My house seems to eat DVD players
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Bit of an odd one this
I've gone through 3 DVD players in as many years. Not desperately good ones £150ish
I only watch a couple of films and maybe a random other hour through them per week, so they can't be worn out.
I've tried taking the covers off and cleaning them, but to no avail. This happens with brand new DVDs so it's not a disc cleanliness problem
Any suggestions about how to fix this or have I just been unlucky
I've gone through 3 DVD players in as many years. Not desperately good ones £150ish
I only watch a couple of films and maybe a random other hour through them per week, so they can't be worn out.
I've tried taking the covers off and cleaning them, but to no avail. This happens with brand new DVDs so it's not a disc cleanliness problem
Any suggestions about how to fix this or have I just been unlucky
Incorrigible said:
Bit of an odd one this
I've gone through 3 DVD players in as many years. Not desperately good ones £150ish
I only watch a couple of films and maybe a random other hour through them per week, so they can't be worn out.
I've tried taking the covers off and cleaning them, but to no avail. This happens with brand new DVDs so it's not a disc cleanliness problem
Any suggestions about how to fix this or have I just been unlucky
You have children?I've gone through 3 DVD players in as many years. Not desperately good ones £150ish
I only watch a couple of films and maybe a random other hour through them per week, so they can't be worn out.
I've tried taking the covers off and cleaning them, but to no avail. This happens with brand new DVDs so it's not a disc cleanliness problem
Any suggestions about how to fix this or have I just been unlucky
Only time I've ever killed an appliance was last November.
Humidity at about 15%, reached over to turn it on, and smote it with a lightning bolt that almighty Zeus himself would have been proud to call his own.
Result - one completely numb finger for about ten minutes, and a DVD player that needed dismantling to remove the disk, before binning the player.
Might be worth checking the grounding, possibly?
Humidity at about 15%, reached over to turn it on, and smote it with a lightning bolt that almighty Zeus himself would have been proud to call his own.
Result - one completely numb finger for about ten minutes, and a DVD player that needed dismantling to remove the disk, before binning the player.
Might be worth checking the grounding, possibly?
Thudd said:
Dust?
You don't say what the symptoms are.
Try leaving a disk in. And a surge protector can't hurt.
Are they adequately ventilated? Could they be overheating?
Could well be dust, but I've tried cleaning them with the cover off. DVD is at the top of the stack so as well ventilated it' going to getYou don't say what the symptoms are.
Try leaving a disk in. And a surge protector can't hurt.
Are they adequately ventilated? Could they be overheating?
Symptoms are a bit like a dirty disk; the film will starts jumping and then give up altogehter. Although inspecting the disc it's clean and will still play through the PS2
All other appliances seem OK, just DVD players
Incorrigible said:
jimmyjimjim said:
Might be worth checking the grounding, possibly?
Everything else works fine (in fact DVDs through the Play Station work fine (ignoring the shocking quality of course))And the house wiring is fairly new. How would you test the earth anyway
I have recently ebayed my old £3000 DVD/CD transport as it just wasn't as good...
Only thing I can think of is do you turn it off at the plug all the time, rather than leave on standby?
Thudd said:
By "stack" are the units directly on top of each other?
Unfortunately yes. However they're only on for a few hour t a time and there's a CD player and VCR (how retro am I) in between the amp and DVD Player on top. It doesn't get that hotThere's quite a bit of dust going around, on account of me being unable to finish any of the DIY (time and money constraints) so maybe they're never going to be that long lived. ho hum
Maybe I'll just invest in a PS3.
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