Anyone Understand DVD Movie Players?

[DandyDon]

I haven't had TV in my home since '88. My rural antenna blew down in a storm, and before I got around to working on it - I noticed how much more life I was enjoying without it!

But I kept a small TV/VCR to play movies, then recently went DVD. I like a lot of the new way to play a movie, but I have a problme not covered by the manual, which no one I know here can answser?


Why do they sometimes drag and stick, or even lock up on a frame and refuse to move on?

Laugh is you wish, but help would be appreciated...

 

[CD_in_Chitown]

Are these rental discs? More than likely it's scratches in the disc surface.

Don't take this the wrong way, how stable is your set up? My grandmother used to have a house that rocked when you crossed the living room floor, you don't have that scenario, or the player set up on an old milk crate? Or it could be overheating...

 

[CD_in_Chitown]

cd_in_SeaTac once bubbled...
My grandmother used to have a house that rocked when you crossed the living room floor, or the player set up on an old milk crate?

That's not a Texas joke DD, she was from Oklahoma.

 

[khel]

I would say that it's a dvd player problem, maybe you should change it for a better one?? Though, sometimes, dvd disk can be scratched so bad, that you'll have the same effect

khel

 

[DandyDon]

cd_in_SeaTac once bubbled...
Are these rental discs? More than likely it's scratches in the disc surface.

Don't take this the wrong way, how stable is your set up? My grandmother used to have a house that rocked when you crossed the living room floor, you don't have that scenario, or the player set up on an old milk crate? Or it could be overheating...

Yep, rental discs. Reckon that's it?

No, my old house looks like an Okie house, but it doesn't move. And no milk crates. (She was a real Okie, wasn't she?)

Overheating? How would that happen? It locked up last night when the room was in the 70s. Tried a different movie; it worked okay. The bad one would still lock up this morning. Are these discs that delicate?

Thanks! :dork:

 

[DandyDon]

khel once bubbled...
I would say that it's a dvd player problem, maybe you should change it for a better one?? Though, sometimes, dvd disk can be scratched so bad, that you'll have the same effect

khel

Oh, it's a cheap machine from Wally World. I tried a more expensive one from Sears first, then another, then a third. This cheaper one works better than those three.

Could my actions cause this problem...?

Thanks, :really:

 

[CD_in_Chitown]

The unit should have vents on top or bottom, If for instance they are on the bottom and you sit the unit on carpet it probably isn't venting well. If it has feet, 1/4-1/2 inch off and sitting on a hard shelf/top of tv it's probably ok.

As I'm writing this I'm wondering if the DVD player even has a fan, this may be more pertinent to a receiver.

I'd imagine the real problem is rental discs. I've never had an issue with new/well cared for discs and I've got one player that's several years old now. I started renting from netflix.com a few months back and while it's quite convenient they come in packages that make it easier to drop the discs, I've seen more scratched ones since joining NF than I ever did at Hollywood Video.

 

[Sibhod]

Some of the less expensive DVD players have cheaper processers
that have trouble from time to time processing intensive graphics
in movies such as "Matrix".
I had that problem with my first dvd player occasionally.
Also it could be dirty or scratched discs, I always clean them before I play them when they are rentals.
Sibhod

 

[PhotoTJ]

Spritz the back of rental discs with a fine mist, even use glasses cleaner, wipe edge to edge, and the problem should go away. I've rented discs that looked like they'd been used as coasters for 3 year olds.

Should fix it.

 

[DandyDon]

Ok, I guess my cheap machine and rental discs are the cause of my problems. It feels good to understand better, and PhotoTJ even gave me a possible solution to try next time. Appreciate the input - a lot!