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[d_aulnoy]

"Donnie Darko" appears to have killed my DVD player.  How ... appropriate.

The DVD player claims to be opening/loading: in reality, however, it's just taunting me in its whirry DVD language.  Short of regressing to my 7-year-old-self and prying it open with a fork, any tips on how to jolt the danged thing into working, o f-list?

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[ecmyers.livejournal.com]

Gosh, I hope it wasn't the Director's Cut...

Short of becoming the Living Receiver to pry open the tray (not recommended), try unplugging the DVD player for a short while--maybe half an hour--then plugging it back in. That sometimes resets it.

[d-aulnoy.livejournal.com]

You? Are an angel of mercy, or, if you prefer, a well-intentioned giant rabbit named Frank. Thanks!

[d-aulnoy.livejournal.com]

But, alas (though, again, appropriately, given the movie in question), after a brief hope of resurrection, the DVD player kicked it. Bah. Technology continues to hate me ....

[ecmyers.livejournal.com]

Yuck. I hope you got the disc out? At least DVD players are fairly cheap these days. If you're on the market for a new one, I recommend the Philips DVP5140, which is $49.99 at most places; I just ordered one from Circuit City with free shipping. While you can certainly find cheaper or better ones, this player is nice because you can do a simple "hack" (press a few buttons on the remote) which will make it multi-region so you can watch DVDs from other countries, if that's your thing.