I wonder if anyone can offer any advice please ? My 3 yr old panasonic has a problem whereby it refuses to recognise any dvd discs be it Original bought ones or DVD-r etc....apparently it's a common problem...The HDD side of thing works no bother...So to my questions :- Is it possible to buy a spare DVD drive for it ?..If not will cost of having it repaired outweigh the value of the machine ?..This is my main concern...I have many hours of home video on the HDD which i never got round to burning to disc..How can i retrieve it ?...I'm so annoyed as the machine has hardly been used in the 3 years that i've had it....One thing to mention is that i've tried cleaning the lens and spindle (as advised on many of the forums )..All help as usual is greatly appreciated..........Bill