Posted by Goro on 12/27/05 00:34

SpammersDie wrote:
> <toebender@none.com> wrote in message
> news:a0luq154dh8kaanp1hpnc02rl5lorcgc2t@4ax.com...
> > On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 20:09:54 GMT, Howard Brazee <howard@brazee.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> >>On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 02:57:53 -0600, toebender@none.com wrote:
> >>
> >>I agree with all of your wants (for simple playing of movies) except:
> >>
> >>>I dont care to see behind the scenes and all that other junk they put
> >>>... on a DVD
> >>
> >>I do - just make me press MENU to get to the menu - otherwise play the
> >>movie.
> >
> > I'd be happy with this. I would unlikely use the menu, but as long as
> > the movie plays when I insert the disk, that's fine with me.
>
> Actually, Autoplay is another feature I hate dating all the way back to the
> VCR. Immediately playing the movie is NEVER the action I want. I want the
> time to get back to the couch, get comfortable, turn out the lights, get the
> popcorn out, make sure the anti-salesman howitzer is activated and
> everything else, and *then* start the movie. And I don't want to have to
> race my own DVD player to get those done. And the spin-up time to initialize
> a new DVD is psychologically long enough that I usually do that in advance
> anyway.
>
> I want the default action on a DVD to WAIT FOR MY COMMAND to do anything,
> including starting the movie. Don't do anything else (a little screen motion
> to avoid image burn-in is acceptable though I think most DVD players already
> have screensavers.)

one solution for you is to put the disc in the tray, but don't close
the tray until you get to your seat. Then, you can just hit the PLAY
button on the remote.

-goro-

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