I think I'm going to repair my 7-year-old DVD player

[artie67]

I have a 971 Oppo that has worked just fine for us. I also have an early Samsung Blu-ray that we do not use. Remember the 15 second sloooow opening drawers? It was a gift and died after 100 days. Yes, it had a 90 day warrantee. I paid more that $42 plus shipping to get it fixed.
I would pay the freight and get back a really good dvd player for less than a hybrid dvd/blu-ray player.