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shumway
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Tue Oct 04, 2005 9:04 pm Post subject:
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Any recommendations for dvd players that do not break after a year? The
last 3 I have had, start saying "no disc" after about a year.
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spockfu
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Wed Oct 05, 2005 4:40 am Post subject:
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What brands were they? My $40 Norcent DP300 still works great after 3
years,so does xbox.
shumway" <shumway@vdat.com> wrote in message
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spockfu wrote:
| Quote: | What brands were they? My $40 Norcent DP300 still works great after 3
years,so does xbox.
shumway" <shumway@vdat.com> wrote in message
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Any recommendations for dvd players that do not break after a year? The
last 3 I have had, start saying "no disc" after about a year.
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My Panasonic A100 is over 8 years old, now, and still going strong!
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Darth Tater
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I've got a couple of Panasonics that are at least 5 years old and still
going strong.
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Darrel Christenson
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Wed Oct 05, 2005 4:40 am Post subject:
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| Quote: | Any recommendations for dvd players that do not break after a year? The
last 3 I have had, start saying "no disc" after about a year.
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I have a Yamaha S1200 I bought the week they
hit the stores, about 4-5 years ago as I
recall, and it still plays like a champ.
drc :) |
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Fri Oct 07, 2005 10:33 am Post subject:
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Denon 2900, 2 years of hard service (used for DVD's, DVD-A's and
SACD's), still running like a champ. I chose it after having similar
issues as you descibe with 3 cheap players. It was expensive, but
built like a tank (18 pounds!). When the format war over the HD disc
format is worked out satisfactorly, I'll buy another Denon. Great
stuff.
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campu2.net
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Fri Oct 07, 2005 11:15 pm Post subject:
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shumway wrote:
| Quote: | Any recommendations for dvd players that do not break after a year? The
last 3 I have had, start saying "no disc" after about a year.
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The first 2 DVD players I purchased in the $300 to $350 range, both
broke down in less than a year.
I have a $59 APEX that's been going strong for over 3 years.
I plan on sticking with the cheap players $50 to $60 found at Wal-Mart.
If they last a year, I believe they are well worth the money spent.
Any time over a year is a bonus.
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JMC
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Sat Oct 08, 2005 9:58 am Post subject:
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shumway wrote:
| Quote: | Any recommendations for dvd players that do not break after a year? The
last 3 I have had, start saying "no disc" after about a year.
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I have a cheapy Apex that is still going strong after 5 years. And it
will read *anything*, even badly scratched rental discs that my Toshiba
and DVD-RW drive could not read. And it will read any type of DVD+R,
even the no-name stuff. My Toshiba on the other hand would only read
higher-quality DVD+Rs, and even then it would occassionally freeze and
stutter here and there. Which is odd considering that the old Apex was
built before DVD+R was even an accepted format, I'm sure. The Toshiba is
now dead, after just under two years of use. I used to associate the
Toshiba brand name with high-quality, but now I don't know. |
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dubbah
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Sat Oct 08, 2005 11:48 pm Post subject:
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campu2.net wrote:
| Quote: | I have a $59 APEX that's been going strong for over 3 years.
I plan on sticking with the cheap players $50 to $60 found at Wal-Mart.
If they last a year, I believe they are well worth the money spent.
Any time over a year is a bonus.
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Any time over a year is a bonus? I don't think so, it depends upon
the brand and how much it is used. My Phillips (Magnavox) player I
bought at Target for $59. saw its video lens die a few months ago when
I must have left it playing for hours without shutting it off before
going out of the house. It would have cost me $39. for a new lens, I
decided to just use it for music cds as long as it will serve that
purpose. My $99. Sony I bought at Wal-Mart works well and I use it with
respect. The Sony was bought before the Phillips, too.
It's interesting to hear if lower brands work okay, though I think a
good name brand makes the difference, anyway. Target would never cover
my damaged lens because it was past warranty anyway. |
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Sun Oct 09, 2005 1:22 am Post subject:
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It's been my experience that with DVD at least, the most satisfaction
is derived from very high end players and very low end players. I've
had great experiences with both. It's the mid-level players where they
sucker people in with a brand name. I've had terrible luck with 3
players of that ilk. Never again. Wal-Mart off-brand cheapie or Denon
tank for me. Nothing else.
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Large Farva
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Sun Oct 09, 2005 3:14 am Post subject:
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<lorincantrell@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | It's been my experience that with DVD at least, the most satisfaction
is derived from very high end players and very low end players. I've
had great experiences with both. It's the mid-level players where they
sucker people in with a brand name. I've had terrible luck with 3
players of that ilk. Never again. Wal-Mart off-brand cheapie or Denon
tank for me. Nothing else.
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I've actually had more trouble from Denon players than anything else. They
don't even make their own players. |
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campu2.net
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Mon Oct 10, 2005 12:47 pm Post subject:
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dubbah wrote:
| Quote: | campu2.net wrote:
I have a $59 APEX that's been going strong for over 3 years.
I plan on sticking with the cheap players $50 to $60 found at Wal-Mart.
If they last a year, I believe they are well worth the money spent.
Any time over a year is a bonus.
Any time over a year is a bonus? I don't think so, it depends upon
the brand and how much it is used. My Phillips (Magnavox) player I
bought at Target for $59. saw its video lens die a few months ago when
I must have left it playing for hours without shutting it off before
going out of the house. It would have cost me $39. for a new lens, I
decided to just use it for music cds as long as it will serve that
purpose. My $99. Sony I bought at Wal-Mart works well and I use it with
respect. The Sony was bought before the Phillips, too.
