[logfromblammo]

Just yesterday, I overheard a conversation in my very own living room that went something like this:

  SPOUSE: We have this movie on DVD.
  SPOUSE: You could watch it without commercials.
  KID: Okay.  Where is it?
  SPOUSE: Somewhere in the DVD cabinet.
  KID: Ummmm.... that's okay.
  KID: I'll just watch it on TV.

These are the same people that trampled all over my "genre, then alphabetical by title" filing system every time they retrieved a disc, until I finally gave up and stopped doing it. Before, I could say "second shelf, third row, on the left," and now I say, "find it yourself, you bogosorting heathens."

The lack of searchable indexes is a huge obstacle in every form of media. Imagine if you went to the library, and rather than a central index, you had to check each floor in the stacks separately to see if a book was available.

[collyw]

I am not big into videos, but muscially I really miss being able to choose cd, stick it in a player and play. Now I have to boot the computer up , open up the music player, find the tracks, and play. 10 seconds versus a few minutes.

Likewise I used to grab a cd or tape for my walkman before leaving the house. Now it takes at least 5 minutes (probably more) to transfer files to an mp3 player though admitedly they can hold way more.

The only place I see this as a win is with the kindle where book sizes are so small, I can store way more than I am likely to read.

[icc97]

I struggle to get the bogosorting heathens to even put the correct DVD in the correct box.

Also I simply cannot get them to watch a movie on a DVD somehow 'missing out' on what is on TV.