Posted by def456 on 08/23/07 07:28

"Walter Traprock" <wetraprock@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:wetraprock-30D980.11543222082007@newsgroups.comcast.net...
> "def456" <def456@none.none> wrote:
>
>> The actual sequence of events after pressing "Pause" during a DVD movie
>> playback with the Coby DVD-755 DVD player is as follows:
>> (1) The movie picture remains on the screen for 3 minutes.
>> (2) Then it changes to a "Coby" trademark screen.
>> (3) After another 3 minutes (6 minutes total) it changes to a
>> bouncing-ball
>> screensaver.
>> (4) After a further 30 minutes (36 minutes total) the DVD player resets
>> itself automatically, the volume reverts to maximum loudness, and the
>> movie
>> starts playing again from the beginning.
>
> OUCH!! A very inconsiderate feature to be surprised by from "pausing" a
> movie.

True. :) But I'm fairly happy with the workaround (turn off the
screensaver).

I've watched a dozen movies with the new home theater now and am already
spoiled. I doubt that I could go back to a regular TV's sound. I'm not an
audiophile, but maybe I'll become one.

I've also managed to crash it by playing around with the volume controls a
lot on the remote control, and had to unplug the the DVD player to recover.
But that was only one movie in dozen, a fairly rare occurence. I'll have to
learn to live with a few quirks in a $60 home theater system. I'm not
enamored of the remote control, a small credit card style with buttons that
are hard to push. The volume control buttons seem particularly slow to
respond. Maybe I can find a universal remote that will work better.

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