Cut rate DVD players may have inferior heat management. Usually easy to resolve, but can cost more in a service shop than what the player cost.
Bob
When I play a movie in my dvd player, it does o.k. for about the first hour of the movie and then the picture starts to "break up" and it finally freezes completely. When I remove the dvd from the player it seems to be very warm or hot. Is this normal? Does a dvd player have a cooling fan like a computer?
Is this a bad dvd player or a bad movie?
Virgil Hummel

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