Posted by Joe on 12/17/05 22:15

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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