What good is the open/close button on my DVD remote?

It should open and close the player….

Our DVD player has the buttons on top and with it in the cabinet it can be hard to see. They are glossy black buttons with barely legible symbols. It is a lot easier to use the remote.

It is just bad design by Sony for our player. But the remote is easier then finding a flashlight to find the right button.

I think it’s good for saving wear-and-tear on your DVD button. Likewise, if the button fails on the machine, at least you still have a way to open it.

I think btko is on the right track. A little redundancy can be good. It is cheap to add and you can still use it if the button on the player breaks. That alone makes it worth the 2 cents to add.

Never thought of that. Good point.

Still…seems weird to me.

Yeah, I’ve always wondered the point of the open/close button on the remote too. I press it and then I’m like, wait…I still have to get up. Sometimes though, if the DVD won’t start or something, I’ll push the open/close button on the remote and that’s handy because then you don’t have to get up just to take out and put back in the DVD to restart it or whatever.

For me I my kids always have me open and close it and they put in the DVD so I actually am not gettin up and they like helping.

screw the button use a long stick.