Steven Rogers wrote: >I've heard those DVD player "laser cleaning" devices are a hoax, but >I'm starting to get desperate. DVD players are so cheap, I'm not sure >its worth it to have the thing professionally serviced. Anyone have any >experience with this sort of thing? The player is maybe 3 years old - >do DVD players croak that quickly? > CD/DVD players seem to be magnets for dust and accumulate enough to interfere with playback in a year or so. The method I use is to open the player's top cover to expose the LED which I wipe clean with a Q-Tip soaked in iso-propyl alcohol. This works better than commercial cleaners. Charlie