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4960 croaks after about a year
« on: January 14, 2006, 01:11:12 PM »
Well after about a year my 4960 gave up the ghost the other day.  It fails to recognize any disks I give it....DVD, CD, CD-R, etc.  The thing sounded so nice too.....makes my 3960 sound awful.  I bought it knowing it was kind of a throw away but wish I would have gotten more than a year out of it.  :-\


So what's the new latest greatest universal player? :P
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Re: 4960 croaks after about a year
« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2006, 01:13:51 PM »
pioneer elite DV-45A

http://www.avperfection.com/Scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=32

or denon 2200 or 2900 (i have the 2900)
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Re: 4960 croaks after about a year
« Reply #2 on: January 14, 2006, 02:59:49 PM »
Have you tried one of those lens cleaner disks?  My 3960 was having trouble reading until I cleaned the lens.

I was looking through the Crutchfield catalog today and they have the 3980 for $49.99 and the 4980 for $99.99.  They also have a Sony NS50P for $79.99.  I can't tell you how any of them sound, but they are cheap.  Denon is much higher quality and much more $$$.
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Re: 4960 croaks after about a year
« Reply #3 on: January 14, 2006, 05:26:53 PM »
I think about 3-4 people here have the pioneer, Brian.

A couple reccomended it to me when I was looking.

Not bad price-wise either.

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Re: 4960 croaks after about a year
« Reply #4 on: January 14, 2006, 08:16:15 PM »
I'm looking for a Denon 2910, myself.

I love the sound of my Harman-Kardon DVD-31,  BUT  no SACD, and  it is a dog with burned DVD-As that requires some video to menu right and will output 5.1 digital on some 2.0 Stereo-only DVD-As unless a CD is played first.
The A/D and omps sounds pretty sweet and warm, however and the picture is A-1 when running DVD-V.
So, recapping, if you don't care about digout or SACD, and quirky isn't a major complaint, it's hard to find better.     ;)

I sold the Tosh 4960 within five days of buying it.



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Re: 4960 croaks after about a year
« Reply #5 on: January 14, 2006, 10:05:37 PM »
I am one of those owners of the pioneer elite dv-45a and love it...plays anything and everything I throw at it, and the vid picture is significantly better than the sony I used before...couldnt recommend it more

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Re: 4960 croaks after about a year
« Reply #6 on: January 15, 2006, 04:13:14 PM »
Thanks for the help guys.

I'm looking at the pioneer elite dv-45a and the denon dvd-1920.   
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Re: 4960 croaks after about a year
« Reply #7 on: January 15, 2006, 04:28:15 PM »
Sure thing.  :)

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Re: 4960 croaks after about a year
« Reply #8 on: January 15, 2006, 04:42:44 PM »
I'll throw in my support for either the elite dv-45 or the denon.

I borrowed a dv45 for several weeks and it was awesome.  I have a denon 2900 and it has been stellar.  Never used either for video, just audio playback.
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Re: 4960 croaks after about a year
« Reply #9 on: January 15, 2006, 05:26:31 PM »
buy something used that was out of your price range new.
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$450 used.

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Re: 4960 croaks after about a year
« Reply #10 on: January 15, 2006, 07:32:56 PM »
You may also want to look at the Onkyo DV-CP802.   A very nice, relatively low cost piece.  Plays everything and has nice built in DACs.

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Re: 4960 croaks after about a year
« Reply #11 on: January 15, 2006, 07:43:35 PM »
Oh yeah!

Thats right Goose..

Doug mods them too.

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Re: 4960 croaks after about a year
« Reply #12 on: January 16, 2006, 11:06:26 AM »
I finally hooked my 4960 up that I ordered last summer, and the compnent video out does not work. ::)
Oh well, the S video works, and it sounds decent.

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Re: 4960 croaks after about a year
« Reply #13 on: January 18, 2006, 07:40:36 AM »
I think mine is beginning to go too.... yesterday it wouldn't read a store-bought cd!   :o
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Re: 4960 croaks after about a year
« Reply #14 on: January 18, 2006, 08:01:21 AM »
sometimes, you get what you pay for.

 

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