What annoys you the most ?

[SanteeFats]

Originally Posted by trailmaster

You did not read my post carefully. I clearly said that after I have had a dvd disc a few years it seems to start to degrade. I also have never had a problem playing a brand new disc! And when ever I have a problem with a disc I play it on a backup newer dvd player, and it also plays poorly on the newer player. I am not a dummy. I know what I am doing. I have been using dvd players since they first came out!

TM I don't believe that I implied you or any one else is a dummy. If you think that I am sorry for the misunderstanding.

Originally Posted by Leprechaun

Even the oldest DVD in your collection still works? How old is it (approximately)?

I think my oldest one is about 15 years. I also have several old TV series I got from IOffer that are rips and they still play fine. Maybe I am just lucky
I have gone through 3-4 players over the years with out a problem. Currently I am using two Blu ray players and have no problem with either one.

[Leprechaun]

Originally Posted by ruffroundedges

Really I do feel your frustration but ........... giggle......

Pah!



To be honest: at my age I don't need stuff like 'Force Feedback' Joysticks anymore .... I tremble myself - even with my 'joy stick'!



Good luck with your mouse (and the little alien inside). I'll stay with 'classical'' equipment like a plain Logitech mouse. It has 'only' 1000 dpi, but at least it works flawlessly.

[gmcbee]

The crossword puzzle thing. Brilliant. Howling so hard I've prolapsed my anal canal.

[ruffroundedges]

Originally Posted by Leprechaun

Pah!



I tremble myself - even with my 'joy stick'!

Gawd!!

Dont let E-Street get ahold of that one !!!

[ruffroundedges]

Originally Posted by gmcbee

Stupendous post!

*There're

Totally !!!!

[rewbear]

Originally Posted by gmcbee

I still have a working laptop with XP SP3, ... but you can't do jack shit with them, except maybe write Cobol in Notepad...

Phew! I thought I might be the only one still running this ancient OS. I do miss Office 93 tho'.

[rosestone]

Originally Posted by trailmaster

Many different companies make and sell the same movie on a DVD disc and sell them for very different prices. This has to be because the quality of the cheaper disc is not as good as the more expensive disc. Whereas movies on videotape never seem to get worse. I still have 70 movies on videotape and I have played each one more than 10 times and they are still just as good as when they were new!

It is true that quality can vary, back around 10 years ago I worked for a company that contracted out their old back-up data to another firm, who took all the paperwork going back for years, scanned it, and wrote it on to discs (and then shredded the paperwork).

A little while later this caused a major problem, when it turned out that the company had used cheap labels for the discs - as soon as one was placed in an optical drive, the motion affected the label, so that all the data was corrupted, and the disc almost felt like it was melting if you took it out and held it.

Also, exposure to magnets can affect discs.

It's the same with book binding, although you'd think humanity might have perfected it by now, I have still bought a book new and it's fallen apart before I've finished reading it, and I am VERY careful with books.

[bloke57]

Originally Posted by SanteeFats

I have never had a problem with any DVD that I have bought that played the first time through. This includes rips. Maybe it is your players.

I'm a bit confused too as I thought CDs and DVDs went on forever.

I've never had a problem I can recall and have CDs over 30 years old and DVDs a good 15/16 years old. They play just fine.

I have had people come to me with CDs they say won't play, but on my 1987 Marantz (battleship construction) player, they always do work. All very odd.

[trailmaster]

I just read over the weekend that temperature variations in an apratment or a house can have a drastic effect on the stability of DVD discs. In Chicago the temperature in my apartment can vary from 62 degrees all the way up to almost 89 degrees F during the four seasons. It may be this that is degrading my discs. Studies show that discs don't like temepratures above 80 degrees F.

[ManofKent]

Originally Posted by gmcbee

Stupendous post!

*There're

Thank you!

This is what we need-more variety in our conversations!