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DIVX Players keep dying!!

  • 29-05-2007 8:05pm
    #1
    redzer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 105 ✭✭


    Hi all,
    I have had 3 DIVX Players in the past year (Tevion from Aldi, Nissan from Maplins and Silvercrest from Lidl last month)
    All give up the ghost after one to six months. Anyone else have similar experience? None have been abused, are in well ventilated location, and are used to play 3 to 4 hours of divx progs and movies per week.


Comments

  • #2
    GrumPy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,566 ✭✭✭GrumPy


    six months? Still under gaurentee, bring em back, or buy a decent one.
    Philips divx dvd player, usb port, and hdmi output in power city for 99blips.
    D5980 I believe.


  • #3
    8T8
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,757 ✭✭✭8T8


    I agree that it is probably the fact that they are cheap players but just in case it might be heat related so don't stick them in poorly ventilated or tight spaces.

    I agree with Irish GrumPy go get a decent one like Philips or Samsung


  • #4
    subway
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,131 ✭✭✭subway


    i had one blow up because a mate left some discs on top of the player,
    bloked a few of the vent holes and ka-put, never worked again.


  • #5
    Doodlebug
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 893 ✭✭✭Doodlebug


    For what its worth - I've only ever had cheapy DivX players and never had any bother. Its important to make sure that the DVDs you put into it are clean - always stored in a box/cover. They seem to be less tolerant of any dust getting into the lens.

    Ventilation is as important as for any appliance, as said above.

    The only bad experience I've had is a cheapy portable DVD player from Argos (Venturer brand). At the start, it would play DVD-R/RWs no bother, then started having problems - skipping, etc. on different disks. After about 2 months would only play standard DVDs. This mightn't bother everyone, but looks like the laser used was becoming less powerful after a while. Same thing happened to an identical player a friend bought.

    BTW - the players I've used/bought as presents are: Smyth's Toys: €52 (incl. [cheap n cheerful]speakers and a subwoofer!), The Amstrad DivX player from Dunnes (€40-ish) - all running fine after 12 months+.


  • #6
    redzer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 105 ✭✭redzer


    Guess you get what you pay for!

    Thanks for the replies guys.


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  • #7
    emmet14
    Closed Accounts Posts: 65 ✭✭emmet14


    i havent had that problem. mine is a sony one and its worked fine for over six months.... does anyone know does it play xvid?? it has divx playback. its a dvp-ns36 model. if anyone has the same could they reply please
    thanks


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