I bought a new Toshiba DVD/VCR combo (SD-V391). This was to replace my old Panasonic DVD player which froze and skipped a lot when playing some DVDs. For instance, the old Panasonic used to freeze hard in one particular scene of a James Bond movie. When I bought the new Toshiba, it played right through this scene without issue.
However... After watching a number of DVDs with my new player, I'm starting to find that other DVDs are freezing and skipping. Badly. I watched the entire 4th season of Babylon 5 on the new Toshiba without a problem. I watched the entire 1st season of Friends on the new Toshiba. But on the second season of Friends, on the 3rd CD, it started freezing so much I couldn't watch it. Sometimes the disc wouldn't even load (I'd get an "ERR" on the player readout). Other times I could get it to the menu, and start playing, and it would play OK for a short time and then start freezing and skipping, and losing audio. In my iMac, it plays flawlessly.
So the next movie CD I played, Disney's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, also froze a lot. So did The Love Bug, but not as badly. All of these play fine in my iMac. So why is this happening?
The freezes don't always take place in the exact same place, as one would expect with a disc flaw. But they do take place in the same general area.
Any ideas as to my problem? Why can't I find a DVD player that plays all my commercial DVDs without issue? Or, why do I keep finding flawed DVDs?
However... After watching a number of DVDs with my new player, I'm starting to find that other DVDs are freezing and skipping. Badly. I watched the entire 4th season of Babylon 5 on the new Toshiba without a problem. I watched the entire 1st season of Friends on the new Toshiba. But on the second season of Friends, on the 3rd CD, it started freezing so much I couldn't watch it. Sometimes the disc wouldn't even load (I'd get an "ERR" on the player readout). Other times I could get it to the menu, and start playing, and it would play OK for a short time and then start freezing and skipping, and losing audio. In my iMac, it plays flawlessly.
So the next movie CD I played, Disney's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, also froze a lot. So did The Love Bug, but not as badly. All of these play fine in my iMac. So why is this happening?
The freezes don't always take place in the exact same place, as one would expect with a disc flaw. But they do take place in the same general area.
Any ideas as to my problem? Why can't I find a DVD player that plays all my commercial DVDs without issue? Or, why do I keep finding flawed DVDs?
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