1.5 Million DVD Players Recalled by Wal-Mart

[Marcus Yam]

These cheap DVD players could pose a fire risk.

1.5 Million DVD Players Recalled by Wal-Mart : Read more

 

[insider3]

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.

 

[knickle]

[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. 😉

 

[tenor77]

You pay for what you get. Apple is the exception to the rule though. With them you pay extra to get this feature.

 

[frozenlead]

I LOL'd knickle. Good one.

 

[insider3]

[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.

 

[Guest]

^^ WIN

 

[leo2kp]

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?

 

[Parsian]

lol good one

 

[Major7up]

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.

 

[chuckdalton]

It's good to know, I have one of these and its sitting between two propane tanks...

 

[jerther]

That is what you get with cheaply designed compact stuff...

I bet the player catches fire but the fuse stays intact 😛

 

[lamorpa]

Wait a minute. Are they saying that a DVD player that costs $29 is cheaply made?

 

[doomtomb]

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.

 

[will_chellam]

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....

 

[haunted one]

The Electronic Revolution is going to burn us all to extinction.

 

[jacobdrj]

And salmonella poisoning from tomatoes (err, peppers) will be the death of anyone not using products from the Electronic Revolution

 

[Platypus]

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.

 

[tayb]

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.

 

[igot1forya]

[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