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Thread: WHO MAKES DURABRAND??????? |
    
the man with the plan Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Friday, June 24, 2005 - 03:06 am: |
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my 2 cents...
I bought the HT-3915 just cuz it was under $40. i searched the box for info on the audio inputs and all i found was "DVD, Game, Aux". i foolishly presumed DVD would mean there was a digital input. well suffice it to say there are only RCA inputs and the HT doesn't produce true 5.1 surround. technically the manual shouldn't even state "5.1 channel" nowhere does it say Dolby, DTS or any other decoding spec that would give true 5.1 surround, but that's my fault and i'm man enough to admit i wasted $40. is it a piece of junk? not really it's just not what i was looking for and i'm not mad about it. i eventually worked out a way to hear the true 5.1 that my sound card delivers by combining the HT-3915 with my RCA.
as for getting what you paid for...that's a ridiculous statement. some of the best advice is free. |
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New member Username: Spongebag7
Post Number: 3
Registered: Jun-05
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| Posted on Friday, June 24, 2005 - 06:03 pm: |
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I found out everything Durabrand makes.
Speakers, Home Theaters, DVD/VHS Players, and all Portable Audio - Lenoxx Sound
TVs - Funai
Car Audio - Resonance
Blank VHS and Blank CD-Rs - Maxell
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| Posted on Friday, July 01, 2005 - 12:25 pm: |
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For Durabrand Portable DVD Players, look up Initial Technology in La Verne CA 91750. I found the website quicky and called customer support and got the replacement part I lost in 5 minutes. They were knowledgeable and nice. She said Wal-Mart puts their own name, Durabrand, on the products manufactured by other companies. |
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| Posted on Monday, July 04, 2005 - 04:30 pm: |
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DOES ANYONE KNOW THE 4 DIGIT CODE FOR DURABRAND TV'S TO PROGRAMME THE SKY DIGITAL REMOTE??? |
jasper johnson Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Thursday, July 07, 2005 - 05:23 am: |
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Durabrand buys sucky products and sells em cheap, after haveing a car stereo break and unable to get the cd out, i had to buy a new player, and while i was at it i took apart the durabrand ind i found some very funky solder jobs and some very cheap components inside it. |
New member Username: Spongebag7
Post Number: 4
Registered: Jun-05
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| Posted on Saturday, July 09, 2005 - 01:50 am: |
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I recently bought a cheap AM/FM cassette player. The box stated "stereo", but the radio was in mono. The headphones were great though, I hooked them up to my MP3 player and they sounded great.
I guess if you need a new pair of headphones, buy the cheap $5 cassette player (same headphones) and just forget the disposable cassette player.
Oh, to Naz, Durabrand TVs don't connect to other remotes...really g@y. |
New member Username: Bchallm
Virginia Beach,
VA
USA
Post Number: 1
Registered: Jul-05
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| Posted on Saturday, July 09, 2005 - 02:20 am: |
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I have done some extensive research and see that for most of the electronics ALCO is the manufacturer of the Durabrand name. For televisions and other select items, FUNAI is the manufacturer. WHAT ABOUT LENOXX? Well, Lennox is a trading company that offers the warranties and manuals for the Durabrand name, just as ORION offers the warranties for the television and computer products. Being that Funai manufacturers these items, they are also the Manual holders for the select items. I hope this clears things up a little. This may also explain why another postmaster above got a Symphonics code to work on his television. Symphonics is also under the FUNAI brand. |
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| Posted on Tuesday, July 12, 2005 - 11:29 pm: |
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Durabrand for life, Holmes!
You guys with dvd or cd problems . . . try cleaning your lens. As for you guys with defective durabrand products - quit dropping them on the ground. Young children have the natural tendency to drop stuff on the ground because they neither have the developed cognitive and/or motor skills to avoid it.
For you mac losers . . . microsoft owned the company at one time. Now IBM is making chips for new macs - what a joke considering that steve jobs wanted to destroy IBM long long ago! PCs rule. I've seen all you mac losers have problems with your product and you guys are still die hard because you are too proud to amdit that mac's are overpriced. I love the fact that you losers pay nearly double the price of PC products and they become so outdated in a matter of 1-2 years. For example, I love that the g3 laptop has no pin release button when a disc gets stuck and love that its wireless function is only "b." I can give a rats buttom that it had a titanum housing (the g3 is now obsolete like my hp pentium 3 desktop, however I didn't pay a crap load of money for it . .. lol!) |
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| Posted on Thursday, July 21, 2005 - 03:08 am: |
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I have a durabrand home theater system, obviusly made by lenoxx cuz its on there website. It has good sound quality, excelent bass frequency response, I never thaught a $49 surround sound system would actually be able to hit the infrasonic bass(under 30Hz) - it does, however the bass is a litle weak at high volume and so is the midrange, but it sounds better than my $900 pioneer stereo whitch eats tapes and scratches cd's - even after cleaning!
