Coby Electronics Corp. has issued a voluntary recall on the rechargeable batteries that were sold with their DVD/CD/MP3 Players due to a fire hazard. There were about 19,600 units of the portable player sold. The batteries overheat and post a fire hazard which has reported about 10 overheating batteries and 8 fires. The product number ...

Walmart has issued a recall order on all Durabrand DVD players due to overheating which can become a fire and burn hazard for consumers. There were about 1.5 million units sold. To date, there have been 12 reports of DVD overheating where 5 have resulted in fires. No injuries have been reported though. The device ...