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PlayStation3 Blu-Ray Love Too Shortlived (Literally)

Posted by Cosmic Closet (A) on April 3, 2009 at 19:00:29

Talk about timing it perfectly....the PS3 went down one year and 12 days after I bought it, just over the line for the warranty to vanish.

The reason? Bad laser unit, 99% sure. It has all the symptoms: first it started ignoring Blu-Rays, then regular DVDs. It loads the discs, plays nothing, just gives me its pretty menu screen.

And while it doesn't help, I have learned I am in the company of many who have had these things fail, due, evidently, to poor QC or build of the lasers. The net is full of this misery; there is seemingly a growing secondary market for buying the parts and fixing it yourself.

I will open it and clean the existing laser first, but if needed, I am getting quite tempted to perform a little "laser surgery" (if I can) as opposed to simply giving Sony the obligatory $150 to do it, just for the principle of the thing. A replacement laser is about a third of that.

Pity to see an otherwise good machine brought down by a small, essential component most likely having been scrimped on.

CC.

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