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Posted by <normanstrong on 12/18/05 18:49
"Biz" <spamoff@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:DW3pf.33889$7h7.22014@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com...
>I assumed you were being a smart ass, but I tried to answer your question
> honestly. Its 9.3 x 17.1 x 1.7 , which is pretty standard size today, in
> fact most av components are generally around 17 inches wide or so for rack
> mounting. My Pioneers are both about 9 x 16.6 x 1.85 inches. My older
> retired Toshiba was actually a lot bigger. Cyberhome 300 is 9.1 x 8.75 x
> 2.0, so its taller, but narrower and you couldnt rack mount it since its
> too
> narrow, way to go Cyberhome...
>
> How small do you want it to be? I think they are too small now(especially
> in height) and dont have enough free space inside to help with cooling
> sinc
> emost are passively cooled, thats IMHO on reason why they die so much
> faster
> these days. Thats the reason I pointed out all the things that most
> normal
> DVD players have on them, you mentioned nothing more than a 5.25" tray,
> dictating certain size limits necessary to get things the like a readable
> display, a full size tray, usable front panel controls by actual adult
> human
> fingers, and all the outputs on the back. If its too big for your needs,
> you look for smaller alternatives..I was being 100% sincere in my previous
> reply, and YOU chose to take it the way you did....
>
>
> "Joe" <nobody@invalid.com> wrote in message
> news:nobody-1712051415140001@pool1319.cvx3-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net...
>> In article <waSdnb1BPqjy7zneRVn-gg@ez2.net>, "John Mycroft"
>> <mycrofts@hypercon.net> wrote:
>>
>> > This group appears to be populated by a bunch of foul-mouthed people
>> > who
>> > like to believe that, because their knowledge is superior to yours,
>> > they
>> > have the right to call you, among other things, an idiot and a "fucking
>> > troll". They don't bother to read your original question but reply to
>> > unhelpful replies that they post. A more miserable bucnh of jerks
>> > (they
>> > called me that, too) you will need to go a long way to find.
>> >
>> > My sincere thanks go to the folks like daviesvideo@aol.com, Adrian A
>> > and
>> > Marv Soloff who took my question as seriously as it was posed. I will
>> > certainly follow your advice. But I did not ask for the abuse I got
> from
>> > Eric Gisin & Biz. I do hope they frow up one day.
>> >
>> > For the record, Idiot Man, the camera that cannot be attached via USB
>> > to
> a
>> > computer attaches just fine via USB to my laptop as described in the
> manual.
>> > Kinda makes you wonder who the idiot really is, doesn't it.
>> >
>> > Merry Christmas
>>
>> Funny that you should mention Marv Soloff - his was a real jerk's answer
>> to the first question (Why is the Philips DVP 642 so big?) that I have
>> ever posted to this newsgroup.
>>
>> In the same thread, Biz was superficially correct, but hardly helpful.
>> "You've got a circuit board, power supply, the back
>> panel has to be big enough to carry all the connecters, adn the front
> panel
>> needs to be big enough for a proper display, plus all the buttons....If
> its
>> too big, buy another player"
>>
>> Hey, Biz, *ALL* DVD players have the items you mentioned. So that is a
>> crappy non-answer as to why the Philips is so big.
>>
>> In case anyone knowledgeable reads this, I was wondering if the Philips
>> DVP 642 possibly had a better layout as far as heat dissipation, or maybe
>> had more chips than some other DVD players - you know, the kind of thing
>> that might have some relation to quality or reliability.
>>
>> --- Joe
>
>
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