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I have a family of friends that are not too new tech savvy and don't
have the internet.

Roundabout year and a half ago, they got a TV/DVD player combo. When I
brought over a DVD to play and it wasn't working.

They took it to a repair place and last I heard from them, it was
repaired at a cost of $350. The disc drive needed to be replaced.

Now, beside the point that $350 is way more than anyone should pay for a
new good DVD player (unless maybe it's some sore of home theater
specialty) Is there anyway a replacement of the disc drive should
approach this much money?

Mike

Dont forget that its parts AND labor....and $350 wont buy you anything close
to the better dvd players currently out..

Pioneer DV-59
Onkyo SP-1000
Denon-5910



"Mike" <> wrote in message
news:...
> I have a family of friends that are not too new tech savvy and don't
> have the internet.
>
> Roundabout year and a half ago, they got a TV/DVD player combo. When I
> brought over a DVD to play and it wasn't working.
>
> They took it to a repair place and last I heard from them, it was
> repaired at a cost of $350. The disc drive needed to be replaced.
>
> Now, beside the point that $350 is way more than anyone should pay for a
> new good DVD player (unless maybe it's some sore of home theater
> specialty) Is there anyway a replacement of the disc drive should
> approach this much money?
>
> Mike

Mike <> wrote in news:438FB1BD.5C5584F1
@rochester.rr.com:

> I have a family of friends that are not too new tech savvy and don't
> have the internet.
>
> Roundabout year and a half ago, they got a TV/DVD player combo. When I
> brought over a DVD to play and it wasn't working.
>
> They took it to a repair place and last I heard from them, it was
> repaired at a cost of $350. The disc drive needed to be replaced.
>
> Now, beside the point that $350 is way more than anyone should pay for a
> new good DVD player (unless maybe it's some sore of home theater
> specialty) Is there anyway a replacement of the disc drive should
> approach this much money?
>
> Mike
>

I never sell the combos unless I have to for just that reason.

On Fri, 02 Dec 2005 02:24:00 GMT, Mike <> wrote:

>Now, beside the point that $350 is way more than anyone should pay for a
>new good DVD player (unless maybe it's some sore of home theater
>specialty) Is there anyway a replacement of the disc drive should
>approach this much money?

No, at worst the actual part would come to around $50. It's the labor
that kills. This is why I don't by combo set so if something fails
(the DVD player for example) I can just dump it and get a new one. No
need to put up with half working combo.
--
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Fri, 02 Dec 2005 02:24:00 GMT from Mike <>:
> They took it to a repair place and last I heard from them, it was
> repaired at a cost of $350. The disc drive needed to be replaced.
>
> Now, beside the point that $350 is way more than anyone should pay for a
> new good DVD player (unless maybe it's some sore of home theater
> specialty) Is there anyway a replacement of the disc drive should
> approach this much money?

Hard to say. The drive itself was probably under half of that, but
servicing most electronic devices costs a fortune because they're
really made to be thrown away when they stop working. (Yes, I think
that's terrible.)

On the other hand, it could be a pure ripoff.

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
DVD FAQ: http://dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html
other FAQs: http://oakroadsystems.com/genl/faqget.htm

I know, those are audio/videophile DVD players that my friends don't
even begin to need (they are barely out of VHS). I knew it could be a
lot in labor. The fact that they have to deal with a DVD player
undernieth a TV tube couldn't help.

I'm a component man myself, my friends like to save on space (and that
has cost them $350).

It's just weird I have a Pioneer 606D that I've played DVD's on
constantly since I got it in 1999 and it hasn't needed repear (knock on
wood) yet.

And the DVD player they don't use nearly as much as mine goes belly up a
little over a year.


Biz wrote:
>
> Dont forget that its parts AND labor....and $350 wont buy you anything close
> to the better dvd players currently out..
>
> Pioneer DV-59
> Onkyo SP-1000
> Denon-5910
>
> "Mike" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> > I have a family of friends that are not too new tech savvy and don't
> > have the internet.
> >
> > Roundabout year and a half ago, they got a TV/DVD player combo. When I
> > brought over a DVD to play and it wasn't working.
> >
> > They took it to a repair place and last I heard from them, it was
> > repaired at a cost of $350. The disc drive needed to be replaced.
> >
> > Now, beside the point that $350 is way more than anyone should pay for a
> > new good DVD player (unless maybe it's some sore of home theater
> > specialty) Is there anyway a replacement of the disc drive should
> > approach this much money?
> >
> > Mike

On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 22:11:57 GMT, Mike <> wrote:

>And the DVD player they don't use nearly as much as mine goes belly up a
>little over a year.

The quality seems to have degraded recently. I have a nice 3 disc DVD
player that still works after 5 years but the last 3 DVD players I
went through, none of them lasted a year.
--
When you hear the toilet flush, and hear the words "uh oh", it's already
too late. - by anonymous Mother in Austin, TX
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