About mac vs. pc..... MAC beats WINBLOWS, PC with LINUX beats them ALL!!!!... LINUX is THE BEST!
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| Posted on Wednesday, July 27, 2005 - 03:19 pm: |
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Please if someone can help me, I need schematic diagram for Durabrand Color TV 14" model: CTV 14 NF |
yoghihlhjnkuj Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Friday, July 29, 2005 - 02:53 pm: |
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Hey i work for wal-mart and it is a 90 day return policy now... durabrands are the most aweful things ever 1 in every 4 comeback to cuz because they break they are made so poorly. alco makes most of the durabrand stuff |
dozza1981uk Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Friday, August 05, 2005 - 05:31 pm: |
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i have found the code for the durabrand tv it is the same as the bush tv codes which are on this site
http://www.satalogue.com/section13/page2.htm
i have set the code in my sky remote and works fine using the 4 digit code |
New member Username: Grateful11
Post Number: 7
Registered: Dec-04
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| Posted on Saturday, August 06, 2005 - 11:08 pm: |
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Macs outdated in 1-2 years! That's such a load of bull there are millions using Macs right that are 4 years of age or older. A 4-6 year old PC isn't worth squat. My 533mhz dual proceesor G4 is now 4 1/2 years old and chugs along just fine, doing everything from Photoshop to DVD burning without so much as a hicup, no spyware, virus's or any of that crap you have to deal with. Most PC's are so messed by the time they're 4 years old they're landfill food. My 4 1/2 year old G4 is still worth about $500, I bought used. |
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| Posted on Monday, August 08, 2005 - 04:50 pm: |
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what a waste of time reading this! No concensus, nothing to help the unweary buyer. Please turn this into something beneficial instead of just whining about stuff that broke. Give someone an idea of a better product or who has really helped you. |
Silver Member Username: Videoguy
Post Number: 120
Registered: Apr-05
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| Posted on Monday, August 08, 2005 - 06:01 pm: |
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I think the reason no one has come up with an answer is because Durabrand is not actually a brand name...it’s not even made by Wal-Mart! Durabrand stuff is actually made by several different companies depending on which product you buy (TV, cd player, car stereo and so on) and Wal-Mart just puts the Durabrand name on it. I happen to know that the all the TVs, VCRs, DVD players and other AV equipment with the Durabrand name are made by Funai which is crap!!! |
zxcvbnm Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Tuesday, August 09, 2005 - 09:44 pm: |
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Durabrand is made by either Lenoxx, Alco, or Funai.
The Lenoxx and Alco products are decent, but stay away from Funai. |
mystery guy Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Wednesday, August 31, 2005 - 09:37 pm: |
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My son put a password for parentail block and forgot it, so i can only watch g rated movies, i was wondering is there like a master password? |
eggsbeeped Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Saturday, September 03, 2005 - 10:27 am: |
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i've had a durabrand home theater for over two years. Not a problem in the world. Sounds great and works great. I took an chance and it paid off unlike some of the high priced "crap" i have. |
Gold Member Username: Samijubal
Post Number: 1548
Registered: Jul-04
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| Posted on Saturday, September 03, 2005 - 12:33 pm: |
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If it's a Wal Mart brand, it's the cheapest crap they can find. |
TRENT310 Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Sunday, September 18, 2005 - 02:53 am: |
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And that's why you buy it at Wal-Mart because of the low prices! When they have those monthly sales and get rid of some VCRs for $20, then that's fine, even if I can't find any way to get into the menu.
If you want quality, find an old Sony Betamax VTR (you can also find them in the trash) that still works as well as it always did, *and* it has higher quality than VHS. They don't make stuff as well as they used to.
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Quote:» Most PC's are so messed by the time they're 4 years old they're landfill food.
Well I go to the computer recycling centre every week and I get 10 year old computers that still work perfectly! They are fine webservers, TVs, cash registers, routers, internet appliances, etc.. if you have Linux installed.
On the other hand, my Mac Performa 6400 just keeps giving me a disk question mark icon on startup, I restore the software, it works for a few days, and it doesn't.
