Topic: 4960 steal

[L Ron Hoover]

Received this thing yesterday. Man, is it small!!! You can actually dampen it?

[larrysellers]

Mine arrived yesterday also (ok, I went ahead and bought 2 since my father-in-law needed a new dvd palyer) and I couldn't be happier. My playback rig should be together by the end of the month.

[Nick's Picks]

awesome.
nice to see so many people capitalize.
+T

While they last, unbelieveable price, almost amazing really. I may pick-up a couple more just to tinker with.

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http://www.hhgregg.com/ShoppingCart.asp?SID=144FC19A1CDA407083602669AFB60A35&ProductID=11750&ItemID=11158&FFCode=S

[Daryan]

I am glad everyone is enjoying thier steal of the week.  I will see what other steals I can find on a regular basis.  Start the mods by getting some blue-tac or even some sticky floor laminate at your local store.  Open the unit up, and dampen the chassis as well as the actual POS plastic mechanism the cd goes in.  The next step would be a lot more involved and further reading can be had a few threads down.  Just ask if you happen to have some questions.

Enjoy

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[kindms]

played 1 CD and it will not play anything else at all. i am on phoine with toshiba now.

looks like i got a lemon

[larrysellers]

played 1 CD and it will not play anything else at all. i am on phoine with toshiba now.

looks like i got a lemon

Sorry to here that b/c mine played everything I threw at it. PAL & NTSC dvd (originals and backups), svcd burned to dvd-r, SACD, DVD-A, mixed content PAL/NTSC dvd-r....everything really except vcd (which I didn't try b/c I don't have any). Good luck

[kindms]

Well I set the thing up. I tossed stings "bring on the night" in and it fired right up. I had the headphones on and it sounded good (headphones through my amp)

I grabbed a cd-r of a live show I had and it started right up. Cool i thought. then I went to skip a track and it took a bit then started playing the track i was previously listening to. hmm I thought. So I stopped it and ejected it. Put it back in and then it wouldnt do antything it just stayed on the "LOAD" screen.

So I grabbed another silverback and it would just stay on load also. I grabbed a DVD and it did the samething. I powered it down unplugged it. Gave it several minutes and powered it back up. Samething. Called Toshiba and they answered the phone FAST. Guy was like call hhgreg and see what the return policy is (we only have refurbs he says).

hhgreg - took forever to answer the phone but thats my only complaint. They are supposed to be overnighting me a return label and as you as it scans returning they will ship a new unit. I figured that was good customer service. So if everything goes according to plan it wont be that big a deal at all

[L Ron Hoover]

I just tried DVDA in mine. I'd better pull it back out of the box and throw some other formats at it tonight. (I picked it up as a back-up to my 4900)

[kindms]

I thought that I would post my experience with hhgreg.

I have to say that I am very happy with them. I was a little concerned giving the amount of time on hold before a rep answered the phone. When he did I wasn't really filled with confidence. Well the return / replacement went exactly as he described.

They had UPS show up with a label to pick up the unit on Friday, I had a brand new player waiting for me when I got home yesterday. It seems to work just fine. the remote seems a little finicky but i think i remember folks saying that. It has played dvd's cd-rs and everything else I have thrown at it. I still have to get a dvd-a or 2 but so far so good with the replacement

[JackoRoses]

I dropped the coin on one last night.
They had free shipping, so that sort of offset the slight price increase.
I needed something anyway for the living room.
I have not owned a tv in 10 + years and a friend made me take one
he was given so I guess I might as well tinker around.

[Ray76]

I dropped the coin on one last night.
They had free shipping, so that sort of offset the slight price increase.
I needed something anyway for the living room.
I have not owned a tv in 10 + years and a friend made me take one
he was given so I guess I might as well tinker around.

I have a real nice TV but have only watched about two hours total in the entire last year.
just aint my thing.

Thanks.  I'll sleep better tonight.

No problem cupcake.

Any time. 

[JackoRoses]

I dropped the coin on one last night.
They had free shipping, so that sort of offset the slight price increase.
I needed something anyway for the living room.
I have not owned a tv in 10 + years and a friend made me take one
he was given so I guess I might as well tinker around.

I have a real nice TV but have only watched about two hours total in the entire last year.
just aint my thing.

Thanks.  I'll sleep better tonight.

Am I missing something here? Because the vibe I get from that post is not jiving.

[Ray76]

I dropped the coin on one last night.
They had free shipping, so that sort of offset the slight price increase.
I needed something anyway for the living room.
I have not owned a tv in 10 + years and a friend made me take one
he was given so I guess I might as well tinker around.

 
I have a real nice TV but have only watched about two hours total in the entire last year.
just aint my thing.

Thanks.  I'll sleep better tonight.

Am I missing something here? Because the vibe I get from that post is not jiving.

[Ray76]

I dropped the coin on one last night.
They had free shipping, so that sort of offset the slight price increase.
I needed something anyway for the living room.
I have not owned a tv in 10 + years and a friend made me take one
he was given so I guess I might as well tinker around.

I have a real nice TV but have only watched about two hours total in the entire last year.
just aint my thing.

Thanks.  I'll sleep better tonight.

Am I missing something here? Because the vibe I get from that post is not jiving.

Hes/shes a troll. funny at times. 

[neumannkid]

picked up this player yesterday and Its definitely worth 60$ Played some 24bit shows last night, Im hooked Now I just need a recorder to do the dirty work