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Contain coolant? Were these machines internally air conditioned???
They likely were for outdoor units. An outdoor box in a hot climate exposed to the sun could easily reach 160f internally, and that's hot enough to start softening and potentially warping the DVD plastics or causing problems with the LCD control screen.
I'm guessing it's for the outdoor units so the discs don't get damaged. They wouldn't need any AC indoors.
More or less, yes. So they have refrigerant and not coolant.