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SKIPPING/FREEZING on & off

mrinal (Mostly Harmless) posted this on Tuesday, 17th May 2005, 07:34

Hi
Some of the DVDs skip or freezes(mostly) when I play them.When I open/close the tray again it works fine or can repeat the same problem.
DVDs are often brand new
What could be the problem???DVD or DVD player???(pacific DVD 1002 2-3 yrs old)
And what to do about it??

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DVD novice (Competent) posted this on Wednesday, 18th May 2005, 12:20

Are you able to test the DVD`s on another DVD Player?
If they freeze / skip in the same point in the recording on the other machine it might be the Disc.
However if the Disc`s play fine in the other machine this cheap player might be coming to the end of it life.
I have a cheap Hyundai DVD Player that is about 3 years old but is starting to have a few problems with some disc`s. I have borrowed a friends DVD Laser Cleaner Disc and this made no difference at all.
Good Luck

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mrinal (Mostly Harmless) posted this on Thursday, 19th May 2005, 06:45

Most of the so called brand new DVDs(region compatible) does play very well on the DVD drive of my computer,but gets stuck often in a particular spot in DVD player.
I have cleaned the laser lens.DVD surface looks very clear and I handle the DVD very carefully.

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Mark Oates (Reviewer) posted this on Thursday, 19th May 2005, 18:29

Having followed the various posts you`ve been putting up the last couple of weeks, mrinal, I think it`s pretty safe to say (unfortunately) that your Pacific 1002 has had its day. If it`s any consolation I have a machine of the same age, and it too has been showing signs of problems with discs (mostly home recorded DVD+Rs). It might be time to nip down to ASDA and pick up a newer model.

J Mark Oates



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mrinal (Mostly Harmless) posted this on Friday, 20th May 2005, 20:05

Dear Mark
In that case which model(multiregion hackable)should I go for,which is also good value for money,and comes with essential functions????

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