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We have to unplug the PS3 or the Roku to plug in the region-free dvd player. I could so do without the sound bar dvd player, really, except we'd still have to use an outlet for the sound bar.
At least it's not as bad as when we had the basket of remotes, but not enough connectors on the tv and so had to run everything through a router box that had no remote. So if you finished watching a dvd and wanted to switch to the dvr, you had to walk all the way across the room and actually push a button to switch machines. I do miss the 5-disc dvd carousel, though. That thing was made for lazy people. You could watch the extended versions of FotR, TTT, and half of RotK without ever having to get up and change the dvd!
You know what the problem with technology is? You never know what is wrong. When there's a stutter, is it the digital signal, is it the tivo, is it the new TV? Feh.
You know how they say any press is good press? Based on half-remembered discussions here, I totally started shopping for a new Vizio TV before I thought to come back and check.
SAMSUNG. I'm supposed to be looking at Samsung.
so, wierdly, on one or two channels, there's a line of something like static at the top of the screen. It goes away when I put it in widescreen mode. That's okay, right?
Back in December I messed up and left my very old (circa 2003-4) iPod in the car for a few days during very cold weather. I just replaced the battery and it will now hold a charge but the drive is wiped. When I connect to the computer iTunes opens and the iPod shows up on the desktop, but not in iTunes.
I can't seem to find this scenario in the troubleshooting info here [link] or in the related links. Any advice?
There are some disk diagnostics you can perform directly with the iPod.
I have no idea how old this info is [link] so you might want to google some more.
I can do the reset (which I'd already done) but I can't get to the diagnostics.
Looking further, I seem to have games and contacts intact, but no calendar information and no songs. Except the capacity/available numbers seem to indicate that the songs really are on there somewhere. Hm.
Well at the very least, its file system must be corrupted. Anyone know how to reformat an iPod's hard drive? That's what I'd try next.
Or you could erase and restore it (dunno if this does a reformat too): [link]
Possibly the hard drive is failing, in which case it'd need to be replaced. I've never replaced an iPod HD but I know it can be done. (I have a 160 GB iPod with a dead drive. Should do something about that, I suppose.)
