[mythtv-users] DVD hardware

[Josh White]

You cleaned lenses with Beer?

On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 2:24 PM, Sarah Hayes <sarah at sarahhayes.is-a-geek.net>
wrote:

> Brian Wood wrote:
> > On Feb 25, 2008, at 12:33 AM, Ben Newman wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Only tangentially myth related I know, but does anyone else have
> >> troubles keeping a working DVD drive in their system?  We seem to only
> >> be able to keep a drive in our system for about 3 months before is
> >> starts having problems when trying to watch DVDs: skipping, stuttering
> >> and eventually just not able to read a DVD.  I'm assuming this is just
> >> because the cheapie DVD drives I use just aren't meant for the heavy
> >> use frequent DVD watching puts them through, but it sure is
> >> frustrating.  Does anyone have any recommendations on a solid drive
> >> that won't need frequent replacement?
> >>
> >
> >
> > You can get cleaning disks for around $5-$7, the ones that cost as
> > much as the DVD drive itself usually have test and alignment signals
> > on them, not just cleaning features.
> One thing to keep in mind is to get a 'good' cleaning system.  It's
> quite possible for the ones with bristles jutting out of a little
> plastic riser to go whizzing around... and smack the optics out of
> alignment as it goes up/down to try and focus on the disk.  If you hear
> a high speed 'smack' sound during use you know what's happening.
>
> In ye old workshop I used to be in we stripped players down and used IPA
> and a cotton bud to very gently VERY GENTLY wipe the optic assembly down
> (along with clearing obvious crufty gunk out of the motor assemblies
> then add fresh gunk as needed).  Long winded I admit, but we did see a
> number of damaged units appearing and the customer saying "I used this
> on it" whilst handing over a cheapo cleaning disk.
>
> Sarah
>
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