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16 Jul 2025 17:45:20 EDT (-0400)
  Re: The Daily WTF [again]  
From: Invisible
Date: 12 Feb 2008 09:36:45
Message: <47b1aefd$1@news.povray.org>
Nicolas Alvarez wrote:

>> DVD player? Actually never.
>>
>> [It does, however, fail to correctly play a number of DVDs that play 
>> perfectly OK in other players. And it was NOT a cheap player, by any 
>> stretch of the imagination. Panasonic too.]
> 
> In my and my uncle's experience, cheap players cope with crappy (and 
> pirated) DVDs better than expensive and good-brand ones!

The player also takes an absurd amount of time to open the drive door. 
Like, turn it on and press eject. Stand there with the DVD in your hands 
for about 45 seconds before the door opens. Put the DVD in. Close the 
door. Wait another 45 seconds for the player to decide whether there's a 
disk in the drive and whether it's playable.

Sheesh. When I turn on my CD player and hit eject, you know how long it 
takes? 0.2 seconds. Even if it's *playing* a disk it takes 0.2 seconds...

>> Does that not seem wrong to you? That a bunch of guys in their spare 
>> time could do a better job than the people you paid money to?
>>
> 
> What player is it?

iAudio M5L.

> Is the firmware Rockbox? :)

Yes. :-D

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