Sally Cumm
I have a hiteker portable DVD player that I've had about for a year now. When I was watching movies it would stop mid-way and I would try to start it up again but it wouldnt. Now it wont play at all. When I put the DVD player in it tries to read the disc and you can hear it trying to load up but then it says NO DISC. I probably knocked something out of place. I want to take it to Sears to have them fix it up. Would it be worth getting fixed or should I just buy a new DVD player? Does anyone have any idea about how much it would cost to get it fixed?
Answer
If you have the 1 year warranty, you can contact the manufacturer's customer service at helpdesk@hiteker.com and explain your problem.
Unfortunately the manufacturer is in the Neatherlands, and I'm assuming you bought it at a Sears in the US.
You could also appeal to Sears, but if you don't have your receipt, you'll have to remember the date of purchase and hope you bought the extended warranty. Many times the manufacturer is very conscious about helping customers.
According to their website, they offer an exchange-for-new warranty, and their warranty is actually good for 2 years! So get in touch with them and maybe if they won't fix your player, you might upgrade to a new (working) one.
I don't know what it cost, but it is probably going to cost you more to have someone fix it than to just buy a new one. But the best deal is to have them replace it.
If you have the 1 year warranty, you can contact the manufacturer's customer service at helpdesk@hiteker.com and explain your problem.
Unfortunately the manufacturer is in the Neatherlands, and I'm assuming you bought it at a Sears in the US.
You could also appeal to Sears, but if you don't have your receipt, you'll have to remember the date of purchase and hope you bought the extended warranty. Many times the manufacturer is very conscious about helping customers.
According to their website, they offer an exchange-for-new warranty, and their warranty is actually good for 2 years! So get in touch with them and maybe if they won't fix your player, you might upgrade to a new (working) one.
I don't know what it cost, but it is probably going to cost you more to have someone fix it than to just buy a new one. But the best deal is to have them replace it.
Should i buy my 13 year old son a portable dvd player or an mp4 player for his birthday?
mikehdixon
just seems like if he can rip dvd to mp4 anyhow, it's pointless getting a dvd player - or am i over simplifying things?
Answer
DVD players are more convenient because no "ripping" of DVDs is involved. Ripping is not as trivial as people think it is. Some of it is prety cumbersome having to "rip" files with one program than compress them to fit with another program. Hours of time per DVD. Yech.
The best program I've come across is Pocket DVD Studio and it is still near real time to do all the ripping.
There really is no content to speak of for MP4 players today except for agreements for a few shows. That is changing, but slowly. My guess is that more liberal access to good content won't happen for another year or two.
If you have a TiVo Series 2, you can transfer shows to the MP4 so you could fill it with Spongebob or whatever the boy likes much more easily with the illegality.
If you want to save money on music and TV for the kid, one thing to consider getting is the Creative Zen Vision: M rather than the video iPod. As long as you are going to legally obtain your music, buying tracks on iTunes or on CDs and ripping them can add up to several hundred dollars a year. With the Creative Zen Vision: M, you can rent enough music to fill the player with thousands of songs, switch them out any time for thousands of other songs for a low monthly subscription fee of as little as $10 a month. I bought $$$$ thousands of dollars of albums and CDs as a teenager and young adult. Now I only rent my music because it is so much cheaper (less than a penny a song per month).
DVD players are more convenient because no "ripping" of DVDs is involved. Ripping is not as trivial as people think it is. Some of it is prety cumbersome having to "rip" files with one program than compress them to fit with another program. Hours of time per DVD. Yech.
The best program I've come across is Pocket DVD Studio and it is still near real time to do all the ripping.
There really is no content to speak of for MP4 players today except for agreements for a few shows. That is changing, but slowly. My guess is that more liberal access to good content won't happen for another year or two.
If you have a TiVo Series 2, you can transfer shows to the MP4 so you could fill it with Spongebob or whatever the boy likes much more easily with the illegality.
If you want to save money on music and TV for the kid, one thing to consider getting is the Creative Zen Vision: M rather than the video iPod. As long as you are going to legally obtain your music, buying tracks on iTunes or on CDs and ripping them can add up to several hundred dollars a year. With the Creative Zen Vision: M, you can rent enough music to fill the player with thousands of songs, switch them out any time for thousands of other songs for a low monthly subscription fee of as little as $10 a month. I bought $$$$ thousands of dollars of albums and CDs as a teenager and young adult. Now I only rent my music because it is so much cheaper (less than a penny a song per month).
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