DVDs are simple? Re:var is mysteriously clogged

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Sun, Jan 08, 2006 at 09:42:30AM -0600, Sy Ali wrote:
> I like chapter stops for skipping forced ads, warnings and other
> start-of-DVD bs.  Time index would be a good feature for DVD players..
> I was shocked that the "technology" didn't come out.  I had seen VCRs
> which had a turnable knob for fast forwarding and rewinding.. which I
> thought was cool.. but remotes never had such a thing.

My parents Sony DVD player has such a thing on the player and the
remote.  Best DVD remote I have ever seen.  Of course that one was
bought when DVD players costing $500 were a great deal. :)  Doesn't play
CD-R, CD-RW (simply can't read them being a single laser player).

> A little knob on a remote would be an easily-understood interface for
> moving around a DVD's timeline.  Just as long as that's all it did..
> remote manufacturers would probably make it a joystick and also make
> it clickable.  Ugh.

Certainly the rotating wheel is the best I have used.

> Maybe remote makers get a per-button commission?  Maybe marketers
> convince them that the market has some kind of competition for more
> and more buttons.. maybe someone convinced someone else that more
> buttons would sell more devices.
> 
> .. Oh, and someone has to make the obligatory Apple Computers "one
> button remote" comment.  Just "go", but probably with a + on it or
> something.. all In shiny white, of course.
> 
> And it has 1500 accessories.. wrist strap, neck strap, skins.. other
> models with an lcd display that can show photos..
> 
> Sorry for the tangent, but remotes are indeed mindbogglingly complex. 
> I can't even remember what the first half of the remote does by the
> time I get to the second half.

Yeah some are that bad. :)

Len Sorensen
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