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| Topic: | Terminology question... This thread has 11 replies. Displaying all posts. |
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| Post 1 made on Thursday November 11, 2004 at 13:48 |
i1patrick Long Time Member |
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OK, on most remote (PCF) configuration files, the page which holds control buttons (play, pause, stop, etc.) for a DVD player or similar device is frequently called the "Transport" page or, in my example, the "DVD Transport" page.
Why the word "Transport" here? It seems like a nonsequitor to me to use that term to describe a group of control buttons for a device, but if anyone knows the history, I am curious.
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| Post 2 made on Thursday November 11, 2004 at 14:01 |
King of typos Loyal Member |
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It would be best to ask this question in the Pronto NG forum. As they deal with the Nezt Generation remotes more than we do. But here is my guess.........
You said that the panel is called "DVD transport" and that panel holds the play, pause, stop fast forward, rewind and stuff like that. Well think of this. What does those buttons do exactly? Do they allow you to scan(transport) to some spots on the DVD?
Rob
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| Post 3 made on Thursday November 11, 2004 at 14:12 |
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It's leftover from TAPE & VCR's that had moving parts in their machanisms.
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| Post 4 made on Thursday November 11, 2004 at 14:24 |
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Man - and here I thought I could use that page to be "beamed up"
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| Post 5 made on Thursday November 11, 2004 at 16:17 |
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I would guess because they move (or transport) to different parts in movies or songs even more obvious on tape mediums where you needed to transport the tape to a different part to play it.
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| Post 6 made on Thursday November 11, 2004 at 16:32 |
djy RC Moderator |
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Transport sounds a little better than fangelwurzel.
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| Post 7 made on Friday November 12, 2004 at 05:43 |
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I always thought "chazwuzzer" woulda been better. Oh, wait, that's a bullfrog...
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| Post 8 made on Friday November 12, 2004 at 10:11 |
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Here's the old radio DJ in me coming out. Edmond was the closest in coming up with the right answer. Now here's the whole scoop:
The term transport was used for the mechanism in an open reel tape recorder (also referred to as reel to reel) because the tape mechanism "transported" the tape from one reel to the other through the record and playback heads. Transportation, obviously, means to move from one place to another. Hence the word transport was used to describe the mechanism by which the tape went from one side of the recorder to the other.
Voila!
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| Post 9 made on Friday November 12, 2004 at 13:55 |
edmund Elite Member |
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The moving part in reel-to-reel and tape decks and such, the capstan, dates back to the old sailing ships.:)
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| Post 10 made on Saturday November 13, 2004 at 12:25 |
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| Post 11 made on Wednesday November 17, 2004 at 21:05 |
bri in nz Long Time Member |
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open reel tapes, vcrs, tapes. What are these??? Did Colombus use these for navigation?
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| Post 12 made on Wednesday November 17, 2004 at 21:59 |
Ken Founding Member |
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Yes, along wth Lp's, 8 tracks, Beta and etc. It's no wonder he didn't fall off the flat plane of earth!
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