Straight from the TSA website (which I would print and carry):

.."What Needs to be Screened Separately

* Laptops
* Full-size video game consoles
* Full-size DVD players
* Video cameras that use video cassettes
* CPAP breathing machines

Small and portable electronic items do not need to be removed from their carrying cases."

...so when the idiot Goon tells you differently, shove the printout in his face and look confused and bewildered.....make sounds like, "wha?...wha? it says here not to remove those items....I need a supervisor to help me because you are really confusing me...."