ZERO STARS GIVEN but i have to at least give one>:(don't waist your money on something thats going to die with out probable cause. ive owned 2 of these. the 1st one i bought at a store and the 2nd one i bought at a garage sale after the 1st one died. now the 2nd one died with out probable cause just like the 1st one. your better off spending a little more on a more respectful brand than something cheap!!Planned obsolescence or built-in obsolescence in industrial design is a policy of deliberately planning or designing a product with a limited useful life, so it will become obsolete or nonfunctional after a certain period of time. Planned obsolescence has potential benefits for a producer because to obtain continuing use of the product the consumer is under pressure to purchase again, whether from the same manufacturer (a replacement part or a newer model), or from a competitor which might also rely on planned obsolescence.