11-21-2004, 01:21 AM
Unfortunately, I've started to think of DVD players as a disposable commodity these days. From now on, I plan on spending under $75 for a player and enjoying for as long as it lasts. You can get them for as little as $40 in many stores so why waste money.
The biggest problem is in the drive motors. Almost all of them have gone with either a single bearing or no bearing motors which wear out from use. This seems to be the number one cause of dead DVD players these days and the minimum charge to repair this part is over $100.
So, my recommendation is to go out and buy some cheap, generic DVD player that can handle DVD-Rs, MP3s and possibly even DiVX videos (just saw one for $59.99 the other day that handles all of those not far from my house).
The biggest problem is in the drive motors. Almost all of them have gone with either a single bearing or no bearing motors which wear out from use. This seems to be the number one cause of dead DVD players these days and the minimum charge to repair this part is over $100.
So, my recommendation is to go out and buy some cheap, generic DVD player that can handle DVD-Rs, MP3s and possibly even DiVX videos (just saw one for $59.99 the other day that handles all of those not far from my house).
Gullible isn't in the dictionary.