DVD Player issues

[Medic-5150]

Anyone good with these? I've got no picture and no sound....It just displays "Welcome" on the info screen, disc tray won't open and it beeps every time I press a button....I took it apart and looked for BIOS reset pins but didn't find any, nor did I find any other sort of reset button. I pulled the RAM out and put it back in, to no avail....The damn thing is more of a computer than my computer is...Toshiba is useless, they asked me if I had another TV, I said now and they were silent for about 5 minutes, and had nothing more to say...It's out of warranty....Any suggestions? It's a Toshiba HD-A1...

[Rob]

Our Samsung HD went out a couple of weeks ago. No picture, no sound, no nothing. Just a blinking red light on the panel. It's only two or three years old, and I expect a TV to last at least 15 years.

Repair guy came out, knew immediately what the problem was and fixed (for $150, of course). Apparently, the company used cheap relays. Three of four were bad, so he replaced them all.

Not saying that's what's wrong with yours, but it might be something to check.

[Medic-5150]

Alright. Originally it was just the video that was out, then sound went then it just kinda froze...I'm rather disappointed with it lol. Thanks for the input!

[Rob]

So is it one of the small DVD players that has its own screen? It might not even have relays.

[Medic-5150]

No, it's a full size for a home theater9530

[Rob]

Ok. I was wondering why the Toshiba geek asked if you had another TV.

[Medic-5150]

They wanted me to make sure the input was working on my TV. I told them I wasn't stupid and they didn't appreciate that much. I've got 2 HDMi inputs on my TV and an S Video, I tried it all and none of it worked with the DVD player, but it all worked with other devices. That wasn't good enough for them lol

[CR]

Throw it away and buy another.:fing::D

[Andrew]

Yeah toss it. The HD-DVD format is dead anyway. You need a Blu-Ray player!

For standard DVD's I would recommend a Panasonic. Always had good luck with them.

For Blu-Ray you might as well get a PS3 honestly. Though set top box blu-ray players are less expensive, it's not by a terrible amount. But I don't know if you care to do any gaming.

[Medic-5150]

I know the HD-DVD format is dead, I'm not worried about that. I don't want a bluray, since it's damn near old technology already. I've done some research and I cang et a nice upscaling DVD player for under 100$. I even found a well rated blu-ray player for about $100. I was just hoping maybe it could be fixed so I wouldn't have to go buy another one. My cousin calls me a technology dinosaur, I don't like it for the most part. I want something durable and decent quality lol. Durable and electronics are not typically words associated together by companies though.

[Andrew]

I doubt you could fix the current one.

Blu-Ray is going to be here for quite some time. I suggest the PS3 because of how easily it updates. And yeah regular DVD players with good upscaling are going to be more than $100, which is another reason I suggest a Blu-Ray player. Since if you're spending close to the cost of one, what's another $40-50 or so.