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Subject: electronic skip protection

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Name: michaelcasey
Date: May 7, 2008 at 02:02:24 Pacific
Subject: electronic skip protection
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Comment:

I finally got my DVD portable player replaced with a Panasonic one. One of the features with the Panasonic DVD player is "electronic skip protection". It doesn't mention it in the manual.
So what exactly is electronic skip protection?
Is it to help to stop skipping of CDs with scratches? Or something else?

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Response Number 1

Name: Razor2.3
Date: May 7, 2008 at 02:05:44 Pacific
Subject: electronic skip protection

Reply: (edit)

So what exactly is electronic skip protection?
A buffer.

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Response Number 2

Name: michaelcasey
Date: May 7, 2008 at 02:36:14 Pacific
Subject: electronic skip protection

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im a newbie. what is a buffer?

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Response Number 3

Name: Razor2.3
Date: May 7, 2008 at 02:50:10 Pacific
Subject: electronic skip protection

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British slang for an old man, according to merriam-webster.com.
But they also list the definition we're looking for:
buffer (n.)
5: a temporary storage unit (as in a computer); especially : one that accepts information at one rate and delivers it at another

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Response Number 4

Name: michaelcasey
Date: May 7, 2008 at 03:26:51 Pacific
Subject: electronic skip protection

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in english please

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Response Number 5

Name: OtheHill
Date: May 7, 2008 at 05:28:52 Pacific
Subject: electronic skip protection

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The unit reads ahead and then plays that file. By doing that it smooths out any interruptions in the read.

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