Just play the movie!

DVD

I’m impatient. 

I put the disk in the machine and expect to be able to walk into the kitchen to fix a plate for diner.

But instead, what happens is the player starts asking questions. I answer them and turn back to the kitchen.

Then the player starts playing previews from other films. I press menu, trying to get to the point where I can tell the movie to start, the player tells me that’s not allowed.

I press the other menu button. player says that’s not allowed.

MP3

GRRRRRR!!!!!!

Just PLAY THE DAMN MOVIE!!!!

Hoisted by my own technological petard. 

Previews finish…

CompactDisc

Now I can press Play to start the movie, Nope! Now I have to select the language. Opps! selected the wrong one. No, No, No, NOOOOOOOO!

Player won’t respond to commands 

But I don’t know Portuguese! 

Power down the unit power it back up and start over.

Vinyl

By the time the reboot, re-selection, and trying to get to the next level… 

I’ve lost interest in watching the movie.

I pull a new album up on the ipad.

There is an update to this albums encoding. Please wait… 

Just play the album!!!!!  

I swear, I’m going to go back to Vinyl!

GRRRRRRR!!!!

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