GE  GE1106P DVD Player
cheap heat bucket..
Got this player as a replacement for my 1105P which was sent back to GE under an \\"service request\\" for a firmware upgrade. Basically it is the same as the 1105P - and has the same problems. The unit overheats and then dies. The first one I received from GE lasted all but 24 hours before it no longer read any known good dvds. I shipped the defective unit back, and got another in return. Being a electronics technician by trade, I decided to see why this unit [goes] out so fast? <br />I found out that the main processor runs very very hot - caused by a poor circuit design. Combine this with poor air circulation in the case design and you get instant failure. I installed a...1 inch square heat sink on the processor and ran the unit without a cover. 1 month later it is still ticking - no freezes, no skipping - no \\"unable to read this dvd\\" messages. Even with the heat sink, the processor is very warm, but not like it was before. If you were to re-install the cover - the unit would probably hang up, so I would suggest a cpu fan with heat sink to cure the trouble. I have mentioned this to GE, which most definitely fell on deaf ears...<br />Keeping this modification in mind, this is not such a bad DVD player. The quality of the picture from the player is actually quite good, and the digital audio optical output is actually not too shabby. The menu is quite easy to navigate through. The remote is programmable which is nice. <br />I do wish GE would smarten up and do a real re-design on this model - adding a small heatsink and adding proper ventilation does wonders and would cost them so little. <br />If you get this model be prepared to do a small modification in order to get a usable product.