A few weeks ago my kitchen TV’s DVD player quit. The drawer wouldn’t open. The 13″-inch television in that room is on a 30-inch wide cart, and its footprint is such that one of the newer slim-line players won’t work unless I put the TV on top of it, which I don’t think is ideal. Thus I hadn’t looked very hard for a replacement yet.
I happened to be at Radio Shack yesterday looking for something else and noticed that there was a Philco player about a foot wide on sale for $29.95. Well, I know serendipity when I see it, so I bought it. I brought it home, removed the cables from the old player and attached them to the new one, and then put in The Last Waltz to test it. Somehow I hadn’t gotten around to playing that film before, so this was my first look. I was very amused that the first screen you see after selecting “Play” displays the following text:
“Caution. This film should be played LOUD!”