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Blu-ray: How long has your player lasted?

The Sony I bought in Feb 2009 is still kicking. I've been kind of wishing it would die so I could buy a faster player, but it's hard to send working equipment (even if it is slow as molasses) out to pasture.
 
Still kicking after four years I think. Hell, my dvd player Pioneer dv-505 from 97 I think still works. The play button on the remote is worn out though.
 
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I should have started a thread that said. "How long has your LG Blu-Ray player lasted?" 🙂 Apparently these PS are bullet proof.
 
My friend had a PS3 disc drive go bad on him. I owned a PS3 briefly so no idea if its still working or not. The Samsung drive I have in my PC for 2 years has worked fine but it hardly gets used extensively.
 
My parents bought the Sony BDP-S350 on boxing day in 2008. Has worked ever since. I have had the 380 for about 2 years and it's fine too.
 
Had my fat PS3 for about 3 years. Dumped it when it got infected with Cinavia and replaced it with a WDTV Live Hub. BR is dead already. NetFlix, Vudu and Hulu pretty much cover it for us.
 
smitbret said:
Had my fat PS3 for about 3 years. Dumped it when it got infected with Cinavia and replaced it with a WDTV Live Hub. BR is dead already. NetFlix, Vudu and Hulu pretty much cover it for us.
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Oh noes!!
How badly does Cinavia corrupt the media?
Is it worth trying to find a player without it. or one on which it can be disabled?
 
True, cuz if it were, A/V companies would be working on ways to get rid of it. It is most certainly an infection, though. Once it is in your BR player, you can not get rid of it.
 
Same fat PS3...works perfect. Dust, clean and take care of your stuff, use conditioned A/C, make sure house is grounded properly for electric using 8' rod or grid. A lot of people don't know or realize when electronics dies suddenly it's often caused by older A/C specs from old lines to poor groundings. Eventually all those various factors can cripple some electronics but depends on many other factors as well including how good the components are.
Then again your BR player may have died from being poorly designed, defective or low quality parts too. But having a conditioned, well grounded and surge protected A/C in your house does really help electronics last longer. It's just expensive to have a whole house redone like that so most people never do until they get serious electrical issues. It's worth it though, even if you have to do it yourself.
 
I had my Vizio VBR334 since 2011 and it still works like when i first bought it

and my Vizio VBR133 i had since last year and it has gotten slower but it still works
 
Another VBR133 owner here - going on almost 1.5 years with my unit, but very minimal usage of it over that time. Probably less than 10 BDs played on it over that time. My eyesight has dropped off a good bit over the past 2 years, so I still can watch DVDs and not complain.
I had it apart to mod the wireless antenna for increased range. They just don't make these electronics like the stuff in the old days. I remember the first VCR players coming in at $999, and they'd run forever. The BD units cost around $100 and will probably last no more than 4-5 years.
 
My PS3 is still going strong, it's only a month away from it's fourth birthday.
My first panny player stopped playing Blu-ray disks after 3 years. The replacement,
also a panny, has been going strong for the last 2 years.
 
Funny I'm on my 4th PS3 while my old Panny BD-55 and BD-85 are still going strong. They're a bit on the slow side but no worries I'll ride those bad boys into the ground.
 
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