DJA wrote:
> Todd Walton wrote:
> >
> >Oh, if you're talking about hook-up-to-the-TV type players, I'd agree
> >that DVD players don't seem to have [manual eject mechanisms].  But
> >then, neither do any VHS players I've seen, and none of the CD
> >players I've ever seen.
> >
> >Holes seems to be a computer thing.
> 
> Our Apex DVD player and Sharp VHS both have them.

I'm very surprised that the VHS system does. The tape tends to get wound
around the drive head in some Byzantine fashion and manually ejecting
the cartridge while the tape is still wound around is certain to cause a
whole host of problems, likely only resolveable by opening the case
itself.

-john


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