Iv'e done my research, that's why I refuse to pay the $150 for sony to fix my system, when the part I need is only $15... and there is no guarantee that it will stay working.

the symptoms are that the system recognizes I have put a game or dvd in (the small turning disc in the corner spins) but it will not bring up the button for me to run my game of movie (it knows it has a disc, but can't read it)... I have tried regular dvd's (non blue ray) and they do not work either...

I can however play the games that I have downloaded and they run fine...

The reason I won't do this myself is because my solution is a hammer... I'd rather be able to play COD and tekken instead of staring at a $600 paper weight

I miss starland.