So I had a LG Flatron W2261vp of about 4 years old and one day it just stopped working. Light briefly came on, then cut out again.

Fortunately due to the wonders of the internet, I found some guides relating similar models and how to open them up & fix them. (Such as this one: https://imgur.com/a/sy05j)

After some fiddling around, I found the culprits:

That’s not how capacitors are suppose to look like. Incidentally, if your monitor goes wrong, chances are it’s the capacitors.

So I went off and got some replacements. In my enthusiasm I got the wrong ones first >_o I also removed the broken capacitors with just a soldering iron. Turns out there is actually little you can really fuck up with a soldering iron.

Soldered in, still need to cut off the tips, but that’s it.

And tadaaaa:

Continuing my fixit streak, the tray on my Blu-ray player wouldn’t open anymore. I decided to see if I could fix it. I took it apart and the motor was still working, but the tray compartment was catching on the casing. I fixed the catch and success! Working dvd player!