit is B+C,
the fifth digit is C.
Again, you must remember to carry if any of these sums is more than one digit. Thus 123×111=13653, 241×111=26751, and for an example where carrying is needed, 352×111=39072. (Because of the carries, it may be easier to do the sums and write the answer down from right to left.)

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Multiplication by 11 — Mudd Math Fun Facts

Multiplication by 11

Multiplication by 11 is easy! To multiply by a 2-digit number add the two digits and place the sum in between!

25 x 11 = 275
31 x 11 = 341
57 x 11 = 627 <– you need to carry the 1!

What about a 3-digit number? Can you figure out what’s going on here?

253 x 11 = 2783
117 x 11 = 1287
532 x 11 = 5852
267 x 11 = 2937

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Do examples! What you notice is that multiplication by 11 can be done quickly with numbers of any length by starting with the first and last digits (they remain the same, unless there is a carry) and then inserting the sums of adjacent pairs of digits sequentially in between. For example, 253 x 11 begins with a 2 (like 253 does), then the next digit is 2+5=7, the next digit is 5+3=8, and the last digit is 3 (like 253 has). So the product is 2873. Remember to carry if necessary. So 267 x 11 starts with a 2 (like 267 does), the next digit is 2+6=8, the next digit is 6+7=13 (oops! carry the 1 back to the previous digit, leaving a 3 in this place), then the last digit is 7 (just like 267 has). Thus the product is 2937.

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