![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Entry tags:
electronic hassle
The DVD player has apparently given up the ghost; it makes the right noises when I put a disc in, but it doesn't actually load it. I've tried several known-good discs. I've unplugged (which apparently worked for some people), but that didn't help. If it still won't read a disc tomorrow, I guess I get to buy a new one, since in our disposable-and-cheap-electronics era it's not worth paying someone to repair it. Amazon offers me a bunch of options, among which I'm not really sure how to best choose, in the $40 range.
My only hard requirements are that it be region-free so I can play my British DVDs (my precioussss) and that it play DVD-Rs. HDMI is helpful. And the remote shouldn't suck. I'll happily accept recommendations or anti-recommendations. The outgoing unit is a Philips that didn't last for as long as I think it should have.
My only hard requirements are that it be region-free so I can play my British DVDs (my precioussss) and that it play DVD-Rs. HDMI is helpful. And the remote shouldn't suck. I'll happily accept recommendations or anti-recommendations. The outgoing unit is a Philips that didn't last for as long as I think it should have.
no subject
As someone who used to supplement his allowance by fixing neighbor's radios, lawnmowers, vacuum cleaners, etc. It's not that there's nobody willing to repair it, it's that there's nowhere to get replacement parts. They're only sold as complete units. Frankly, I'm getting a bit long in the tooth to go scavenging in junk yards.