It's interesting to hear if lower brands work okay, though I think a
good name brand makes the difference, anyway. Target would never cover
my damaged lens because it was past warranty anyway.
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Regardless of the brand, $59 DVD players lasting 1 to 3+ years are
probably the best value in the history of consumer electronics.
I'm usually slow to jump on the latest audio/video equipment because
of the inflated prices. The one exception was my first VCR. $900+ and
it was dead within a year. I spent the next 12 to 15 years going
through
VCRs as fast as I go through socks. It took many years for VCRs to come
down to $500, then $300, and now $100.
Now its $59 DVD players and $5 DVDs available on eBay etc. which you
can turn around and sell for $5 when you are tired of them. Movie fans
have never had it so good. |
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shumway
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Mon Oct 10, 2005 5:51 pm Post subject:
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campu2.net wrote:
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dubbah wrote:
campu2.net wrote:
I have a $59 APEX that's been going strong for over 3 years.
I plan on sticking with the cheap players $50 to $60 found at Wal-Mart.
If they last a year, I believe they are well worth the money spent.
Any time over a year is a bonus.
Any time over a year is a bonus? I don't think so, it depends upon
the brand and how much it is used. My Phillips (Magnavox) player I
bought at Target for $59. saw its video lens die a few months ago when
I must have left it playing for hours without shutting it off before
going out of the house. It would have cost me $39. for a new lens, I
decided to just use it for music cds as long as it will serve that
purpose. My $99. Sony I bought at Wal-Mart works well and I use it with
respect. The Sony was bought before the Phillips, too.
It's interesting to hear if lower brands work okay, though I think a
good name brand makes the difference, anyway. Target would never cover
my damaged lens because it was past warranty anyway.
Regardless of the brand, $59 DVD players lasting 1 to 3+ years are
probably the best value in the history of consumer electronics.
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Partially true. I will agree that $59 is not much considering the
complexity of a dvd player. I cannot, however, think of any home
electronics/appliance that has close to that short of a lifespan.
It seems from the comments here that my experiences are not that unusual.
It seems that a few posters have had good luck with Panasonic (good to here
since I bought a panasonic DVD recorder about 4 months ago). I will
probably go with a panasonic DVD player.
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I'm usually slow to jump on the latest audio/video equipment because
of the inflated prices. The one exception was my first VCR. $900+ and
it was dead within a year. I spent the next 12 to 15 years going
through
VCRs as fast as I go through socks. It took many years for VCRs to come
down to $500, then $300, and now $100.
Now its $59 DVD players and $5 DVDs available on eBay etc. which you
can turn around and sell for $5 when you are tired of them. Movie fans
have never had it so good. |
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Jeff Rife
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Mon Oct 10, 2005 9:49 pm Post subject:
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campu2.net (campu2@hotmail.com) wrote in alt.video.dvd:
| Quote: | I'm usually slow to jump on the latest audio/video equipment because
of the inflated prices. The one exception was my first VCR. $900+ and
it was dead within a year. I spent the next 12 to 15 years going
through VCRs as fast as I go through socks.
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In 1988, I spent nearly $400 on a VCR even though you could find them at
any store for around $200. It was money well spent, since I retired the
unit in 2003 not because it was broken, but because I wanted an S-VHS unit.
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campu2.net
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Tue Oct 11, 2005 10:31 am Post subject:
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shumway wrote:
[quote]campu2.net wrote:
dubbah wrote:
campu2.net wrote:
I have a $59 APEX that's been going strong for over 3 years.
I plan on sticking with the cheap players $50 to $60 found at Wal-Mart.
If they last a year, I believe they are well worth the money spent.
Any time over a year is a bonus.
Any time over a year is a bonus? I don't think so, it depends upon
the brand and how much it is used. My Phillips (Magnavox) player I
bought at Target for $59. saw its video lens die a few months ago when
I must have left it playing for hours without shutting it off before
going out of the house. It would have cost me $39. for a new lens, I
decided to just use it for music cds as long as it will serve that
purpose. My $99. Sony I bought at Wal-Mart works well and I use it with
respect. The Sony was bought before the Phillips, too.
It's interesting to hear if lower brands work okay, though I think a
good name brand makes the difference, anyway. Target would never cover
my damaged lens because it was past warranty anyway.
Regardless of the brand, $59 DVD players lasting 1 to 3+ years are
probably the best value in the history of consumer electronics.
Partially true. I will agree that $59 is not much considering the
complexity of a dvd player. I cannot, however, think of any home
electronics/appliance that has close to that short of a lifespan.
It seems from the comments here that my experiences are not that unusual.
It seems that a few posters have had good luck with Panasonic (good to here
since I bought a panasonic DVD recorder about 4 months ago). I will
probably go with a panasonic DVD player.
I'm usually slow to jump on the latest audio/video equipment because
of the inflated prices. The one exception was my first VCR. $900+ and
it was dead within a year. I spent the next 12 to 15 years going
through
VCRs as fast as I go through socks. It took many years for VCRs to come
down to $500, then $300, and now $100.
Now its $59 DVD players and $5 DVDs available on eBay etc. which you
can turn around and sell for $5 when you are tired of them. Movie fans
have never had it so good.
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Just returned from Wal-Mart where I saw their Cyberhome DVD players
for $36
I don't know anyone that owns one, but at that price I could pick up
a half dozen and would probably be set for years.
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