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Disney Recalls 102,000 DVD Players

By BetaNews Staff, BetaNews

April 13, 2006, 1:00 PM

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced Thursday a recall of 102,000 Disney-branded DVD players that were sold between April 2005 and March 2006. The devices contain battery packs that can overheat and potentially explode while being charged. 17 reports of overheating were filed with the Commission.

The affected DVD players came in a variety of themes of children and were sold at Disney theme parks, catalogs and at discount stores across the United States for between $70 and $130. Customers are urged to contact Memorex Electronics -- the company that distributed the batteries -- for a replacement. More information is available on the company's Web site.

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By kholdstare

posted Apr 14, 2006 - 3:23 PM

its only for the battery packs not the DVD players. nothing like some more quality news from beatnews.

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By giwo

posted Apr 13, 2006 - 4:46 PM

Suprise to me also...

But think of how funny such a court case would be...

"Thanks alot Mickey... now little Timmy needs a new lap".

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By fyrewalll

posted Apr 13, 2006 - 2:20 PM

Same here, I was like "since when does Disney sell DVD players?"

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By bourgeoisdude

posted Apr 13, 2006 - 1:33 PM

ouch. Better to recall though, almost strictly young people use these DVD players, so permanently injuring a young boy with a really rich lawyer as a father--big trouble :)

Honestly I didn't know disney sold dvd players until I read this though...

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