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I have not been able to afford them, but this seems to be a great solution:

http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/pna/product/detail/0,,2076_17573250_37523,
00.html

The mouse control looks very useful - a kiosk solution could be a DVD
running on one of these babys.  I do not know offhand if it has all the
power cycling features people in our industry need, but it is designed for
museum uses.

A

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From: Kathy Krafft [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 3:02 PM
Subject: Re: Repeatedly playing DVD


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Ditto on using regular cheap DVD players that can be set up (with the remote
control each day) to auto-repeat.

We've used several of the Samsungs because they were cheap ($60 or so).  One
had to be replaced after 1 1/2 years or so;  the folks at Best Buy claim you
should buy their service plan and get them "cleaned" once a year, whatever
that may mean.  In addition, Consumer Reports just rated DVD players (Dec
2004, page 24) and some had significantly higher repair rates than others.

I haven't found a DVD player that power cycles with the breaker, so that it
comes on automatically in the morning when the breakers are turned on, as
many TVs will do.  Of course this assumes your DVD is programmed to
autorepeat all by itself, which we've had done with some custom video
projects..

Kathy Krafft
Director of Exhibits
Sciencenter
Ithaca NY

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> Subject: Re: Repeatedly playing dvd
> Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 19:31:10 -0500
> From: JasonJayStevens <[log in to unmask]>
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> Eric,
> My wife is a video artist and plays with this technology all the time. 
> She says the menu on a Samsung DVD player will give you the option to 
> repeat chapters or entire movies, and I just tested our Sony DVP NC 
> 625 and it offers the same, and it skips the menu.
>
> I'd recommend a trip to a retail outlet, anyhow, and testing a model 
> with your particular DVD before purchasing, to avoid unknown unknowns 
> (as opposed to known unknowns, you know).
>
> Digital video players are really cool, but chances are you'll have a 
> difficult time getting your commercial video OFF of the DVD upon which 
> it came, so as to record it to a hard drive player.  DVDs are 
> manufactured to thwart copying.  In fact, in our experience, 
> commercial DVDs seem to resist even analog copying, such as onto VHS 
> by means of a simple RCA cable whilst the DVD plays.
>
> If you could author your own DVD, of course, most authoring software 
> will give you options regarding automatic start-up and playback 
> looping.
>
> Good luck and let us know what you end up going with.
>
> JasonJayStevens
> exhibitDesignDevelopmentFabrication
> annArborHands-OnMuseum
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