102,000 Disney DVD player batteries recalled

by Evan Blass, posted Apr 13th 2006 at 8:45PM

We see a lot of product recalls around here, and keep most of them to ourselves (unless, of course, we feel our readership faces certain danger), but we figured you'd be particularly interested in one that could prevent your kids' hands from getting burned. Memcorp, in conjunction with the Consumer Product Safety Commission, is recalling 102,000 battery packs for Disney-branded portable DVD players sold at theme parks and through Disney's online catalog from April 2005 through last month due to reports of overheating. Apparently the batteries, which were included with five different models (full list available by following the "Read" link), have drawn 17 complaints with regards to their toasty nature, including three reports each of property damage and minor skin irritation. This certainly isn't the first incidence of faulty batteries that we've seen, but usually manufacturers are thoughtful enough not to package them with products intended for children.

Filed under: Peripherals, Portable Video

Tags: batteries, battery, danger, disney, dvd, overheat, portable video, PortableVideo, recall

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Ned @ Apr 13th 2006 10:21PM

FIRST!

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paul @ Apr 13th 2006 10:47PM

ya know the whole "OMG FIRST POST !!!!!!111111ONE" thing is really lame

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emm @ Apr 13th 2006 10:56PM

whoopdy f***in doo, ned.
i never had liked disney, did the battery acid leak or did it just heat up?

OMFG THIRD POST!!!!11!!!!ONE!!!1

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pabjvar @ Apr 14th 2006 12:19AM

UUUhhh... Nice I see children being burned by a Disney DVD.... Parents must feel guilty now...

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Ryan Smalley @ Apr 14th 2006 12:33AM

That'll take Disney down a peg...

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Christian @ Apr 14th 2006 12:52AM

Not to be cruel, but it's a little funny when you think about it. It's unlikely they heated up really quickly, so the kids who burned themselves were probably just so completely engrossed in what they were watching that they held onto the players, even when they were really, really hot. Maybe.

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diulei @ Apr 14th 2006 2:19AM

Does that remind anyone else of the old iMac ads apple used to run?

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John Stracke @ Apr 14th 2006 9:41AM

This has been going on for a long time—I remember the PowerBook 5300 (the first based on PowerPC, back in 1995) had a battery recall because the batteries (Apple's first lithium-ion batteries) would catch fire. That's over ten years of flaming laptops; when are we going to get some better safety standards?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerBook#The_PowerPC_era

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