Question about video, audio and computer equipment
 

hi, we had a house fire and it is a total loss. i had alot of video equipment, tvs, vcrs, audio equipment, as well as computer equipment. all of this has soot and smoke damage. i have had some people say they would try to use it again, others say that is may have internal damage even though it doesn't have any outside cosmetic damage. i know LS and others are more equipment sauve that i am, so i thought i would ask ya'lls opinion. please let me know what you think. thanks stoogedog

did you have your internal contents insured? If so, I would update and replace what you used most.

I would simply have the equipment professionally cleaned. That's cheaper than new gear, assuming it's another of high quality (JVC S-VHS VCRs, good DVD recorders, etc).

The computer gear you can probably clean yourself. Dismantle it, use a brush. Optical drives should all be replaced unless they are sealed when closed, and were closed at the time of the fire.

Sorry to hear this happened to you. :(

How has your DVD collection faired? I know you have quite a list of goodies that you had collected through the years. I believe I have a few rarer items from you, and could always send back some copies if needed, in time.

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hi, thanks for the info. yes we had personal contents insurance, but it will in no way cover everything we lost. i think i will see about replacing what i lost instead of cleaning it, especially if i need to do it myself. most of my dvd collection maybe alright just in need of cleaning, but my vhs collection is almost completely gone. thanks stoogedog