dvd player question

[missioncontrol]

I was thinking of getting a dvd player that held five dvds....

my question is this:

if i was to put dvds of different television shows in each of the five places is there a way to make it play random where it would show one whole episode then switch to another dvd to play a different episode?

[DrewKaree]

Mine broke VERY quickly, but there was an option for it on mine.  It played CD's as well, though, so I always figured it was for that purpose only....I didn't have any episodic TV shows at the time either, so I never thought to even give it a whirl.

Does the player you're looking at have a button for it on the remote or something?  That should tell you whether or not it might even be possible.

[Snarbald]

No, you can't random play episodes from dvds. If you were to rip the episodes to a computer, you could random play them off a playlist though.

[missioncontrol]

Does the player you're looking at have a button for it on the remote or something? That should tell you whether or not it might even be possible.

I havn't really started looking in the stores yet just hoping someone would know if it was possible before I started looking.....

[missioncontrol]

No, you can't random play episodes from dvds. If you were to rip the episodes to a computer, you could random play them off a playlist though.

darn....

I may have to go that route you mentioned......

[DrewKaree]

There you go....and if you set up an HTPC, you could even play it on your TV.

Workaround found, problem solved.

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