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I had one of those. Just didn't seem practical. Made pretty cheaply too. Enter keys function differently depending on model. I always found universals to never be perfect. Always something missing, incompatible, or not working. Once you get the original, you'll be fine. I always use originals.
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I bought an early Sony DVD player (think the model# is something like DVP-S360) at a flea market several years back. It works fine for CDs, but every time I try to play a DVD, it throws some sort of error. Apparently, it's due to some micro-fuse(s) inside the unit which tend to blow out. I have yet to attempt to fix it, due to the SMD parts used.
Other than that, my oldest DVD player is a Pioneer DVL-909, which also plays LaserDiscs. It has a component video out, but it's only for DVDs. Seems to work fairly well, and even came with the original remote control (which just says "Pioneer DVD", for some reason). -Adam
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I scour the local Goodwill's several times a week, checking out their inventory of DVD players and VCR's. Bad thing about Goodwill is that there is NEVER a remote with the units, and for some reason, nobody ever includes the power cord or power supply with electronics, either. Most VCR's cost around $4-$5 and DVD players run around $5. I passed up on a Denon 5-disk DVD changer for $5 recently, mostly due to it's size. Seems everyone is going streaming and dumping DVD players like crazy. I've also learned to be VERY leery of electronics at Goodwill, and I've purchased too many that were defective.
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Goodwill here has a 7 day return policy, but if the item was $5 or under, I just recycle it instead and consider the cost a donation to Goodwill. It takes me 2-4 gallons of gas to return something, depending on which Goodwill I bought it at. One policy that baffles me about the Goodwill's around here is that if an electronic item has several components, such as a cordless phone system with a base unit and 3 or 4 extensions, they'll package and price them all separately, rather than as a group. What good is an extension cordless phone if it's not mated to the base unit it was designed for? They do the same thing with stuff like surround speakers, price each component separately rather than as a set.
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Yep, great rule of thumb, I swear one GW I frequent only ever has broken A/V stuff. Like the other GWs in the area send all their busted stuff there.
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