On Fri, 13 Jul 2018, ~misfit~ wrote:

Once upon a time on usenet Lee wrote:
Yes. Bad capacitor. Replacing it fixed it.

Handy to know. I have a DMR-ES20 that I haven't used for a few years but I
did like it a lot and you never know...

I had some other DVD recorder, I found it in a recycling bin. It worked,
but got flakier. It used a standard 40pin connector, so I tried a
computer DVD drive, I think that worked, but didn't fix the problem.

So yes, given that I got an Acer 19" LCD monitor going by changing
electrolytics in the power supply (it sort of worked, but would reset and
I'd lose video then), I'm inclined to believe the DVD recorder needs new
electrolytics in the power supply. I've yet to pursue it because it's not
very useful now, the tuner doesn't receive DTV. But if it was still
useful, I'd have pursued the power supply.

Michael