DVD playback - picture drifting?

Leaenna_Mills

My first post so be gentle

I have a DVD recorder, Telewest cable box and television hooked up.

Up until recently, everything's been fine but now if I try to play a DVD, the picture drifts and rolls.

And to make troubleshooting even harder, the problem is sporadic; I watched well over an hour of a film the other night before the problem kicked in. Other times, the problem appears within ten seconds.

I stripped everything out of the equation and just hooked up tv and dvd recorder; the problem was still there. I replaced scart leads; the problem was still there.

I took the dvd recorder upstairs and hooked it up to my portable tv; the problem was still there.

I guess it's safe to assume there's an issue with the dvd recorder?

Anyone got any ideas? Is it a bin job or can it be repaired relatively cheaply?

Or is there something else I might be missing?

TIA for your input

Bear_family

If it's not an interference problem, which you have eliminated by taking out certain variables, then it's probably broken.
You can get DVD recorders cheaply from supermarkets now.

Bf