It takes 10 minutes to spool a document to print something "in the background". |
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| Posted on Wednesday, September 21, 2005 - 08:27 pm: |
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Here is some info for the Durabrand 7" portable DVD player, there is a one year parts warranty by Initial Technology Inc and 90 days labor. you have to contact them directly. 800-216-5156 You must have the date of the receipt, but they said that you can have the unit scanned at the store for the purchase date. By the way, my DVD player worked perfectly until my son spilled milk on it, and then I had no problems getting the company to fix it (I did have to pay some labor charge).
After one year though, you have to take it somewhere else. Intial Technology will still help troblehoot over the phone though.
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jazdalene Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Saturday, September 24, 2005 - 09:15 pm: |
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For most of the car cd and mp3 changers, xtreme products make durabrand. I found info for my durabrand cd changer at http://xtremeproduct.com/WMS7100MP3.htm |
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| Posted on Monday, September 26, 2005 - 04:19 pm: |
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I am not sure who makes it but I do have a phone # that you can call and TRY to get help but good luck in that. All I got was alot of nothing.
1-800-252-6123 That is the # for customer service, make sure that you have the s/n # and the model # or you wont get anywhere. Durabrand sticks !!!!!!!!! |
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| Posted on Thursday, September 29, 2005 - 07:30 pm: |
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I'm very fed up with Durabrand/Lenoxx products. 4 of 5 CD players were malfunctioned. They would play, but they would garble high noises. G*Y! I will never buy a product again from Lenoxx or Durabrand again! |
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| Posted on Friday, September 30, 2005 - 04:45 am: |
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I have found that the "One For All" remote control works well with my Durabrand. It takes the Orion code. The "One For All" works with all my TV's, VCR's & DVD players, "all different brands". I have 4 of them and threw away all the other remotes I had. |
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| Posted on Friday, September 30, 2005 - 07:43 pm: |
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I've found that Lenoxx also makes Audio Solutions. (a brand found at Walgreens) |
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| Posted on Sunday, October 02, 2005 - 03:18 am: |
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hey my durabrand home theater surround sound works fine. i bought it at walmart and i think its fine. so all you durabrand basheres can shutup |
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| Posted on Sunday, October 02, 2005 - 03:25 am: |
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| Posted on Sunday, October 02, 2005 - 03:28 am: |
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| Posted on Monday, October 03, 2005 - 02:32 pm: |
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i've just purchased the duraband freeview box and it works great but some of the channles like dicovery are locked out ...anyone know how to unlock them for free ? |
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| Posted on Friday, October 07, 2005 - 12:34 am: |
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Hi, I have recently purchased a Durabrand 20 inch tv from asda. It worked fine up until yesterday when i turned it on and had no channels. I have a freeview box, the actual sound plays through, but nothing appears on screen. When i disconnect the freeview box and just try to pick up normal analogue signal, nothing is detected. Please help .......... |
maxwall Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Saturday, October 08, 2005 - 06:32 am: |
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Try using the codes for the 'ORION' brand name for Durabrand TV's It worked for my SKY remote. |
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| Posted on Saturday, October 08, 2005 - 07:16 pm: |
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Anybody know the code I should use for a Directv remote control for a Durabrand TV? :S |
Bronze Member Username: Smokey847
Post Number: 12
Registered: Apr-05
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| Posted on Tuesday, October 11, 2005 - 11:36 am: |
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Hi.
I purchased a Durabrand portable DVD player 7" for my son's birthday. It worked fine at first, but now it won't play half of his DVDs. I would highly not recommend Durabrand! |
CarrieB Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Tuesday, October 11, 2005 - 01:56 pm: |
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I bought Durabrand TV's for 2 Katrina evacuees that lost everything. I can't get the remotes to work right. Does anybody know how to go to a channel directly or do you have to do channel up or down every time? When there are over a hundred channels this sure can be a pain. Thanks. |
curious1234 Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Thursday, October 13, 2005 - 09:10 pm: |
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could any one give me a web address for durabrand if it exists to find manuals? |
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| Posted on Sunday, October 16, 2005 - 03:27 pm: |
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i never had much problem. the only problems i had is because it was my fault. i ended up being careless of my portable cd players and broke them by dropping them. but it took 4 times to accidently drop it to actually brake them. now i have one that i have had for a year and it still works. i think that many of you just don't have the luck on some products or the walmarts in your towns suck because i know many people that never had problems with this brand so we must have an awesome walmart here. |
tired of whiners Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Sunday, October 30, 2005 - 07:45 pm: |
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If you want quality results you have to go out and spend a reasonable amount of money at a quality dealer. If you want something that will last only slightly longer than the lifetime of a fruitfly then by all means go to Big Box Mart, waste your hard earned money on the cheapest version of whatever it is you're looking for and then when it doesn't work for more than a week or have all the features you want go whine to the world how unfair life is to you. Boo f'n Hoo!
