1.5 Million DVD Players Recalled by Wal-Mart

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insider3

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Or, Stop being cheap and pay an extra 10$ for a Sony DVD player with more features that's also sold in Wal-Mart and you wouldn't have to worry about a fire.
 

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[citation][nom]insider3[/nom]Or, Stop being cheap and pay an extra 10$ for a Sony DVD player with more features that's also sold in Wal-Mart and you wouldn't have to worry about a fire.[/citation]

...because Sony stuff never ever catches on fire or explodes. ;)
 

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[citation][nom]knickle[/nom]...because Sony stuff never ever catches on fire or explodes.[/citation]

Maybe their notebook batteries. But I haven't heard of a stationary Sony DVD player powered by a Sony Lithium battery, nor read about 1.5 million or any of their DVD players catching fire as the one in the article. But I see where you're going.
 

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I haven't heard of any DVD player catching on fire. So technically you could go with any other brand and be OK, even if it's as cheap as the Durabrand. Aye?
 

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Sony stuff never explodes....LOL! They weren't even good at putting out the metaphorical 'fire' they had as a result of all those battery issues. Certainly did not make me want to buy sony. This can be a risk with any brand large or small. Bottom line is that (generally) you get what you pay for.
 

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It's not just the players from Wal-Mart that suck. At lunch today, my friend opened a brand new DVD (Boondock Saints) that he bought from Wal-Mart and tried to play it and it wouldn't play because it was too scratched up.
 

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just a thought i think ASDA in the UK (a wal-mart subsiduary) may have had these - i dont know if the uk spec ones have the same problem though....
 

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Looks like more incendiary electronic devices. Walmart's doing a recall whereas Apple just wanted to pay people not to talk about the problem (exploding iPods)?

If Walmart had a user account here, I'd +1 them.
 

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So we have 5 in 1,500,000 over a course of three years that caught fire and a total of 12 that overheated? Don't buy this DVD player it has a 0.0000008% chance of overheating and a 0.0000003% of catching fire.

Pardon me if I'm not worried.
 

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[citation][nom]jerther[/nom]That is what you get with cheaply designed compact stuff...I bet the player catches fire but the fuse stays intact[/citation]
The Fuse is extra :)
 
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