Posted by Joe on 12/18/05 04:16

I guess I have to top post, since there would be a jumbled order because
of Biz's top posting.

I asked: Why is the DVP 642 so big?

Biz: If its too big, buy another player

Biz: I assumed you were being a smart ass

Well, stop assuming so much. Even after my comment that big might
indicate better cooling or more chips, you persist in:

Biz: How small do you want it to be?

Biz: If its too big for your needs, you look for smaller alternatives

Man, chill.

I brought up the point about cooling, and you talk like you are telling me
all about it:

Biz: enough free space inside to help with cooling sinc emost are
passively cooled

Biz: I was being 100% sincere in my previous reply

Maybe sincere, but with an attitude created by your assumptions. The case
for the DVD player is bigger than some laptop computers. I wondered why.
You offered nothing of a real answer in your first reply, and even now,
you really offer nothing new.

--- Joe


In article <DW3pf.33889$7h7.22014@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com>, "Biz"
<spamoff@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> 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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