- Ask The Experts: New DVD Player Ate My DVD
- TechLore - January 12, 2005
- Question: I received a Norcent DVD PlayerDP 321 for Christmas. I hooked it up yesterday and have yet to play a Disc. The disc tray opened and I placed a disc in it and closed it. End of story. Can not get the tray to open again and the read out says ...
- Ask The Experts: DVD Doesn't Play
- TechLore - January 12, 2005
- I have bought 2 new DVD movies from Ebay. They play for a bit then freeze up. All the used dvds from Ebay and also rented or bought from stores work fine...
- Ask The Experts: DVD Image Fading In and Out
- TechLore - January 5, 2005
- Question: dvd player some dvds make the picture red/orange, fading in and out. Is it the movie? What can I do to fix this? -submitted by bycynthia Answer: Many commercial DVDs employ a copyguard known as MacroVision. When a DVD player is connected or...
- Ask The Experts: Parental Lock is on, and the Original Remote is Broken
- TechLore - January 1, 2005
- Question: My RJTech RJ2400 DVD player has a "parental code" setting that is triggered by various DVDs, I guess R-rated ones. It was no problem at first, I would enter the code on the remote and I would be able to watch the DVD. But now the remote is ...
- Ask The Experts: Intermittent Sound on 5.1 DVDs
- TechLore - December 31, 2004
- Question:I resently upgraded from pro logic reciever to a digital one. My problem is when in digital mode 5.1 or dts there are skips in sound track every few minutes for maybe a second. I own a fisher dvd player that is probly 4 or 5 years old. I am ...
- Ask The Experts: Disc Stuck in Koss DVD Player
- TechLore - December 28, 2004
- Question: New Koss dvd player; Model KD385. I possibly inserted a previously played CD-R wrong (which played great and ejected fine)and now it will not open and allow access to CD-R. Tv screen says, " Play is unavailable because no disc is loaded. Pl...
- Ask The Experts: Disable the Dealer Lock on a Koss DVD Player
- TechLore - December 26, 2004
- I cannot open my Koss DVD player. Message "Dealers lock is on" How do I unlock it? The machine is one year old and has been working fine.
- Should I purchase a 'Full Screen' or 'Widescreen' DVD?
- TechLore - December 14, 2004
- While many DVDs are now shipped with both "Full Screen" or "Widescreen" formats on a single DVD, there are still several DVDs that are sold with only one or the other in the box. This forces the consumer to make a decision of which format to buy whic...
- Understanding Blank Write-Once CD &DVD Media
- TechLore - December 14, 2004
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- Understanding the Different Types of Recordable DVDs
- TechLore - December 14, 2004
- There can never seem to be a single standard that all electronics operate on, at least in the beginning. Looking back to the original format war between Beta and VHS, it's no wonder why people are afraid to adopt new technologies. In the Beta-VHS war...
- Hide Your A/V Components By Using an IR Repeater System
- TechLore - December 14, 2004
- One of the challenges when designing a home theater system is determining the location of the home theater components, such as a DVD player and stereo receiver. It is often incorrectly assumed that these components must be out in the open in a direct...
- How To Convert VHS Tapes to DVD Using a Computer with a Video Capture Card
- TechLore - December 14, 2004
- If you have analog home videos, either VHS tapes or analog camcorder tapes (Hi-8, etc.), to convert into DVDs and your computer has a video capture card, this article will assist you with that process.
- How to Improve a DVD Player's Sound with an Existing Stereo
- TechLore - December 14, 2004
- Sound is a major part of the movie experience. Past formats like VHS provided admirable sound quality when connected to a home theater receiver, but nothing rivals DVD for its superb digital sound. Unfortunately, the movie experience isn't the same w...
- Navigating the Device Menu on Your Components
- TechLore - December 14, 2004
- Have you ever purchased a consumer electronic device, plugged it in and used it without ever adjusting any of the factory settings? Or do you even realize that your device has settings that can be adjusted? Configuring basic settings on your componen...
- How To Configure Your DVD Player For a Widescreen TV
- TechLore - December 14, 2004
- Watching widescreen DVD movies is clearly one of the benefits of owning a widescreen TV. Together, you no longer have to stare at those gigantic black bars at the...