Quality does cost more, learn the lesson! Spend your money at a quality local store that needs your support to stay in business or spend it at the Big Box Mart and watch all your jobs disappear. |
shamu - 5 Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Sunday, October 30, 2005 - 08:16 pm: |
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best post of the year |
Silver Member Username: Videoguy
Post Number: 126
Registered: Apr-05
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| Posted on Monday, October 31, 2005 - 02:51 am: |
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Hay "tired of whiners" couldn't have put it better myself!!
Stop buying chap crap and then complaining when it doesn't work after a week. Here's a clue; GET A DECENT JOB so you'll actually have money to buy something of quality so then you can actually be proud of your investment. Heh, then again maybe you want to live on welfare and buy crappy $50.00 surround systems...your choice. Success doesn't come to you, you have to work hard at it...REAL HARD! Trust me, I have.
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namebrandsarepointless Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Wednesday, November 02, 2005 - 01:03 am: |
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To Steve Dickerson, I use a $50 durabrand system and could not be more pleased with it. I did not use welfare money to buy it, I just prefere to spend my hard earned money on things that are actually important in life. Perhaps material crap is all you have in your life, if so I feel sorry for you. By the way, all your hard earned success obviously did not come using grammer, I don't know what "chap" is. Maybe you meant cheap. |
Silver Member Username: Videoguy
Post Number: 131
Registered: Apr-05
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| Posted on Wednesday, November 02, 2005 - 02:34 am: |
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Okay my apologies.
None of what I said should have ever made it onto this forum; on that day I was mad at my sister's boyfriend (who happens to be a unemployed lazy bum). He's always hitting my sister up for money so that he can buy the latest and greatest...and he's always whining to everyone when it breaks. so I was in my "mad at the world wish people would just get a life" mood and I just picked a really bad place to vent...you all have my utmost apologies.
So what I said here should have been said directly to him.
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tired of you losers Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Wednesday, November 02, 2005 - 11:27 am: |
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bull s h i t , what you said was right these people are welfare patsies they are being duped into buying (chap) cheap welfare walmart junk instead of quality electronics, because they are to stupid to know better. and the things they consider important in life are down at the local bar or the crack dealer at the corner. |
New member Username: Reinhart
Post Number: 4
Registered: Nov-05
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| Posted on Wednesday, November 02, 2005 - 04:08 pm: |
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Let's make one point here, shall we?
If you must buy electronics, don't buy them from Wal-Mart. There may be some exceptions, like game systems, but don't bother with Wal-Mart in general.
If you have to buy electronics from a discount retailer, get it from Target. But, if you want a halfway decent selection of gear, get it from places like Best Buy or Circuit City.
If you are after something that is considered more of an investment and not a throw-away, then seek out a bona-fide hi-fi store.
The problem with Wal-Mart is that they stock the lowest end stuff from both name brands and knock-offs. Most of the stuff isn't worth buying if what you are after is a piece of equipment that will not only perform, but will likely last long enough to make the purchase worthwhile.
As for the origin of Durabrand, it is a brand, along with "iLo," that is owned and marketed exclusively by Wal-Mart. The electronics made under those brands are made by third party original equipment manufacturers like Funai, Orion, and the like.
This is very much akin to other store brands like RadioShack's "Optimus" and "Realistic" brands, JCPenney's "MCS Series" brand, K-Mart's "KMC" brand, Montgomery Ward's "Norge" and "Signature 2000" brands, and, of course, Sears' "SR" (Sears Roebuck) and Kenmore brands. Although the brands mentioned have had superior products compared to Wal-Mart, this ends up really being nothing new.
But, you might have to expect some level of "short cutting" compared to brands that are at least fairly dedicated to making electronics and appliances. The only exceptions may be for vintage stuff that was produced for the "MCS Series" as well as many of the RadioShack products.
The moral, ultimately, is to research, research, RESEARCH. Don't instantly go for the cheapest thing outright without doing your homework. And, if you're not sure about something even though it's cheap, don't buy it. Always think of the long term.
