Posted by Rob Jonker on 02/23/06 22:33

"D. Spencer Hines" <poguemidden@hotmail.com> schreef in bericht
news:axqLf.40$bW.71@eagle.america.net...
> Interesting...
>
> You don't EXPECT a Phillips, Sony, Panasonic or Toshiba DVD/VCR Combo
Player
> to last more than two years?
>
> Is it the transport drives that wear out -- or the lasers that fail -- or
> what?
>
> I've had lots of these companies' products in the past -- going back over
40
> years -- and they generally last FIVE years -- or more.
>
> Defective Merchandise Today?
>
> DVD/VCR Combo Players are flimsy, delicate and inherently prone to
failure?
>
> Some other important factors?
>
> DSH
>
> "Rob Jonker" <xxrjonker.2xx@hccnet.nl> wrote in message
> news:43fe30aa$0$7236$e4fe514c@dreader26.news.xs4all.nl...
> >
> > "D. Spencer Hines" <poguemidden@hotmail.com> schreef in bericht
> > news:pR9Lf.67$NX4.594@eagle.america.net...
>
> >> Which one of these DVD/VCR Combo Players currently on the market is the
> >> best one?
> >>
> >> Why do there seem to be so many problems with these players -- which
seem
> >> to die in a year or two -- at the longest?
> >>
> >> Thank you.
> >>
> >> DSH
> >>
> >>
> > I also have a Philips combo DVD/VHS player. The latest models play
almost
> > anything: MP3, DivX, JPEG, MPEG, not MOV or RM but you can't have it
all.
> > I can't say anything about how long it will last, but 2 years is likely
> > the maximum lifespan. Do not expect any this special of such a machine,
> > technically simple but up to date.
> >
> > Rob Jonker
>
>

The laser I guess. I have a 20 year old CD player working fine but if you
read in this group the defective DVD players are falling out of the sky. I
think the lasers die quick.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, it happens to me all the time.....

Rob

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