Try plugging the card reader into a different USB port on your computer. Are you using Windows 10?
What would bore your audience more 30 minutes of stills in a slide show or 30 minutes of video? Imagine how difficult it would be if You Tube was all slide shows, that would make camera and equipment reviews really useless. Video is there for most DSLR owners and its just another medium to learn and help keep the brain cells alive.
I was at my grandsons 16th birthday and I took some nice photo's and with the flip of a switch on my 5D3 I shot about 5 minutes of very nice Video. The quality was very good. I got some expressions and words that would not be possible without the video. I put the video and stills into Premiere Pro and After effects and it will be something he will cherish 20 years from now. His wife and children will be able to see him who he was in his younger years It's just another aspect of the hobby that we have at our finger tips and for a lot of us we have already paid for it, so my philosophy why NOT!
We pay a lot of money for our dslr's and many of us don't use or choose to learn many of the features we pay dearly for. I have seen in many posts where a member is responding to the features of a camera, and what is curious is if it shoots video many of them say they don't use the video feature. Their response is "I only take pictures" or "my wife takes all the video" or if they do take video they use a separate video camera. I was in that camp once, but I tried the video feature and I find I'm using it often. I have a 4k video camera but it's usually not in my bag or if I have it, the opportunity to take a great video would be gone by the time I get the video camera out of the bag. A photo stops time and place but a small video in some situations can help tell or support what you are feeling or seeing. I will stop here because it is getting a little esoteric.
Just use the USB port buy a 256gb usb3 thumb drive and connect it, when you need to access it. You will still have your optical drive and you won't have to perform major surgery on your laptop.
In windows 10 you can have 4 screens open at the same time. I frequently have to screens open and I check the photo's side by side without the interference of a bezel (before and after). I drive the monitor with 2 1080 gtxfw in SLI mode and I don't have a lag and it is very fast. We all get to the same place but take a different route.
I use a Dell 31.5 4k model UP3216Q and I would not go back. It has outstanding color accuracy 99% Adobe RGB and 100% sRGB. However its a little expensive around $1200 on Amazon. Just read the reviews.
If you have Windows 10 you have Skype. You can send large files and photo's in Skype. Its great for family and friends.
Are you guys serious? I come to this site to get away from all this. JEEZE!!
I disagree I think the photographer is only as good as the equipment he is using.
There are TONS of reviews on YouTube.
After you open the folder in Bridge, the first time, it will open that same folder the next time you open Bridge.
If you haven't corrected the issue. What is the name of your photo folder and is it in another folder like Documents?
He cant replace an AMD video card with an NVidia. He is using a AMD motherboard.
In windows 10 go to the folder where your photo's are being stored open the folder(my documents >Photo's) at the top there are 5 tabs click on view and then in the top middle is a drop down "sort by", click on that and select the option you need. I hope that works.