How long will we be able to buy ATSC-NTSC converter boxes?

[wa2ise]

Originally Posted by Jeffhs

I recently read on another video forum (not AK) that these players will fail within nine months after initial purchase; the problem is a cheap capacitor that eventually swells and splits open, rendering the player inoperable.

If you know which cap will do that, change it out now, before it goes bad and takes out other parts.