Hi everyone,
I've been using my DVD player for about eight years now. It's a rather obscure and cheap one, the HE DVD3328H. It's so obscure I can't even find a website for the brand. It's always worked adequately so far, it's not the best DVD player in the world but I've never had any problems, and the wonderful thing about it is that it's region free.
But sadly, it's failing. When I try to play a DVD, I may get through the menu and it may play for a minute or so, but then it starts making soft clicking noises, like there's sand in it or something, and then it starts looping the noise it makes when it loads a DVD, followed by a louder sound like the DVD tray is pushed upwards or downwards. This keeps looping and it doesn't sound very good. It doesn't respond to anything I do with the remote (although it does display the icon in the top right corner of the screen after a while) except when I push the button to eject the DVD.
Does this sound like something I could fix? Would it help if I run one of those lens cleaners or do you think it's just dying of old age?
If you think it's hopeless, could you recommend a DVD player that's easily and reliably made region free using a hack? During my research I've found very few DVD players you can buy region free, and I want to be sure I can hack a new player before I buy it.
Thanks a lot,
Joanna.
I've been using my DVD player for about eight years now. It's a rather obscure and cheap one, the HE DVD3328H. It's so obscure I can't even find a website for the brand. It's always worked adequately so far, it's not the best DVD player in the world but I've never had any problems, and the wonderful thing about it is that it's region free.
But sadly, it's failing. When I try to play a DVD, I may get through the menu and it may play for a minute or so, but then it starts making soft clicking noises, like there's sand in it or something, and then it starts looping the noise it makes when it loads a DVD, followed by a louder sound like the DVD tray is pushed upwards or downwards. This keeps looping and it doesn't sound very good. It doesn't respond to anything I do with the remote (although it does display the icon in the top right corner of the screen after a while) except when I push the button to eject the DVD.
Does this sound like something I could fix? Would it help if I run one of those lens cleaners or do you think it's just dying of old age?
If you think it's hopeless, could you recommend a DVD player that's easily and reliably made region free using a hack? During my research I've found very few DVD players you can buy region free, and I want to be sure I can hack a new player before I buy it.
Thanks a lot,
Joanna.