DVD-player

A form of DVD player — An electronic device for playing DVDs.

Meanings

nounDVD-player (plural DVD-players)

plural DVD-players

  1. alternativeAlternative form of DVD player.

    The video discs will be available for circulation next year. However, library staff probably will not loan out the DVD-player.

    1997 December 22, Dorine Bethea, “City library gets gifts and grant”, in Richmond Times-Dispatch, 147th year, number 356, Richmond, Va., →ISSN, →OCLC, page B5, column 1
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    Lindsay Takashima, product manager with Toshiba Canada Ltd., which makes DVD-players, says the audio footprint of DVDs is roughly twice that of CDs.

    1997 November 27, Mark Wilson, “DVDs touted as next step up”, in The Province, Vancouver, B.C., →ISSN, →OCLC, page A75, columns 2–3

    I like my DVD-player as much as the next person, but I usually reserve those movies for second viewings. A new movie should be experienced, I believe, as the director intended it, on a 70-foot screen surrounded by one’s peers.

    2007 August 30, Chris Jenness, “‘Fracture’ a good reason to roll your eyes”, in Peninsula Clarion, volume 37, number 279, Kenai, Alas., →OCLC, page B-1, column 4
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