That's what I figured, the stuff you rent though for the most part that is
accessable?





On Sun, 24 Dec 2006, Kenneth Lee wrote:

> 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
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> 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
>