Same thing with CD ROM drives.
I sold many of the first CD ROM drives sold in Canada. We are talking
1985 ish. That's TWENTY FIVE YEARS AGO. Some of those drives are still
fully functional.
Today's crop don't last 5 years (actually, that's YESTERDAY's crop.)
I'm replacing 2 year old "brand name" CD drives quite regularly.
I agree...I see it all the time.
The funny thing is people in the know are looking for the old CD drives
because of their reliability.
Unfortunately that means a company will not sell a new unit. sob..sob
TMT
clare wrote:
On 16 Jan 2007 10:47:07 -0800, "Too_Many_Tools"
wrote:
dpb wrote:
Too_Many_Tools wrote:
Logan, I respect your opinion but ...
That seems a pet phrase, doesn't it? It would ring a lot less
hollow if you would show some sign that you're paying any attention or
thinking before spouting your rhetoric back, however... 
It would seem that you are a stranger to good manners...and would not
know the truth if it bit you on the butt.
The current DVD sales are a typical case of market dumping...happens
all the time.
Get back to me in a few years and let's talk about how many DVD sets
are being trashed because of failures.
Ask any repair person how the quality of VHS players have declined over
the years...the same goes with DVD units. I have some older DVD units
that cost serious money and their internal design is excellent. The
newer units are built with intended obselescene in mind...in other
words they are built like crap. Guess which ones will be running a few
years from now? You might want to check the numbers on returns of DOA
units also....many of the currently cheap units don't work out of the
box.
And oh...one more thing...are you posting from China?
Same thing with CD ROM drives.
I sold many of the first CD ROM drives sold in Canada. We are talking
1985 ish. That's TWENTY FIVE YEARS AGO. Some of those drives are still
fully functional.
Today's crop don't last 5 years (actually, that's YESTERDAY's crop.)
I'm replacing 2 year old "brand name" CD drives quite regularly.
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