For instance, it may only cost $15 for a Durabrand portable CD player while a Sony Walkman CD player will cost $30. But, as evidenced through anecdotes here, the Sony will last you longer while you may have to possibly replace the Durabrand more often. You end up spending less in the long haul as the Sony will keep spinning discs long after you've bought many Durabrand CD players to keeping playing CDs in the same span of time. - Reinhart |
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| Posted on Tuesday, November 08, 2005 - 04:21 pm: |
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hi i need to find the manual for thr durabrand DCT1492S portable tv/dvd combi that i bought from asda store in uk,spent ages looking all over web and cant find one anywhere ,thanks x |
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| Posted on Wednesday, November 09, 2005 - 12:37 pm: |
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I have had a Durabrand portable DVD player with 2 screens for quite some time. It has been dropped, jostled, stomped on, and has been left in the car 24/7 in hot central Florida. We've never had a problem with it and in fact recommended that a family member purchase one -- and she's had terrific luck with it as well. |
Bronze Member Username: Reinhart
Post Number: 70
Registered: Nov-05
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| Posted on Saturday, November 12, 2005 - 12:12 am: |
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I'm glad to hear that you are having good luck with your Durabrand.
But, this is only one positive experience compared to several ones that were negative.
Because of the odds, I'd still advise sticking with brands that have a reputation. That is, of course, after you make your choice from research.
But, I do hope that your investment stays working. - Reinhart |
New member Username: Louigi123
Post Number: 1
Registered: Nov-05
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| Posted on Friday, November 18, 2005 - 11:32 pm: |
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I found Durabrands support site. It is http://18002526123.com/durabrand/ . P.S. Alco makes Durabrand. |
Lisamarie Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Saturday, November 26, 2005 - 07:18 pm: |
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I am having significant buyer's remorse after having read this message board. I just bought a brand new, still in the box, Durabrand portable DVD player off ebay thinking it was a good deal. The bid began at $70 and I got it for $95 over 14 other bidders. Walmart retails the same model for $99 so I figured I saved a few bucks. Now I feel like I got rooked. I hope I am one of the persons who does not have a problem with it. Without having purchased it from the store I feel like I will be totally out of luck in terms of returning it if I should have problems. Pray for me! |
freak on a leash Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Saturday, November 26, 2005 - 11:54 pm: |
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What's up haters I have an "HT-400" home theater system made by DURABRAND and have owned it for almost three years now and it f*$%!n works awesome man. I've read most of these postings and none have anything bad to say about the Home theater systems from Durabrand just the tv's,cd players and dvd players????????.........Damn I hope my s#!t ain't next... |
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| Posted on Sunday, November 27, 2005 - 02:17 pm: |
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Guys,
I just Purchased the Durabrand Dual Screen 7 Inch DVD player from Walmart for $199 (Dual-7B model):
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=4288266
WALMART SELLS EXTENDED WARRANTIES! I just bought a 3 year extended warranty for $22 here:
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=4100387&dept=3944&path=0%3A 3944%3A130962%3A426667
Finally, the support site is here:
http://18002526123.com/
Good luck!
Ash. |
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| Posted on Monday, November 28, 2005 - 09:19 pm: |
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I bought two lennox tape recorder fm am radios . The first one I took back , The second one had the same problem but they(family dollar) would not replace it or refund my money. I called the lennox company and they did not honor the warrenty. I will never buy Lennox again. |
Researching... Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Wednesday, November 30, 2005 - 02:38 pm: |
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I am thinking of the durabrand for my kids, the dual screen 7 inch DVD player (& get the extended warranty). Can one child be using the gaming screen w/PS2 and the other be using the DVD player screen at the same time? What other brands that may be better quality offer this same feature?? |
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| Posted on Sunday, December 04, 2005 - 01:44 am: |
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I bought a Durabrand car stereo. It is a cd/mp3/am-fm reciever. It is a big piece of crap! The first one I had before I exchanged it went bad before the first month was up. It would act like it would loose power and then keep shutting off and the reset button would need pressed. I exchanged it with Wal-mart and the next one went bad by shutting off and the face wouldn't fully light up within 4 months....I kept it anyway because th 90 warranty was up. Now it won't even turn or or it will for a second or two then turn completely off. DO NOT buy this brand. It is better to just pay the extra 20-30 dollars and buy a name brand product or you might as well throw your money in the trashcan or burn it. |
just_questions Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Friday, December 09, 2005 - 11:55 pm: |
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My daughter has a small tv/vcr combo and the name on it is Durabrand. The remote |
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