Posted by Citizen Bob on 10/13/06 11:30

On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 19:50:09 GMT, bt <bt@.com> wrote:

>I have a DVD-Recorder (for my TV, not my PC) and it is giving me some
>trouble. Is this forum a good place to get some help or can someone
>suggest an alternative forum?

Can't hurt to tell us what's wrong. Here's some things we need to
know:

1) Model of the unit
2) Age of the unit
3) Usage (heavy, moderate, light)
4) What's wrong?

Let me take a guess: It's one of the better brands, at least 1 year
old, moderate usage and it is starting to become unable to read discs.

There are two opinions on this very common problem: 1) Get a good DVD
lens cleaner (Maxell); 2) Do not attempt to clean it yourself - send
it for repair.

If you have an extended warranty (you should always get one if
available), then you are covered. Use the backup unit for a while. If
the unit is about at the end of the extended warranty, then consider
making it the backup and buying a new unit, one with all the goodies
on it - HDD, DivX/XviD, Time Shift, etc.


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you would have good people doing good things and evil
people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil
things, that takes govt. Govt is the root of all evil.

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