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From: root on 5 Jun 2010 15:29 I have a Panasonice DMR-EZ28 recorder whose optical drive failed. You can buy one new for about $225. I called Panasonic to check on the price for the drive: $135+$15 shipping=$150. So I went online to find an alternate source: I found two places. Parts something or other had one at $340 and MCM had one at $450. I used to buy from MCM when VCRs were worth repairing. Now?
From: circuit on 5 Jun 2010 19:15 Pretty common problem...manufacturers leave stuff on the shelf and never reduce costs of spare parts even if you can purchase a new unit with more features for less cost of the spare part. The only company I ever saw who did differently was SONY on a 27 Inch trinitron CRT (Circa 1982) - which they reduced the cost down to $40.00 Retail plus shipping. I dont know if that was an experiment they discontinued, or if they knew those CRT's were problematic with a short lifespan. If you have a part number, post it here. You can also try www.parts-link.com , posting it as a wanted part. "root" <NoEMail(a)home.org> wrote in message news:hue8il$dth$1(a)news.albasani.net... >I have a Panasonice DMR-EZ28 recorder whose > optical drive failed. You can buy one > new for about $225. I called Panasonic to > check on the price for the drive: $135+$15 > shipping=$150. So I went online to find > an alternate source: I found two places. > Parts something or other had one at $340 > and MCM had one at $450. I used to buy > from MCM when VCRs were worth repairing. > Now? >
From: root on 5 Jun 2010 20:17 circuit <circuit(a)123456.tv> wrote: > Pretty common problem...manufacturers leave stuff on the shelf and never > reduce costs of spare parts even if you can purchase a new unit with more > features for less cost of the spare part. The only company I ever saw who > did differently was SONY on a 27 Inch trinitron CRT (Circa 1982) - which > they reduced the cost down to $40.00 Retail plus shipping. I dont know if > that was an experiment they discontinued, or if they knew those CRT's were > problematic with a short lifespan. If you have a part number, post it here. > You can also try www.parts-link.com , posting it as a wanted part. > The optical drive is Panasonic VXY2010.
From: Franc Zabkar on 5 Jun 2010 20:54 On Sat, 5 Jun 2010 19:29:25 +0000 (UTC), root <NoEMail(a)home.org> put finger to keyboard and composed: >I have a Panasonice DMR-EZ28 recorder whose >optical drive failed. You can buy one >new for about $225. I called Panasonic to >check on the price for the drive: $135+$15 >shipping=$150. So I went online to find >an alternate source: I found two places. >Parts something or other had one at $340 >and MCM had one at $450. I used to buy >from MCM when VCRs were worth repairing. >Now? Some manufacturers will do evil things to prevent you from replacing your HD or optical drive with a generic unit. I believe Panasonic may be one of these. FWIW, I've replaced the optical drive in an LG recorder with a PC IDE type. The replacement was also an LG, though. I don't know if non-LG drives would have worked because I didn't have any other brands to experiment with. One hiccup for LG drives may be the interface. Some designs use a mini-flex version of the standard 40-pin IDE. In this case you can use a small adapter PCB (supplied with some LG drives) to handle the connector conversion. - Franc Zabkar -- Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.
From: root on 5 Jun 2010 22:24
Franc Zabkar <fzabkar(a)iinternode.on.net> wrote: > > One hiccup for LG drives may be the interface. Some designs use a > mini-flex version of the standard 40-pin IDE. In this case you can use > a small adapter PCB (supplied with some LG drives) to handle the > connector conversion. > > - Franc Zabkar The Panasonic drive is connected with a flex cable. It never occurred to me that the cable may simply be a version of the standard ide interface. How can I tell? |