Seeking BBC Domesday system

[Bjørn Vermo]

On 2 Jun, 2005, at 22:39, Zane H. Healy wrote:

>> The players are pretty big - about four times the size of a DVD player
>> (at least), not to mention quite heavy (for what they are). I doubt
>> they'd be allowed on as carry-on luggage.
>>
>> It's the vibration I'd be bothered about rather than any temperature
>> issue though. The quality of the solder work on all the players I've
>> been inside is about the worst I've seen on any electronic equipment,
>
> I never even considered temperatures, I'm simply thinking of how 
> non-carryon
> luggage is treated.  You don't want some idiot deciding to see how far 
> into
> the pile the box can be thrown.
>
> As for the size, it doesn't look that much larger than a standard 
> Laserdisc
> player (though it looks a little thicker than most).

With the "security" they have implemented in the US these days, I would 
strongly advise against taking any unique device on a flight there. 
There are too many stories of devices being tampered with, dismantled 
and ruined by trained monkeys.

-- 
-bv