On Nov 18, 7:03 pm, "Arfa Daily" wrote:
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I need to get a cheap DVD player for a rental property. I have a
choice of a Philips or a Memorex DVD player for $24.99 USD. Anyone
have any thoughts/printable comments about which might be more
reliable?

Bob Hofmann

Personally Bob, I would go for the Philips, as it's at least likely to be
actually made by them. As Meat says, it's basically a disposable item,
but that doesn't help much when it fails 6 months in ... FWIW, most of
the cheap ones that I see for repair, have very 'marginal' power supplies
in that they have tiny 85 deg caps fitted that are rated about 2 volts
above what they have to work at, and it's often these that fail inside
warranty. A contributory factor in this, I think, is ventilation, so you
might want to consider keeping it out in the open, rather than tucking it
away in a cupboard underneath the TV.

Arfa

Don't encourage Philips - they are the worst. That's my advice anyway.

Mark Z.

Hi Mark
Well, he's actually a bit between a rock and a hard place on this one,
because over here at least, and I guess it's probably the case there as
well, gear marketed under the Memorex name often is Philips inside anyway.

Although Philips stuff may not be the most pleasant to work on, and their
service info sucks, I have found it in general to be quite well built, and
reasonably reliable. Iam interested in what negative experiences you might
have had to make you feel that it is "the worst" ?? Do you feel that the
Memorex would be a better bet? We might be seeing a difference in products
here between the US and UK.

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I'll go to the stores that are advertising the players tomorrow
(Monday) and see if I can tell anything about who might actually make
them. It would really be interesting if they both turned out to be
the same unit with different labeling. Also, I want to see if either
one carries more than a 90 day warranty.

Bob Hofmann