Hooray for ADD!

[amedia]

About five years ago I got a DVD player for my birthday, and it has finally died. It did interesting things while it was dying - for a while there, every now and then when I hit pause, the screen would divide into 9 tiny pictures and keep moving. Which was cool, but somewhat inconvenient.

Anyway, about three or four years ago I got a DVD burner for my birthday, which worked for about eight months and then just quit working. Without any cool special effects. If I were a properly-organized person, I would have called the manufacturer and complained. If I were not quite that organized, but still more organized that I really am, I would have gotten rid of it one way or another, trash, freecycle, whatever. Being me, I stuck it in the garage and forgot about it.

Back to the present. The only place to buy a DVD player where I live is the Wal-Mart, which I would prefer not to patronize, but we just haven't had the time or energy to drive to a nearby city with more options. So we've been trundling along for a few weeks now without a DVD player, and we kinda miss having one.

I bet you see where this is going. I'm not sure what reminded me - but I went and salvaged the old burner from the garage just now. It won't RECORD - but it PLAYS just fine! It will do until we get a new player.

Now if only I could find my primary reading glasses...

Comments

[shawan-7.livejournal.com]

A new DVD player in the boonies? Amazon.com is your friend. Make sure you get a region-free and then you can play Brit dramas as well. And it doesn't cost that much more.

[amedia.livejournal.com]

Ooh aah. What a fabulous idea! Just before I read this, I was looking for Keith Floyd DVD's - one of our absolute favorite travel/cooking shows - but they're only out in PAL. With a region-free player, this wouldn't be a problem, and I'm amazed at how inexpensive (less than $100) the region-free players are! Yay! Thanks for the terrific idea!

Me want one too!

[rh-andi.livejournal.com]

Thing is - I want a region-free BURNER that I can move stuff from vid tape onto...

Re: Me want one too!

[amedia.livejournal.com]

*nod nod* Good idea! That was why I wanted my poor dead burner (except not region-free). I guess the technology wasn't quite ready. I also have some laserdiscs I'd like to burn onto DVD.

[dimity-blue.livejournal.com]

I hate it when technology starts breaking down, but it's so handy that you kept the burner and that it will still play! Yay!

Hope you get a new DVD player soon.

[amedia.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

I have to get the furnace cleaned, too, one of these days! It's not a big deal. The temperature is going to be in the mid-70's - um, what is that Celsius? - 20something - for the next week, so there's no hurry.