The thing about your new MX-207 Digital Video Disc Player is, it doesn’t like you. Your two-tone Frigidaire FC-109 refrigerator with built-in icemaker? Your GE Ultraquiet dishwasher with four separate wash settings? They’re pretty OK with you. But the sleek matte-black progressive-scan work of art still sitting in the styrofoam packaging at your feet, it’s not so forgiving. It’s nothing personal, it’s just that nobody likes to be told what to do, and this guy’s on the receiving end of a 2.1-gigahertz, variable-channel wireless remote control 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365.25 days a year.
Point. Click. Watch.
Point. Click. Watch.
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