Argh

Okay. Apparently, DVD players are disposable. Mine lasted through five DVDs, eating the fifth -- instead of ejecting, it just makes a grinding noise.

What's the best way to pry it open so that I can get my DVD back?

EDIT: After disassembling the whole player (rule #1: if you take out enough screws, it will fall apart) I discovered two things.

(a) It had a warrantee, or at least a 'breaking this invalidates the warrantee' sticker that broke before I noticed it existed, and

(b) I could have, in theory, pried off the faceplate to get at the manual override. Although I tried that, and it didn't seem to want to come off until all the screws were off. Even though none of the screws were anywhere near it.

Character Pool Volume V, episode 3: Ghouls and Ghosts

Today, we continued our trek through Erik's coverted 1st edition module. This time, there were at least monsters in some of the rooms. Also, my druid earned his nancing badge by escaping unharmed from a lethal trap without even having to make a saving throw.

( game summary )