Death of Beloved Toshiba SD-1200?

hansen_spice · 12-19-2004, 05:33 PM

(2000-2004) Loving DVD Player. Sometimes CD Player. Lousy father, but what can you expect from an inanimate object. Not that it was always inanimate...SNIFF...
Today, while watching a commentary on the Firefly DVD, the damn thing just stopped. Stopped playing partway through the commentary, so I turned it off. Now the damn thing won't play any DVD, keeps telling me I have a disc error. Which I know it doesn't, 'cause the DVDs play in the XBOX.
Am I now forever doomed to use my Shit-Box as a DVD player? Please, they gosta be a man or woman among you who whall bring my beloved player back from the dead. MERCY! Oh...And isn't Firefly keen?

Sword of Whedon · 12-19-2004, 05:58 PM

Pray to Joss for the ressurection of your DVD player, so that thou may worship before his perfection more.

Or you could just go out and buy a new one

Jeff003 · 12-19-2004, 06:06 PM

It sounds like the laser went out on it.I had a cd player that started skipping on every cd I played in it then it just quit all togeather.When I put a cd in nothing happened.The track read 0 and it wouldn't spin.No cd would make it go.My rca dvd player started going bad after only 4 years it would start skipping and pixing on every dvd but I would cut it off and cut it back on and it wouldn't do it anymore and the disc played fine on other players.I bought a 4 year warrenty on my toshiba when I bought it at bestbuy.

plissken99 · 12-20-2004, 05:09 AM

The same thing happened with my original Sony DVD player from 97 in around 2000 I guess. I took it into a repair shop when it did the same thing that yours is doing. The guy just cleaned it, and it ran like a new player again. Maybe even get a lense cleaner and try that.

That Sony still works to this day, my Uncle uses it now. Hilarious when I remember the annual VCR buying thing.

The Void · 12-28-2004, 08:47 PM

Sorry to hear that. I still have a Toshiba SD-1200 in my bedroom. I've had it since 2000. It's been reliable and disc compatibility problems have been almost nonexistent. I demoted it last year to a bedroom player and bought a Denon DVD-2200 as my main player.

Buy a new player. The cheap ones now are comparable to your Toshiba, at least in output quality, can't say much about reliability.

tomdkat · 12-28-2004, 08:53 PM

Just about any DVD player from Toshiba, Pioneer, or Panasonic under $100 should make a fine player to replace your now deceased DVD player and offer more functionality, like MP3 playack, WMA playback, JPEG picture viewer, DVD-Audio/SACD playback, etc.

Good luck!

Peace...

12-19-2004, 05:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
hansen_spice Supporting Actor Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Canada, eh	Death of Beloved Toshiba SD-1200? (2000-2004) Loving DVD Player. Sometimes CD Player. Lousy father, but what can you expect from an inanimate object. Not that it was always inanimate...SNIFF... Today, while watching a commentary on the Firefly DVD, the damn thing just stopped. Stopped playing partway through the commentary, so I turned it off. Now the damn thing won't play any DVD, keeps telling me I have a disc error. Which I know it doesn't, 'cause the DVDs play in the XBOX. Am I now forever doomed to use my Shit-Box as a DVD player? Please, they gosta be a man or woman among you who whall bring my beloved player back from the dead. MERCY! Oh...And isn't Firefly keen?

12-19-2004, 06:06 PM	#3 (permalink)
Jeff003 Actor Join Date: Jun 2004	It sounds like the laser went out on it.I had a cd player that started skipping on every cd I played in it then it just quit all togeather.When I put a cd in nothing happened.The track read 0 and it wouldn't spin.No cd would make it go.My rca dvd player started going bad after only 4 years it would start skipping and pixing on every dvd but I would cut it off and cut it back on and it wouldn't do it anymore and the disc played fine on other players.I bought a 4 year warrenty on my toshiba when I bought it at bestbuy. __________________ I'm a hardcore Sims 2 Pc Game Fan!!!! Last edited by Jeff003 : 12-19-2004 at 06:15 PM.

12-20-2004, 05:09 AM	#4 (permalink)
plissken99 Actor Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Dallas, Ft Worth	The same thing happened with my original Sony DVD player from 97 in around 2000 I guess. I took it into a repair shop when it did the same thing that yours is doing. The guy just cleaned it, and it ran like a new player again. Maybe even get a lense cleaner and try that. That Sony still works to this day, my Uncle uses it now. Hilarious when I remember the annual VCR buying thing. __________________ “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” Snake Plissken Plissken's DVD, HD-DVD and Blu Ray collection And Plissken's home theater

12-28-2004, 08:47 PM	#5 (permalink)
The Void Supporting Actor Join Date: Sep 2003	Sorry to hear that. I still have a Toshiba SD-1200 in my bedroom. I've had it since 2000. It's been reliable and disc compatibility problems have been almost nonexistent. I demoted it last year to a bedroom player and bought a Denon DVD-2200 as my main player. Buy a new player. The cheap ones now are comparable to your Toshiba, at least in output quality, can't say much about reliability. Last edited by The Void : 12-28-2004 at 09:25 PM.

12-28-2004, 08:53 PM	#6 (permalink)
tomdkat Official Forum Warmonger "Dial Tone" Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Hayward, CA, USA	Just about any DVD player from Toshiba, Pioneer, or Panasonic under $100 should make a fine player to replace your now deceased DVD player and offer more functionality, like MP3 playack, WMA playback, JPEG picture viewer, DVD-Audio/SACD playback, etc. Good luck! Peace... __________________ My DVD Aficionado List "At last we shall reveal ourselves to the Jedi, at last we shall have revenge!"

12-19-2004, 05:58 PM	#2 (permalink)
Sword of Whedon Actor Join Date: Jan 2004	Pray to Joss for the ressurection of your DVD player, so that thou may worship before his perfection more. Or you could just go out and buy a new one

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