

You'll have to find the manufacturer's web site (or another rebrander with a web support site). Many of these use PC components (chipsets/drives) for economies of scale. The discs' surface is clean and I used a laser lenses cleaner just in case.Ĭlick to expand.Yep CE players abide by the same rules as other electronics. Perhaps it's a problem with the DVDs? Well, my entire DVD collection is Region 2, they have no problems on a friend's DVD player, they also play fine on my DVD-rom. Well, things are a bit more complex because every single DVD I bought that used to work right, continues to work right, the Alien DVDs continue to show some problems but eventually play, and only DVDs I bought since March or whatever refuse to play. Okay, that seems pretty obvious right? The drive is shot. The symptoms are similar: after the tray closes, the DVD starts spinning with a louder noise then it sounds like it stops for half a sec, then resumes spinning up then gives out again, then I hear what I can only describe as hitching. Last week I went on a Riddick spree and bought Pitch Black and Chronicles and they also don't play. For instance, last month I picked up two DVDs and they just wouldn't play. Not soon after that every DVD I bought would also get this problem. For instance, my Alien Quadrology DVDs would often not start playing right away I'd need to open and close the tray several times until the video "kicked-in", and the spinning up cycle was accompanied with a louder than usual spinning noise, etc. In February this year I started noticing something strange.

It was quite cheap even though it has a lot of features. I bought a yum cha DVD player a couple of years ago IIRC.
