If you're sure it needs a new laser, start by shopping for another unit. $700 certainly won't get you a new unit of comparable quality, but you could find a better performing used one. Even if it's not the laser, after tacking on the $200 for a gear job you're probably still looking at $500. When I was in the same boat I found few new offerings of the CD-only variety. Backwards compatible DVD seems to have taken over!
Theta repaired my skipping Data Basic II with some caps and a lube job for $225 plus freight. If you consider a $2000 transport has at most about 10 years of life, it costs about $200 a year just to run one no matter how you split it. It's a tough call. Does Camelot make a transport?
Theta repaired my skipping Data Basic II with some caps and a lube job for $225 plus freight. If you consider a $2000 transport has at most about 10 years of life, it costs about $200 a year just to run one no matter how you split it. It's a tough call. Does Camelot make a transport?