Hmmm, Ken,

I am not a big DVD person.  But, the few I have when you put the disk in, just 
pressing play starts the intro but you need to go into the menu and hit the 
chapter title for it to actually begin showing the movie.
Steve
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kenneth Lee" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, December 24, 2006 12:16 PM
Subject: Re: off topic question about talking VCR


I got my Zenith several years ago from some online electronics store.  It's
the IQVC422 4 head, HIFI with SAP, auto-clock set and the Speak-EZ talking
menus and was $90 way back when.  It still works great but doesn't get much
use since we joined Netflix a couple years ago.  We still sometimes record
the DVD to tape for movies we really like. (Our dvd player has a hack to
disable the Macro Vision used to copy-protect some titles.)

Regarding accessible DVD players, for the most part you just put in the disc
and press play.  Depending on how you configure the player you may have to
enter a pass-code for some movies if you have the parental protection turned
on.  There is at least one movie I know of that is accessible, "The Grinche
that Stole Christmas" will read the chapter titles as you scroll through
them. So like Steve mentioned, the accessibility is really dependent on
individual discs and not the player.

73 and Merry Christmas - Ken -N5SWR

-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Steve
Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2006 8:40 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: off topic question about talking VCR


The reason for the price variation in the Zenith VCR is there were several
different models.  There was a pretty basic VCR, all the way up to one that
had
stereo output and a higher-end audio circuit.

I don't think there is a talking DVD player.  Part of what renders a DVD
more
inaccessible is the particular menu that the producer puts on it, that is
independent of the player it is played on.

Steve, K8SP