Coby COBY TFDVD170 Portable DVD Players With Built-in TV Tuner

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20130918-2D9D5-1355713. Matched catalog product: Coby COBY TFDVD170 Portable DVD Players With Built-in TV Tuner. Source model text: TFDVD1973. Incident: The consumer stated that the smoke alarm went off. The consumer went to check the bedroom. The consumer saw flames coming out of the top of the TV. The consumer stated that the flames were about 7 inches high to the ceiling.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20120709-65274-2147465887. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Coby COBY TFDVD170 Portable DVD Players With Built-in TV Tuner. Source model text: TD-DVD170. Incident: At about 430 AM, I was asleep and I was suddenly awaken by a loud popping sound & dark smoke. I jumped up to see what it was I noticed that my Coby portable TV was on fire. I picked it up and rushed it out onto my balcony. When I came back into my room I noticed there was a large hole burned into my carpet & the walls were black.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20160303-F9173-2147421204. Matched catalog product: Coby COBY TFDVD170 Portable DVD Players With Built-in TV Tuner. Source model text: TF-DVD1993. Incident: TV in use was a Coby TF-DVD1993. This was the property of a resident of our nursing home. It was mounted from the ceiling, as are all tv's in hospitals/nursing homes. Approximately 6:05 am, the tv combusted. Smoke filled the room, flames started to come from the tv, which then melted the outlet directly above that it plugs into (tripping the breaker). The residents were evacuated immediately and the fire was neutralized with an extinguisher by our staff, and the Fire Department responded to our alarm to assure it was safe and fully extinguished. Luckily no injuries were reported. The staff member that extinguished the flame did request to get a respiratory exam as he had a previous condition and wanted to assure there was no damage from smoke inhalation.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20170226-7C481-2147405686. Matched catalog product: Coby COBY TFDVD170 Portable DVD Players With Built-in TV Tuner. Source model text: TFDVD1973. Incident: My Coby TFDVD1973 19 inch television set went up in flames this morning. I was fortunate that I wasn't injured and my house didn't burn down, but I have a lot of smoke damage. There was no power surge or any electrical system issue, all other electronics in the house are fine. The Coby TV, which was powered on, just made a lot of noise, started shooting up black smoke, and then lit up in flames. I just barely prevented the curtains from catching fire.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20181229-F736D-2147383500. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Product: Coby COBY TFDVD170 Portable DVD Players With Built-in TV Tuner. Incident: Coby portable DVD Player / TV had been plugged into a wall electrical outlet in a bedroom for 2 days and was being used to play music CDs. Tonight, flames started violently spitting from the base setting off the fire alarms. The wall paint was burned, and thew fire would not be put out by blowing. I unplugged the Coby and brought it to the bathroom sink and doused it with water. After about 30 seconds, the fire was out, but there was smoke and burning bits of plastic trailing the path from the bedroom to the bathroom. We never received a recall notice and are the original purchasers of the Coby device. Had someone been sleeping in the bedroom, serious injury or death could have occurred. Had no one been home, the spray of flame was so violent that the house could have burned down before the fire department would have arrived on site.