DVD Player Craps Out…

December 10, 2005 | General, Rants and Raves | By: Mark VandeWettering

Bummer. My 6 month old Philips DVP-642 crapped out. Seems like the drive just went belly up, it doesn’t spin up at all or eject. I really liked this DVD player because it could play regular DivX avi files, but I must admit, I’m not really all that pleased with the longevity. Harumph.

Comments

Comment from AG
Time 12/11/2005 at 8:13 am

You might look at the APEX DVD player line. They’re hackable and fairly inexpensive too.

Comment from NullSpin
Time 12/13/2005 at 6:45 pm

Probably still under some form of waranty. I had one that died after about 9 months. Called up phillips and they sent a replacement for 30 dollars. Better then nothing I guess.
I use an upconverting LG for my main dvd player.
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Comment from Redmex
Time 12/15/2005 at 11:50 am

I have the same dvd player for more than two years and use heavily (4-5 times a day) and no problem. Love it and I’ll buy another as soon as this one breaks.