Asda DVD Player - £9

[Knock-on]

Asda are advertising a portable DVD player, with remote and AV leads in The Currant Bun for £9.

9 QUID!!!

That's amazing.

At that price, it almost silly not to have one and this is where the problems start.

Why bother getting anything fixed. It would cost more to go to the repair shop in Fuel now than to pick one up when you do your weekly shop.

What about the environmental impact. We just throw away, discard, landfill and consume more resources.

Now they are talking about building plastic electronics to make them cheaper to produce and of course, they are made of Hydrocarbons and are not recyclable.

Is £9 too cheap and how cheap will things get. How can they get cheaper?

I'm staggered!!!

[harsha]

blame it on mass production, My uncle who works in China says you can get all them DVD players for about 200 Rupees over there -that's about 3 Pounds...and if it gets damaged,why bother...that seems to be the philosophy,can't say i agree with it though

[Brown, Jon Brow]

Asda are advertising a portable DVD player, with remote and AV leads in The Currant Bun for £9.

9 QUID!!!

That's amazing.

At that price, it almost silly not to have one and this is where the problems start.

Why bother getting anything fixed. It would cost more to go to the repair shop in Fuel now than to pick one up when you do your weekly shop.

What about the environmental impact. We just throw away, discard, landfill and consume more resources.

Now they are talking about building plastic electronics to make them cheaper to produce and of course, they are made of Hydrocarbons and are not recyclable.

Is £9 too cheap and how cheap will things get. How can they get cheaper?

I'm staggered!!!

So the DVD player costs less than the actual DVD's!!

How ironic

[CarlMetro]

These are the days when it is cheaper, financially, to go buy a replacement than repair. They are also the days when it is cheaper to chuck something perfectly serviceable away rather than transport it, because it might actually be more expensive to transport than buy new.

As technology advances, the older components become cheaper thus leading to yesterdays technology being made available for peanuts.

[Drew]

TBH I wouldn't buy it, it's likely to break down within the first few months, would anybody else actually buy it?

[Knock-on]

TBH I wouldn't buy it, it's likely to break down within the first few months, would anybody else actually buy it?

It will still have a warrenty and TBH, it's just as likely to break down as a £90 one. Most componants come from a select number of suppliers.

[Drew]

It will still have a warrenty and TBH, it's just as likely to break down as a £90 one. Most componants come from a select number of suppliers.

But for £9 it has to be pretty damn shoddy, corners must have been cut to be able to make it and sell it that cheap

[Dave B]

It'll be like the £17 Tesco DVD player: awful picture and build quality, but fine for a spare room or for the optically challenged.

Asda. The same company who brought you the £19 suit. Ideal for your first court appearance.

[Knock-on]

Asda. The same company who brought you the £19 suit. Ideal for your first court appearance.

and Dave lives in Kent. He should know :

[Dave B]

Aye. Outside Chatham magistrate's court it looks like Primark's window display.