Sunday, May 20, 2007
RIP Panasonic CP-72: Jan 16, 2003 - May 20, 2007
It is 3:35 in the morning and no sensible person is up at this hour. At least no sensible person without a good reason.
This morning around 2:00 AM my trusty and faithful player of four years has passed on to that great electronics rack in the sky. I had been watching one of my Civil War DVDs while playing a game on my Macbook when suddenly the disc just stopped. I did the usual inspection and tried again. This time it would not even start. I tried another disc and nothing. Then glancing at the LCD screen was something I feared I would never see: H02.
The H02 error basically means the spindle motor is getting hot and won't turn anymore. This requires replacement of a few parts which, to be honest, I'm not sure I'm willing to spend on this machine. After all, it is now over 4 years old which in electronics terms is rather ancient. I paid $230 for it back then and I suppose I can not complain in that it gave me many thousands of hours of enjoyment. Sometimes I even ran the thing all night long and it still chugged along.
Tomorrow I will try it again and then will make a decision as to what to do. Sadly, I think it may be time to pull the plug.
Farewell Panasonic CP72S. You shall be missed.
In the meantime I have hooked up a Polaroid DRM-2001G DVD player / Recorder which is overkill, I know but sadly it is the only other player I have which is region free. I suppose if I am unable to find a suitable replacement then my computer may just become my Region Free player.
Either way, I really need to hit the sack and get some sleep.
This morning around 2:00 AM my trusty and faithful player of four years has passed on to that great electronics rack in the sky. I had been watching one of my Civil War DVDs while playing a game on my Macbook when suddenly the disc just stopped. I did the usual inspection and tried again. This time it would not even start. I tried another disc and nothing. Then glancing at the LCD screen was something I feared I would never see: H02.
The H02 error basically means the spindle motor is getting hot and won't turn anymore. This requires replacement of a few parts which, to be honest, I'm not sure I'm willing to spend on this machine. After all, it is now over 4 years old which in electronics terms is rather ancient. I paid $230 for it back then and I suppose I can not complain in that it gave me many thousands of hours of enjoyment. Sometimes I even ran the thing all night long and it still chugged along.
Tomorrow I will try it again and then will make a decision as to what to do. Sadly, I think it may be time to pull the plug.
Farewell Panasonic CP72S. You shall be missed.
In the meantime I have hooked up a Polaroid DRM-2001G DVD player / Recorder which is overkill, I know but sadly it is the only other player I have which is region free. I suppose if I am unable to find a suitable replacement then my computer may just become my Region Free player.
Either way, I really need to hit the sack and get some sleep.
