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I don't know what the engineers were thinking when they said DVDs last longer than VHS. Every other disk I rent skips, pauses, or hangs at some point in the movie. Upon examination of the disk, there are fingerprints, scratches, and dust coating the bottom surface, causing misreads.
The original
manufacturers of the CD were worried about the fragility of their disks, and decided to enclose them in plastic cartridges similar to a floppy disk. It was eventually decided such protection was unnecessary for private use. But what about discs in a public environment?
Let's take a lesson from history and enclose DVDs in cartridges. The whole thing would be inserted into the player, where it would slide a protective cover over to get to the unscarred disk surface. They would be the same size as jewel cases, complete with labels. Rarely would there be any need to open it.
As with any upgrade innovation, it will be some time before DVD players start adding cartridge support. Until then, simply pop the disc out of the cartridge and into the player. And if you get any fingerprints on it, I will turn it over to the police claiming it was handled by a drug smuggler.
Panasonic DMR-E85H with a cartridge in the tray.
http://www.kunarion...o/gallery/caddy.jpg
[Amos Kito, Feb 10 2005, last modified Jul 16 2005]
...and with a naked disc.
http://www.kunarion...to/gallery/disc.jpg
It plays them, cartridge or not. [Amos Kito, Feb 10 2005, last modified Jul 16 2005]
A cartridge.
http://www.kunarion...to/gallery/open.jpg
This snaps shut to enclose the disc. And is it ever hard to find these puppies! [Amos Kito, Feb 10 2005, last modified Jul 16 2005]
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It does, but not for set-top DVD players. It is a new use for an old product. |
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It seemed like a good idea at the time. But Panasonic tried it already.
My DVD player can play discs inside "cartridges". See [links]. |
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Baked-I have a PSP. that console does something like this, but the CDs are half the size (or smaller) of a regular CD. However the cartridges break far too easily. I've had them get broken by *GAME CASES!* THats right their so fragile that cases intended to protect them actually break them. So I'll just put a fishbone into a cartridge and put it into your DVD player idea. |
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//the cartridges break//
DVD cartridges, like the ones I [Linked] to 3 years ago, aren't particularly resilient, either. They require special care, but do prevent scratches to the discs (important with pricey DVD-RAM). And my player is still chugging along just fine. |
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I blame Tomorrow's World for this. That single couple of minutes in the early 'eighties has a lot to answer for, and were it not for that, we wouldn't have this problem now. No-one used to treat vinyl like that. The problem is an educational one, not a design one, and giving them cartridges gives them another bit to go wrong and uses up resources. |
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The only reason PSP UMDs are like that is that Sony are a bunch of control freaks. |
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Like mini-disks, right? I loved mini-disks,
perhaps in the same way that older
generations loved their Beta-max. |
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