Posted by D. Spencer Hines on 02/24/06 16:05

Can you be more specific about the specific design failures you see in your
JVC model?

There may be commonalities as to design failures.

The Sonys seem to play DVD's for five or six minutes and then just freeze.

Drive problems -- underpowered -- defective?

I'm not convinced the problem is with the laser.

DSH

"William A. T. Clark" <clark.31@nospamosu.edu> wrote in message
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> I think a lot of it has to do with devices that are just too elaborate
> to support themselves. I have had a nightmare with a JVC DR-MV1S. It is
> going back to JVC for a replacement, but it is hard to use, incredibly
> overcomplicated, and I think as a result, inherently fragile.
>
> As you say, we have all had simple CD players that last for years and
> years - my CD unit is close to 18 years old, so there is no inherent
> reason for the technology to fail, other than when poor design renders
> them delicate.
>
> William Clark

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