Re: Pismo again/DVD............

2002-09-09 Thread David M. Ensteness
On Saturday, September 7, 2002, at 10:35 PM, James wrote: > Get a DVD CDRW Combo Drive by MCE it is about $200 > less than replacing your DVD Rom drive > or a bootable CD RW for about $300 less > I think I missed something, I went to MCE because I would love a DVD-CDRW Combo drive and they hav

Re: : Pismo again/DVD............

2002-09-07 Thread Walter R Basil
On Saturday, September 7, 2002, at 09:46 PM, mathue taxion wrote: > If anyone had wondered, 'LG' stands for what was once called Lucky > Goldstar which also once known as Goldstar. If you ever come across > that > brand, run away quickly :) They keep changing the branding to escape > their rep

Re: : Pismo again/DVD............

2002-09-07 Thread mathue taxion
Jon Glass <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> IIRC, it's the LG models (Korean manufacture) that have been prone to >> failure. The Japanese Matsushita (Panasonic) drives haven't been nearly so >> problematic. > > Yes, it's the LG (model number M7931[DRN-8080B]). I'm sitting here looking > at my dead

Re: Pismo again/DVD............

2002-09-07 Thread James
Get a DVD CDRW Combo Drive by MCE it is about $200 less than replacing your DVD Rom drive or a bootable CD RW for about $300 less = "Israeli politics, as such, was and remains a busy street. You can turn left or right -- but if you stay in the middle, you might get run over in traffic."

Re: Pismo again/DVD............

2002-09-07 Thread Ryan Coleman
>On 9/7/02 11:29 AM, "Jon Glass" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> on 9/7/02 11:38 AM, Paige H. Adams at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Pismo's have bad original dvd drives. The original model was discussed here some time ago...begins with an M (Japanese). >>> >>> IIRC, it's the LG models

Re: Pismo again/DVD............

2002-09-07 Thread Keith Ronan
On 9/7/02 11:29 AM, "Jon Glass" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 9/7/02 11:38 AM, Paige H. Adams at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>> Pismo's have bad original dvd drives. The original model was discussed >>> here some time ago...begins with an M (Japanese). >> >> IIRC, it's the LG models (Korean m

Re: Pismo again/DVD............

2002-09-07 Thread Jon Glass
on 9/7/02 11:38 AM, Paige H. Adams at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Pismo's have bad original dvd drives. The original model was discussed >> here some time ago...begins with an M (Japanese). > > IIRC, it's the LG models (Korean manufacture) that have been prone to > failure. The Japanese Matsushi

Re: Pismo again/DVD............

2002-09-07 Thread Paige H. Adams
On 9/6/02 10:15 PM, "Donald Keenan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Pismo's have bad original dvd drives. The original model was discussed > here some time ago...begins with an M (Japanese). IIRC, it's the LG models (Korean manufacture) that have been prone to failure. The Japanese Matsushita (Pana

Re: Pismo again/DVD............

2002-09-06 Thread Donald Keenan
Pismo's have bad original dvd drives. The original model was discussed here some time ago...begins with an M (Japanese). Mine had to be replaced, thankfully under warranty. Unfortunately, they sent me the same model. Donald On Friday, September 6, 2002, at 09:53 PM, David M. Ensteness wrote: >