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bought secondhand dvd player can't use it
Ok so I bought a secondhand dvd player. It seems in good nick and I can turn it on and open and close the tray but I can't get it to do anything else.
Put DVD in it says load for a moment or two then displays the word no. I can't access anything on it. It is a Toshiba SE-RI217 |
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Time to buy a new one
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They're so cheap now, why risk buying second hand?
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I expect the laser is gone on it - the reason for getting rid of it. Basic dvd players are so cheap now (new), that's what you should get.
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Yeah I took it back and got refunded.
I'm looking at shop bought and stuck on two Tesco dvd player http://www.tesco.com/direct/tesco-dv...prd?pageLevel= Currys basic http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/tv-dvd-...98783-pdt.html Basically I just want a cheap, reliable dvd player that has a HDMI link I don't want to spend more then £30 really. I may stretch to this one http://www.tesco.com/direct/sony-dvp...skuId=735-1169 |
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Only the Tesco's one of those three has HDMI, no Sony DVD players do.
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Only the Tesco's one of those three has HDMI, no Sony DVD players do.
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Only the Tesco's one of those three has HDMI, no Sony DVD players do.
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Produc...uctInformation |
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Would you recommend it? The tesco one that is
Did read and play DVDs fine though. |
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Basically I just want a cheap, reliable dvd player that has a HDMI link I don't want to spend more then £30 really.
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I think I found the one
http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/st...oductId=561628 I reserved it for pick up tomorrow. Give me over night to think about it. But it's a good make, has HDMI connection and within my maximum budget. Is it good? |
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I think I found the one
http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/st...oductId=561628 I reserved it for pick up tomorrow. Give me over night to think about it. But it's a good make, has HDMI connection and within my maximum budget. Is it good? |
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Wow you must be on one hell of a tight budget!
Mine cost £15.from index when they used to be open. They closed in 2006' So its at least 7 years old - probably more |
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I think I found the one
http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/st...oductId=561628 I reserved it for pick up tomorrow. Give me over night to think about it. But it's a good make, has HDMI connection and within my maximum budget. Is it good? |
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Wow you must be on one hell of a tight budget!
I'm on jsa and that pays so little. |
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Ok so I bought a secondhand dvd player. It seems in good nick and I can turn it on and open and close the tray but I can't get it to do anything else.
Put DVD in it says load for a moment or two then displays the word no. I can't access anything on it. It is a Toshiba SE-RI217 |
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Should be fine - had Toshiba players in the past and they have all been fine.
Give me time to think this over. £30 is a lot of money to spend for me on a single item |
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Thanks. Too warm to pick it up today so I'm going to get it tomorrow morning before it heats up.
Give me time to think this over. £30 is a lot of money to spend for me on a single item It has no HDMI but you didn't say why it had to have HDMI? |
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Then why not go for something like this for £11-98 including postage? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Argos-Valu...51297325295%26
It has no HDMI but you didn't say why it had to have HDMI? And if I am going to buy a new machine I want to buy a reliable machine that will last. Plus from an actual store in case of issues. |
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I have no slots left for a Scart connection and I have a HDMI cable spare but no scart cable spare. I would have to pay around an additional £5 to get that as well.
And if I am going to buy a new machine I want to buy a reliable machine that will last. Plus from an actual store in case of issues. It comes with a SCART lead so you don't need to buy one When you are in your position I would have thought buying a piece of kit that will do the same job for a third of the price would have been pretty good. If you can't afford to take a chance on a tenner then you should consider whether you can afford a DVD player at all. |
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What is your kit? You can likely daisy chain the SCARTS so you don't need a SCART input for each device, I used to have 4 devices going into one SCART socket on the TV.
It comes with a SCART lead so you don't need to buy one When you are in your position I would have thought buying a piece of kit that will do the same job for a third of the price would have been pretty good. If you can't afford to take a chance on a tenner then you should consider whether you can afford a DVD player at all. Personally I would rather pay a little more for a vast improved guarantee and with a physical replace to return the item should anything go wrong. Putting £10 on a cheap machine is more wasteful for me then paying more for a better quality. I've done that through cheap oven trays. Probably spent more over the years replacing the cheap ones then getting one decent one. This in light of the return of my original item |
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I have one scart socket in my tv that already has a scart divider attached to plug in two seperate devices.
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Personally I would rather pay a little more for a vast improved guarantee and with a physical replace to return the item should anything go wrong. That's up to you of course. You do sound really hard up as you are agonising over £30, in your position I would go for the cheaper item or not buy one right now but I'm not you.
Putting £10 on a cheap machine is more wasteful for me then paying more for a better quality. I've done that through cheap oven trays. Probably spent more over the years replacing the cheap ones then getting one decent one. |
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As I said you likely don't need to have a switcher as you may well be able to daisy chain them. It depends what your other kit is, as I also said I used to have 4 SCART devices going into one TV SCART socket with no switchers so it is very possible.
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That's up to you of course. You do sound really hard up as you are agonising over £30, in your position I would go for the cheaper item or not buy one right now but I'm not you.
I can agonise over spending £5. I think it's just my mentality. I just don't feel comfortable spending large amounts as a general rule. I've been burned many times before. I can afford do this though. It's just a tight budget I'm constantly working with that makes me need to think carefully about what I buy. Thanks for the help though. Much appreciated. |
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I got a bush DVD player in the end. Not my favourite maker to be honest but it has the same things the Toshiba one I found has and was around £4 cheaper
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