Help with a dvd player

Is there any odd noise that goes along with it? When my last one started dying there was a clicking that preceded a freeze or skip.

No noise that we can hear. It just starts skipping. Or wont run it at all.
Nope, I haven't tried a cleaning disk. Never knew about such a thing.

jd50ae

roland_7707:
No noise that we can hear. It just starts skipping. Or wont run it at all.
Nope, I haven't tried a cleaning disk. Never knew about such a thing.

They are not expensive and if you only have to use it once it is a good investment.

roland_7707:
No noise that we can hear. It just starts skipping. Or wont run it at all.
Nope, I haven't tried a cleaning disk. Never knew about such a thing.

Are you getting an error message or just nothing?

raisindot

Unfortunately, after a certain amount of time most DVD players begin to exhibit this behavior, even if they're not used for a long time. It usually means that dust or something is getting into the laser thingamabob that reads the disk. This occurs naturally. There are kits that are designed to "clean" the lasers. I've tried several brands and none of them ever helped.

You could try one of these kits, but for the price you'd pay for them you'd nearly be halfway to the price of a new DVD player. I see them regularly for $30-$40 or so because Blu-ray players are phasing them out.

perkinke:
roland_7707:
No noise that we can hear. It just starts skipping. Or wont run it at all.
Nope, I haven't tried a cleaning disk. Never knew about such a thing.
Are you getting an error message or just nothing?

It tries to play it for a minute, then a red triangle pops up on the screen and says "disk error".
Its more than 7 years old, so I may just have to bite the bullet and buy a new one.

roland_7707:
perkinke:
roland_7707:
No noise that we can hear. It just starts skipping. Or wont run it at all.
Nope, I haven't tried a cleaning disk. Never knew about such a thing.
Are you getting an error message or just nothing?
It tries to play it for a minute, then a red triangle pops up on the screen and says "disk error".
Its more than 7 years old, so I may just have to bite the bullet and buy a new one.

Yep, time to do the "how much is it worth to me to take the time to fix it" vs. new one. Even Blu-rays are pretty cheap these days.

New Boots

Yup, just grab a Blu-Ray. They are rather cheap now-a-days. You won't regret it

I got you covered Dane

New Boots

Or you have Jim, who keeps his wallet in the 20ct

Bigshizza:
I got you covered Dane

Im confused big guy....

New Boots:
Yup, just grab a Blu-Ray. They are rather cheap now-a-days. You won't regret it

Do blu-ray players play dvd's? Cuz we have a ton of dvds

New Boots

roland_7707:
New Boots:
Yup, just grab a Blu-Ray. They are rather cheap now-a-days. You won't regret it
Do blu-ray players play dvd's? Cuz we have a ton of dvds

Yup yup, sure do.

jd50ae

There is also a DVD cleaning gizmo and mine has saved more then one good movie DVD. Also fairly cheap...I think mine was $29.99. A very good investment.

What's the status Dane? I was trying to find an extra I had....no luck so far but will keep trying.

We just try and watch the one out of five disks that it decides to play. I thought that I would have work over the spring break but they cancelled me. Which figures. So no money in the budget for anything right now.

So which one of you crazy folks sent us a dvd player?

Bwahaha! That's beautiful, wish I'd have thought of that!

roland_7707:
So which one of you crazy folks sent us a dvd player?

Hmmmmmmmm not sure what you're talkin about....

Yep, i thought it was you mr. 4.0 smartypants.
I cannot thank you enough. And it works GREAT!!! Thank you Jim.