Repair or Replace DVD Player?

I know this s probably more appropriate in UMHC than UMD but I've had
good advice from both groups inthe past so please excuse the cross post.

Basically, I have a Sony DVP-S335 which has started playing up recently,
freezing, blocking and skipping particularly towards the end of films
where the laser is reading from the poter edge.

I've tried a BIB cleaner; no joy.
I've tried gaffer taping a small tube to the end of a Dyson nozzle to
suck all the dust out of the drive area; still no joy.
Lastly I took it to a Sony approved repair place in Leeds who have quoted
me £116 to fix the problem.

Without a great deal to base it on I think this seems a bit expensive. A
quick look under the cover reveals that the drive unit itself is
'sealed' so it looks like the repair is just a straight replace of the
drive unit.

Which leads to two questions:

1. Can I get it repaired cheaper? and
2. If not should I just cough up a little more money and get a brand new
machine?

If 2 which machine would people recommend, bearing in mind that to fit
into my existing setup it would ideally be Sony as everything else is, it
should have digital optical out rather than coax as I've laid all my
cables under the laminate flooring and THAT fecker ain't NEVER coming up
again, and lastly it should have SCART RGB pass-through for my video/sky
box.

Thanks in advance for any help,

Mik

--
'Reality,' sa molesworth 2, 'is so unspeakably sordid it make me
shudder.'

If you've cleaned the lens, done player calibration, and used several discs-
and it's still failing then most likely the player is dying.

Do you get C:13 error? This is either laser fault or disc error? Pretty
terminal once you start seeing it.

Considering it's a low end model- repair charge of £116 seems a bit steep-
might as well just buy a new player.

Most DVD players have optical AND coaxial out.

Not sure if the new players are any good though (seem to get worse in
quality) Why do you want to have everything Sony? Really that vain that
everything must match? I own a early Sony (DVP-S500D) and none of my other
kit matches, because Sony audio gear is crap and Iwouldn't touch their audio
stuff with a bargepole. :-)

I would look into a HK DVD 25. Better picture quality than the Sony's, and
at the end of the day that's all that matters- not visually matching system.

"Nath" wrote in message
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If you've cleaned the lens, done player calibration, and used several
discs-
and it's still failing then most likely the player is dying.

Do you get C:13 error? This is either laser fault or disc error? Pretty
terminal once you start seeing it.

Considering it's a low end model- repair charge of £116 seems a bit steep-
might as well just buy a new player.

Most DVD players have optical AND coaxial out.

Not sure if the new players are any good though (seem to get worse in
quality) Why do you want to have everything Sony? Really that vain that
everything must match? I own a early Sony (DVP-S500D) and none of my other
kit matches, because Sony audio gear is crap and Iwouldn't touch their
audio
stuff with a bargepole. :-)

I would look into a HK DVD 25. Better picture quality than the Sony's, and
at the end of the day that's all that matters- not visually matching
system.



**** OFF

"Kurt Hamster" wrote in message
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On Sat, 20 Mar 2004 12:25:23 -0000, Nath used
to say...

because Sony audio gear is crap and Iwouldn't touch their audio
stuff with a bargepole. :-)

Thereby showing your lack of real world knowledge.



The cock read it in a magazine.

"Nige" wrote in message
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"Kurt Hamster" wrote in message
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On Sat, 20 Mar 2004 12:25:23 -0000, Nath used
to say...

because Sony audio gear is crap and Iwouldn't touch their audio
stuff with a bargepole. :-)

Thereby showing your lack of real world knowledge.



The cock read it in a magazine.


More bull****. From my old magazines Sony AV amps from '99 most if not all
Sony gear 5 star ratings.

"Nath" wrote in
:

If you've cleaned the lens, done player calibration, and used several
discs- and it's still failing then most likely the player is dying.

Do you get C:13 error? This is either laser fault or disc error?
Pretty terminal once you start seeing it.

Considering it's a low end model- repair charge of £116 seems a bit
steep- might as well just buy a new player.

Most DVD players have optical AND coaxial out.

Not sure if the new players are any good though (seem to get worse in
quality) Why do you want to have everything Sony? Really that vain
that everything must match? I own a early Sony (DVP-S500D) and none of
my other kit matches, because Sony audio gear is crap and Iwouldn't
touch their audio stuff with a bargepole. :-)

I would look into a HK DVD 25. Better picture quality than the Sony's,
and at the end of the day that's all that matters- not visually
matching system.




I occasionally get a C:13 error when putting a disc in; a quick wipe
usually fixes it but not always...

Like I say, if a replacement is deemed the best course of action I'm not
fixating on Sony but I thought it worth mentioning that all my existing
kit is Sony so it makes it 'easy' to control via the Remote Commander
that came packaged with my STDB940 (I think that's right,) and in the 20
odd years I've had with Sony kit, from a Cube clock radio I got given one
christmas as a teenager I've never had anything fail on me before so I
have previously tended to look at Sony first.

Currently have a 36" Wega, AV amp, minidisc, casettes, CD, video (yes:
still!), clock radios etc and generally they've all done pretty well in
the ratings when I've bought them; partcularly the AV amp which got best
buys all over the shop before the reduced the price.

Anyhow; I know there is an entrenched pro/anti Sony which I was hoping to
avoid by seeking recommendations of any kind; which I'm still pleased to
receive based on the criteria in the first post.

Looks like the repair isn't a popular suggestion though!

Many thanks,

Mik

--
'Reality,' sa molesworth 2, 'is so unspeakably sordid it make me
shudder.'

A Sony SCDX680 for 120 quid. I rather doubt you would know what one
sounds like. Then if you did get to hear one I rather doubt you would be
able tell the difference between it and the beloved HK gear you
constantly wax lyrical about.



Pretty much. Since I wouldn't use the built-in DAC's in a DVD player or CD
player.

Pretty much. Since I wouldn't use the built-in DAC's in a DVD player
or CD player.

why not??

Tim S Kemp wrote:
Pretty much. Since I wouldn't use the built-in DAC's in a DVD player
or CD player.

why not??

because he's a troll

"Tim S Kemp" wrote in message
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Pretty much. Since I wouldn't use the built-in DAC's in a DVD player
or CD player.

why not??


Because I use a seperate DAC, or the ones in the av pre-amp.