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Originally Posted by radiotvnut
Yeah, my Brother-in-law also had a Coby DVD player that crapped out after about 5 movies. He couldn't understand why it died so fast since he paid the high price of $24.99 for the thing. He's one of those guys that always searches out the lowest possible price and then complains when the item dies in short order.
I've replaced shorted rectifier diodes and bloated caps in DVD players. Other than that, I've not had much luck repairing them.
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Yikes! $25? That's drugstore prices! Around here, a typical Coby (GPX, Curtis, or other low-end brands) ranges $14 to $20 at a discount/electronics store worth their salt. Yes, those undercut many of our local thrifts' prices, which often have the same models.
I have worked with a Durabrand-badged Venturer STS75E HTIB, adjusting the laser pots (which are clearly marked CD and DVD at an easily accessible location,
) and got it working well, even changed the region code--which happened to automatically enable VCD playback, which is very unusual to me. The downside, Dolby Pro-Logic processing cannot be switched off, a serious PITA when you just want to use it with only TV speakers, and
a lot of suspicious caps throughout the unit.
Any of you remember the Koss/Oritron players? Worse than Apex, but not as bad as Coby.
