You'd have to be crazy to spend $1400 to repair that player. that's ridiculous.
Buy a new one and sell the old one for parts if you can.
I just bought a used Denon DVD-2900 cheap to use as a transport from Craig's List and I'm leaving it at that.
Get something like the NuForce Icon HDP for the DAC and you'll be one happy camper for a lot less than the price of the repair. The NuForce also has a USB computer input and a great headphone amp built in.
Other good transports to consider would be a Teac or CEC belt-drive. But I like using either a good Denon or Pioneer DVD player for a transport as they work very well and can be bought cheap. The optical assemblies on the transports are delicate and are the first things that usually go bad (in my experience).
Buy a new one and sell the old one for parts if you can.
I just bought a used Denon DVD-2900 cheap to use as a transport from Craig's List and I'm leaving it at that.
Get something like the NuForce Icon HDP for the DAC and you'll be one happy camper for a lot less than the price of the repair. The NuForce also has a USB computer input and a great headphone amp built in.
Other good transports to consider would be a Teac or CEC belt-drive. But I like using either a good Denon or Pioneer DVD player for a transport as they work very well and can be bought cheap. The optical assemblies on the transports are delicate and are the first things that usually go bad (in my experience).