Oh Bother!
What else can go wrong?
Some months ago one of my Sony Mini-disc recorders started playing up. You put a mini-disc into it...it plays, it records but when you try to eject the disc afterwards, the disc either refuses to eject and you have to poke something into the slot and move the implement in a certain way whilst pressing the eject button for the disc to eject or if you are lucky...if you stand the machine on it's end and press the button it does come out without any help.
My problem is...is it worth trying to get it repaired, what will it cost and can it be repaired.
Its not helped by the fact it appears that this recording system seems to be no longer being manufactured or its difficult to get hold of. Plus it also means spending money!
Now this computer that I am using is also playing up...I had it repaired a few weeks ago(more money)but it's starting to misbehave again. It sometimes refuses to boot up. It freezes, it crashes, it switches itself off and back on again...I may be trying to post an entry here and suddenly it decides to freeze or switch off and show me the blue screen of death so I'll have to call the repair man out again...
Oh, I put on the main tv in the lounge a few minutes ago and the tube has blown...no picture of any kind. I switched the tv off and put it back on again and we have a picture of sorts but its temporary and one colour is missing. The only thing is that we have had this tv around 25 years and it has never required any repairs over that time so it has done well. But more money to be spent. I cannot buy another immediately as I want to be sure I pick the right replacement as the design of tv's have changed and they have to be ready now for the digital switchover so should it fail again over the next day or two all we have is a really tiny black and white tv we'll have to struggle to watch and it really is tiny.
Finally for now...the video/DVD recorder is also playing up. It only records certain tv channels and the DVD player part refuses to play any DVD's. So that will need replacing and I am debating whether to ditch video tape altogether and go for a DVD recorder only or to get a combination machine again but again it's more money to spend.
Oh Dear.
Some months ago one of my Sony Mini-disc recorders started playing up. You put a mini-disc into it...it plays, it records but when you try to eject the disc afterwards, the disc either refuses to eject and you have to poke something into the slot and move the implement in a certain way whilst pressing the eject button for the disc to eject or if you are lucky...if you stand the machine on it's end and press the button it does come out without any help.
My problem is...is it worth trying to get it repaired, what will it cost and can it be repaired.
Its not helped by the fact it appears that this recording system seems to be no longer being manufactured or its difficult to get hold of. Plus it also means spending money!
Now this computer that I am using is also playing up...I had it repaired a few weeks ago(more money)but it's starting to misbehave again. It sometimes refuses to boot up. It freezes, it crashes, it switches itself off and back on again...I may be trying to post an entry here and suddenly it decides to freeze or switch off and show me the blue screen of death so I'll have to call the repair man out again...
Oh, I put on the main tv in the lounge a few minutes ago and the tube has blown...no picture of any kind. I switched the tv off and put it back on again and we have a picture of sorts but its temporary and one colour is missing. The only thing is that we have had this tv around 25 years and it has never required any repairs over that time so it has done well. But more money to be spent. I cannot buy another immediately as I want to be sure I pick the right replacement as the design of tv's have changed and they have to be ready now for the digital switchover so should it fail again over the next day or two all we have is a really tiny black and white tv we'll have to struggle to watch and it really is tiny.
Finally for now...the video/DVD recorder is also playing up. It only records certain tv channels and the DVD player part refuses to play any DVD's. So that will need replacing and I am debating whether to ditch video tape altogether and go for a DVD recorder only or to get a combination machine again but again it's more money to spend.
Oh Dear.
posted by The Great Gildersleeve | 12:33 pm
2 Comments:
Have you seen Be Kind Rewind? You're magnatised!
TV HAS done well but they are quite cheap thses days, even flash plasma/HD thingamebobs.
Re computer...sounds like next time you manage any time you should copy and save everything to an external disc/discs/online and then start from scratch.
You may have something there Span.
I try to save everything if I can...
You would not believe how much stuff I have to burn and delete and how untidy my hard drives are...I wonder if I'll ever clear them and be back on top of it all.
The DVD/VCR is still playing up but for now we're managing but it's not good.
We should invest in that new tv and will if the the present TV fails at least I can buy one approx 2 streets away at the local supermarket or independent retailer(good makes and lots of choice at reasonable prices)
I'd buy now but the tv is working again and after a few minutes the colour improves. Mum dislikes the new shape of the tv's and still likes the one we have.
So for now we're making do...
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