Discussion
A few years ago, if you pushed the eject button on a VCR or CD player, the tape/cd was ejected more or less instantly, maybe a second or two delay tops.
On pretty much all the latest stuff, the time delay is excrutiatingly slow, 10-15 seconds. I have a new combined VCR/DVD player, I have to hit the eject and then leave the room and do something else before I lose my temper the eject is so slow. Same with our new CD player, several seconds compared to immediate with the old one we had.
I was wandering around an electrical superstore the other day and there was a loose DVD disc on top of a DVD player, so I popped it into every machine I could find, all so so slow. Sales assistant wanders over, I ask the question, and he agrees, said he had an old Sony CD player at home, instantaneous eject, but the new stuff is really slow.
Why? it's really annoying!
On pretty much all the latest stuff, the time delay is excrutiatingly slow, 10-15 seconds. I have a new combined VCR/DVD player, I have to hit the eject and then leave the room and do something else before I lose my temper the eject is so slow. Same with our new CD player, several seconds compared to immediate with the old one we had.
I was wandering around an electrical superstore the other day and there was a loose DVD disc on top of a DVD player, so I popped it into every machine I could find, all so so slow. Sales assistant wanders over, I ask the question, and he agrees, said he had an old Sony CD player at home, instantaneous eject, but the new stuff is really slow.
Why? it's really annoying!
I was thinking that the other day, I have a Toshiba DVD player which you can turn on by pressing the eject button, thus saving you from pressing the "On" button and then the "Eject" button 
Only problem is that it still takes f
g ages as it has to display "HELLO...WELCOME TO TOSHIBA DVD" or some such nonsense accross it's little LCD display...Why? 
nice DVD player though
Only problem is that it still takes f
g ages as it has to display "HELLO...WELCOME TO TOSHIBA DVD" or some such nonsense accross it's little LCD display...Why? nice DVD player though
Just remmembered, my LG CD re-writer for my PC disables the eject button when you insert a CD-RW 
For months I was having to reboot the PC in order to eject CD-RWs when the BIOS screen was being displayed, because as soon as it went into Windows it would disable the eject again
didn't realise you had to right click an icon in the systray to eject the damn things
For months I was having to reboot the PC in order to eject CD-RWs when the BIOS screen was being displayed, because as soon as it went into Windows it would disable the eject again
didn't realise you had to right click an icon in the systray to eject the damn things
I think part of the reason is that the disc needs to be stopped spinning, especially on high speed drives. If you try to eject when its going flat out it takes ages, try when its stopped and its only a second or two delay. Those players that don't use a tray, say like a Playstation or something you just pop the top instantly and stop it spinning by hand
Also some of the rewritable stuff needs various blackmagic worked on it before you stop using it to make sure if doesn't screw the data up.
Also some of the rewritable stuff needs various blackmagic worked on it before you stop using it to make sure if doesn't screw the data up.
On the bright side though, after pickled fish and cornbites the night before, a modern toilet enables you to avert your eyes and with a quick snap of the wrist your package is on its way I even have a TVR handbrake handle on my flusher, which ads to the fun (and power) of the event
You had to roll up your sleeves to get an old toilet to flush, pumping the handle furiously like a maniac, whilst the bowl bubbled and churned the contents around like an undustrial mixer before swallowing half, burping-choking itself and then running out of water.
Edited to add my point, which is: most things do get better as time goes on!
>> Edited by UKBob on Wednesday 28th September 10:41
I even have a TVR handbrake handle on my flusher, which ads to the fun (and power) of the event You had to roll up your sleeves to get an old toilet to flush, pumping the handle furiously like a maniac, whilst the bowl bubbled and churned the contents around like an undustrial mixer before swallowing half, burping-choking itself and then running out of water.
Edited to add my point, which is: most things do get better as time goes on!
>> Edited by UKBob on Wednesday 28th September 10:41
UKBob said:
And why is broadband at 2 Meg no faster than it is at 1 Meg. Another con.
Because most servers cant serve information as fast as your line can pull it down. An 8 meg connection is megafast, but you wont be able to make use of the full speed, 9 times out of 10.
Yes that is true, but try and tell people who download movies (ahem) that [simplisticly] it is the 'other end' that is causing the bottleneck.
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