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Re: Toshiba 3950 reliability issues? HK-DVD-31 is my pick.

I modded my 3950 in April '04. Transport stopped reading DVDs after 5 months (even though I rarely used it for movies) so I replaced it. It's running fine with maybe 2-6 hrs. Redbook use everyday. (I also heatsinked the HOT running chips, so maybe that's adding life to the audio board?).

It recognizes the media fast, but, it does glitch up every now and then (restarting the CD or stopping). I suspect the Tosh has a pretty tight tolerance for disc anomalies. Yeah, I wouldn't call it a stellar tracker, but the modded sound is great. I have a new 3950 in the closet for parts.

Oh, I used a Harman Kardon DVD22 for a while (same as DVD31 except it can't do DVD-Audio). Redbook sound was excellent. Wide soundstage with punch. You could turn off the video output and unit display by remote... nice.




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