[mythtv-users] DVD hardware

David Rees drees76 at gmail.com
Tue Feb 26 19:38:54 UTC 2008


On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 3:52 AM, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
>  On Feb 26, 2008, at 1:22 AM, David Rees wrote:
>  > If it was because the heads were dirty, I still have them so if
>  > someone can recommend a good cleaner that'd be great!
>
>  You're showing your age - "dirty heads" is a tape term, sometimes used
>  for floppy drives. :-)

Darn it! ;-)

>  As was mentioned here the best solution is partial disassembly and a
>  careful manual cleaning of the laser lens.

So what is that magic IPA mentioned earlier? Surely it's not the same
bubbly stuff I drink a couple times a week with dinner, is it? ;-)

>  But you don't have much to lose if the drives are dead now :-)

They both read CDs just fine, they just have problems reading most DVD movies.

-Dave


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