Hi, John. Do you have a DVD drive in your computer? I ask because I wanted
a friend of mine to put all the Left Behind books on DVD for me but I
remembered I don't have a DVD drive for my computer. I don't have a DVD
player either.
I had to have my friend put all the books on sendspace so I could download
them. That was his birthday present to me.
Rosemarie
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From: "JOHN JUSTICE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "BLIND COMPUTING MAILING LIST" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 12:05 PM
Subject: [Blind-Computing] SIMPLE, EASY TO USE DVD PLAYER
Hello fellow visually impaired technology users. My wife and I have a
problem. She purchased a beautiful set of programs from the Mash series.
But when we try to play them on our ordinary Denin DVD player, it's a real
problem because they are in some kind of multiple menu listing. Trying to
navigate through that list has been a challenge.
I was told that if we could find one of the basic portable DVD players, it
might not be as difficult to use. I have the thankless task of locating
such a player as a joint Christmas gift.
Here's what we need.
In order to navigate to any particular episode on the list, you have to
move the cursor to that particular version, then press the Enter key and
it will play. Sounds simple, doesn't it? Well, it isn't. First of all,
a warning message comes up on the screen which is posted on most
commercial DVD programs. It talks about illegal copying and so on. After
about 25 seconds, that message goes away and the menu appears. On this
particular issue, the odd numbered programs are on the left and the even
numbered versions are on the right. The operator uses the up and down
cursors to move to a particular episode as I have already described.
Okay. Now you get the picture. If you don't wait long enough, you are
trying to use cursor strokes while that warning message is playing.
If you miss one key stroke, you end up with the wrong program. I'd play
it on our computer but for some reason, my drive doesn't recognize DVD
recordings.
When you put the disk in, it just sits there after the drive attempts to
play it a couple of times. Here are some questions.
1. How fast does a drive have to be to play a DVD disk? My particular
unit goes to 32X.
2. Do you need a special program to play a DVD in the computer?
3. Does anyone know if one of those portable DVD players might be easier
to navigate than this professional deck is?
I asked this question once a long time ago but I didn't get a helpful
response. I'm hoping that I have better luck this time.
Thanks group.
John and Linda Justice
With guide dogs Jake and Zachary
"My job feeds my family, music feeds my soul."
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