Sorry I am from the UK. Anything from the states like Iphone have a 100% premium slapped on it here by the retailers. The DVR has worked well for over two years so in one way it doesn't own me anything. The problem is, mechanically it's sound and I hate to scrap things that aren't really at end of life.It a bad phobia I have to try and repair anything that's broken before I will throw it away. A bit green really but unintentional. If I can get a fix all the better else it will clutter my room up for months while I keep coming back to it with new idea's. Thanks for any help you can give me.