Plextor 708 dead?

[chris98007]

I have had this plextor for a little over a year. Let me tell you this has been a great machine. I have never had a problem with it until now. I did upgrade to the latest firmware. I have run into 2 DVD's this week (that i Own) that are giving me errors.

I travel alot and learned awhile ago that if i bring my dvd's i either leave them someplace or they end up getting scratched. I used the latest dvd decryipter and around 70-80% it gives me a check condition. Both dvds are tv series and look fine for scratches. I also backed up to regualr movies and it worked fine.

I find it strange that i have never had a problem all this time and now do. Could it be my firmware? Could the drive be going bad? I have also tried several other programs and they all stall.

Please help!

[budz]

flash it back to the older firmware. in my opinion if the drive works fine with the media you use then there isn't a reason to upgrade to the latest firmware. if it ain't broke why upgrade. just my 2 cents. check out the plextor forum at cdfreaks.com.