Smoking DVD players spark Japanese recall
 

REPORTS THAT SOME Chinese-made DVD players were belching thick black smoke and beginning to melt have led to almost half a million units being recalled in Japan. The players have built-in LCD screens that are becoming deformed by overheating. The overheated players discharge noxious smoke and Japanese 'paper, Asahi Shimbun reports a risk of fire.

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