02-10-2006, 05:45 AM
About two years ago I bought my Toshiba DVD player after two years of service from my Panasonic 5 disc rotary player. The Toshiba gave up the ghost last month so I bought one of those $40 no name (well... Kosch was the brand name... close enough) and plugged it in so I wouldn't miss out on my DVD viewing pleasure.
The Kosch worked well enough to start with. It even played .avi files which I thought was a pretty cool bonus. After about one month of use however, it started overheating and locking up part way through movies and music discs.
Even though it looks like you're saving money, stay away from those cheap @ss DVD players out there. Stick with name brands that have better warranties if you don't want to go through the hassle of replacing your player too often.
Future Shop was kind enough to give me a full refund on my defective DVD player towards a brand new LG player (I'm still getting used to the idea that LG is a good brand now) that also has the .avi feature. So far things seem to be working quite well. The only thing that seems cheap about it is the loading tray seems rather flimsy. At least it loads quickly and is very quiet when playing.
I do miss having the controls on the front of the DVD player like my Toshiba had. That was a nice feature that saved me from hunting for the remote on those times when my daughter feels like hiding it.
The Kosch worked well enough to start with. It even played .avi files which I thought was a pretty cool bonus. After about one month of use however, it started overheating and locking up part way through movies and music discs.
Even though it looks like you're saving money, stay away from those cheap @ss DVD players out there. Stick with name brands that have better warranties if you don't want to go through the hassle of replacing your player too often.
Future Shop was kind enough to give me a full refund on my defective DVD player towards a brand new LG player (I'm still getting used to the idea that LG is a good brand now) that also has the .avi feature. So far things seem to be working quite well. The only thing that seems cheap about it is the loading tray seems rather flimsy. At least it loads quickly and is very quiet when playing.
I do miss having the controls on the front of the DVD player like my Toshiba had. That was a nice feature that saved me from hunting for the remote on those times when my daughter feels like hiding it.
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