That was really stupid to price them that low... $50 is ridiculous. An onlie auction or live auction would have determined the right price for these laptops. The school that sold these was GIVING AWAY tax dollars that were used to buy these units in the first place.
Another thing they could do for updating the firmware on these players is to embed the firmware updates on new DVD's that come out to the market. Every time you rent a new movie, it can check to see if you have the latest firmware and if not, flash it for you in the background. No internet connection necessary.
Most of us here are technical folks. We are frequently called upon to help non-technical people make purchasing decisions. Ensure they buy no HD-DVD or BlueRay products that are crippled in this fashion.
The real downer is that I was hoping for higher capacity discs for lawful backups on my pc but I guess dual layer dvd's will have to fill the void for the next few years.
Here's an idea. Let's find out who these asshole law makers are and publish their names and make sure they don't get re-elected or work in the tech industry again?
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That was really stupid to price them that low ... $50 is ridiculous. An onlie auction or live auction would have determined the right price for these laptops. The school that sold these was GIVING AWAY tax dollars that were used to buy these units in the first place.
Another thing they could do for updating the firmware on these players is to embed the firmware updates on new DVD's that come out to the market. Every time you rent a new movie, it can check to see if you have the latest firmware and if not, flash it for you in the background. No internet connection necessary. Most of us here are technical folks. We are frequently called upon to help non-technical people make purchasing decisions. Ensure they buy no HD-DVD or BlueRay products that are crippled in this fashion. The real downer is that I was hoping for higher capacity discs for lawful backups on my pc but I guess dual layer dvd's will have to fill the void for the next few years.
Here's an idea. Let's find out who these asshole law makers are and publish their names and make sure they don't get re-elected or work in the tech industry again?