DVD Player won't play, any ideas?

[NowhereMan 1966]

Originally Posted by Jeffhs

I've had my Memorex DVD player only about a month. It works well at the moment, but your post got me to thinking. When does that cap usually fail, and what are the symptoms when it does go bad? It almost sounds to me like that's a power supply cap and would put the player completely out of commission when it fails.

Is the original 16v/1000mfd cap in these players inferior quality to begin with, or just underrated? Have there been any other problems and/or failures reported with this particular unit?

Thanks in advance.

One thing with mine though, it is a VCR/DVD combo, the VCR works perfectly.

[rcaman]

the memorex i fixed last week would power on but not read a disc i think. it was about 8 months old. i beleive they put inferior caps in them. you cant use quality parts and sell them for $40.00-$80.00. steve