Thanks, I just added that to my cart!
I have a "dumb" TV that's a decade or so old. One of Dad's project TVs. Long story short, he replaced it. And then got bored and wanted to figure out why it quit. So he spent a few days replacing different things and soldering connections a little bit better, etc, etc. Yes, he knew what he was doing. (Oh man, Radio Shack still existed then.)
Surprise, surprise, all his tinkering got it back up and running beautifully. He still grumps that he should have kept it and given us the new one. Because he's had to replace his several times now and this old one is still ticking along. Of course, that may also be because we don't watch near as much TV as they do.
Anyways, the S3700 worked fine until son jammed two discs in at once. And we've lived without one for quite a while. But the DNLA through the router keeps acting up and it's just not worth the trouble. If the drive is connected to the blu-ray player, the TV can see it and play the movies.
I have a very old computer with the last good DVD ripping program that I bought. I haven't found it's equivalent since and it is now no longer available. So we keep that computer running solely to make the backup copies of the son's DVDs. We can legally make the backup copies, just that. But we are likely dead in the water when that dies because none of the streaming services will let you download the videos, even if you own them online. And we be in the country... where the internet providers hit you with monthly data caps still.
