DVD Player Maintenance Common Sense

Six preventions for DVD player maintenance

1. Shockproof
Although some brands of DVD players have good shockproof performance, but the majority of DVD players are not suitable for use in vibration. When being used, the DVD player must be placed smoothly, which cannot often be moved or collided and impacted, in order to avoid vibration. It should be handled gently with care when transporting, so as not to affect the machine components.

2. Dust-proof
DVD machine parts are high precision, if the dust enters the machine, the parts will not work properly, or even to cause damage and other serious fault. So, the China dvd player should be placed in a clean environment, and to take appropriate dust control measures.

3. Cold-proof
At low temperatures in winter and spring, placing the DVD player in the door, window and other windward places is bound to make the DVD player to be stimulated by cold.

4. Heat-resistant
DVD player is feared of cold and hot. It’s best to be placed in a cool, well-ventilated place, which should not be exposed to direct sunlight and near stoves, heaters and other heat sources. Do not put dvd players wholesale on the amplifier and regulator, and it should be avoided to being placed in the carpets, sofas and mattresses, etc. to facilitate the machine heat dissipation.

5. Moisture-proof
It is easy to make bald fuzzy if the DVD player is damp, then the laser beam does not pick up the signal. In particular, it must be noted that when the climate is humid or hot and cold suddenly changes, it will produce dew drops or mist in the machine. Then we should let the DVD player to be powered and warm a few minutes, then place the disc to play. Usually the machine surrounding should be kept dry, in case of wet weather such as the rainy season, you should always boot to get rid of the moisture.

6. Anti-poor quality discs
They make laser devices work overload, which will not only shorten the life of the laser devices and easily damage laser devices. As a result, the loss outweighs the gain.

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Tascam DV-D01U DVD Player

What church hasn't, at one time or another, utilized consumer DVD players as part of their live production video gear? And, been frustrated with finding the miniscule play or pause buttons when the pastor says, "And let's now turn our attention to the screens" five minutes earlier than you thought he would? Or, dealing with quirks such as, when you skip ahead or behind chapters, it automatically goes off of pause and starts playing? Or not being able to turn off the on-screen display? I've certainly been annoyed by such things.

I bet some folks at Tascam have as well, as they've introduced a sweet-looking, one-rack unit (1RU) high DV-D01U DVD player ($549) that I jumped at the chance to review when CPM editor Mark Johnson pointed it out. My first impressions were very positive. It's a minimalist front-panel design, with only the commonly needed buttons on the faceplate of the unit: Open/Close, Stop, Play, Ready (i.e. Pause), Skip Back, and Skip Forward. The buttons are large, easy to find, and provide a solid tactile feedback to the operator when pressed--no more wondering if you really pressed the pause button at the end of the clip.

For analog video output connectors, component, S-Video, and composite are all available. Audio is provided through analog stereo audio outputs as well as an optical SPDIF audio output connector. An HDMI interface for connecting to digital video components is present as well. All analog connectors are through typical consumer-type jacks, and the analog audio outputs are unbalanced. Completing the connectors on the back of the unit is an RS-232 port for remote control and monitoring of the unit via AMX, Crestron, StarDraw Control or other types of system controllers. A full-function IR remote control is also provided, possessing a well thoughtout design, with the commonly used control being glow-in-the-dark--excellent for those dimly-lit production booths.

In operation, it functions exactly like I would want for a DVD player used for live events. When paused, it stays paused even when skipping chapters. In fact, it stayed running on pause for 14 hours in my test. If your pastor hasn't gotten to the part of his Sunday morning message where he wants to show a video clip within 14 hours, you probably have bigger problems to deal with than needing a new DVD player.

Also, the on-screen display can be disabled via the setup menu. Buttons are easy to access and provide good feedback. Video output is clear--picture and sound are both excellent. The LCD display is easy to read, showing both the hours, minutes, and seconds of the time into the video.

Control and monitoring via the RS232 port works well, although the unit does not send out automatic updates of its status--one must send a query command to get the status of the unit. But programming a device driver for Star Draw Control to operate the unit was very straightforward, and the documentation on the RS232 protocol is clear and the parts that I made use of were accurate.

The system plays many disc types in addition to standard pre-recorded DVD and CD media, including DVD-R, DVDRW, DVD+R (if finalized), DVD+RW (if finalized), CD-R, CD-RW... Refer to the downloadable manual for a full description of all the media formats that are supported.

In summary, this DVD player has just about everything I would want for a church production environment. It would be nice if balanced audio outputs were present, but I've not found that the typically short runs of unbalanced audio cable to connect a DVD player to the audio console presents a problem. It's definitely a unit I would consider for our church.

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DVD player sales plummeting as film lovers switch to downloads

Sales of DVD players have fallen to their lowest level for seven years, leading experts to warn that the technology could soon die out.
The rising popularity of internet downloads and digital video recorders has seen a switch to watching films and TV series virtually, rather than keeping a hard copy.
The trend could see the once dominant DVD go the way of the tape deck, vinyl LP and VHS player.

At the peak of the format's popularity in 2007, 7.3million DVD players and recorders were sold in the UK.
That fell last year to 5.7million  -  the lowest figure since 2003, figures from market analysts Mintel show. They estimate that by 2014 the figure will have slumped to fewer than 4.5million devices.
Sales are surviving thanks to the rise of Blu-Ray  -  the high- definition version of DVDs  -  and the fact that DVD players now cost less than ￡20 in supermarkets.

But plummeting prices mean the industry is less profitable. Last year the market for DVD players was worth ￡610million  -  down from ￡720million in 2005.
By 2014 it will have shrunk to ￡475million, Mintel predicts. DVDs were introduced to Britain in 1999.

Their superior image-quality meant they soon overtook videos for home viewing. However, they initially could not record television shows.

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