electronics annoyance

[cellio]

Grump. The DVD player seems to be relaying video but not audio. All connections are tight. And there are two audio connections anyway, and wouldn't they both have to be loose to produce a total failure? Sigh. The player worked fine a few days ago. (Yes, I confirmed that the TV has sound and that multiple DVDs failed.)

So we are now faced with the prospect that buying a new one might be cheaper than investigating and repairing the problem. That's just wrong, somehow. It's a region-free player and I don't remember if we bought it from overseas, so repair might not be trivial. But I don't like the disposable-goods consumer model and I feel bad every time I go that route. I can hear the landfills crying out for mercy.

It looks like replacements are slightly cheaper from Amazon UK than from Amazon US, but electronics is one of those areas where it might be worth buying from the guys in your own country. (And then there's shipping.)

Comments

[vonstrassburg.livejournal.com]

Also check that it's the DVD outputs that are stuffed, not the TV inputs.

[cellio]

Good point. Ok, time to actually try to comprehend the wiring jumble that is the TV and its associated bits. :-) With luck, there'll be alternatives that I can easily swap around. (I didn't wire it in the first place and I know there are different types of connections so you can't just blithely swap a VCR and a DVD player. But hey, I can read manuals. :-) )