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Hello all,Could anyone tell me why is it that about 30% of all DVD's I seem to play will either lock up the player and freeze the picture, or freeze-go - freeze go? Fast forwarding to the next chapter and reversing may fix it but generally not, every DVD always has a trouble spot. I'm surprised when a DVD can play all the way through without crashing. I've a Apex AD-600A - I've always heard good reviews about this machine.
Secondly, I'm in a PAL country and I've noticed that NTSC encoded DVD's never have a person's speech in sync with their mouth. Is this something to do with the differing frame rates?
Thanks,
John.
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Recently I bought my first DVD player and hit the local B'Buster for a few test videos. All had some freeze-frame problem and the movie "High Fidelity" stopped two thirds of the way through with no chance of recovery. I became worried as the more I read about DVD players the more I became convinced that these units are made cheaply at the low end. I hedged my bets and kept the DVD player receipt for a potential return. To test the player I bought a few DVDs and found that they played flawlessly all the way through. One foreign film I purchased, "Like Water for Chocolate", shows the versatility with DVD as I can play the film in foreign language with or without subtitles or I can play with dubbed English. The problems I experienced in my case were rental DVD related. I must admit I still think the entry DVDs are cheaply made with a short lifetime, 1-3 years....Haoleguy
Are these rental DVDS? I finally stopped renting DVDs due to scratches that render them unplayable through certain regions. With VHS rentals you sometimes have problems but it usually clears up. I've had a high percentage of DVD rentals that simply choke when they reach the point where the last renter's kids used them for frisbees. When I first saw a DVD some years back I knew they were doomed to failure as rentals. A protective case similar to floppy disks or optical disks would have been the way to go.
In a year and a half of heavy use (all rentals-some looking very grim), I've never had a freeze-up or no play with my el-cheapo RCA 5223P. I do however clean most discs with a discwasher cd cleaner before I play them, and I treat EVERY disc with Auric Illuminator (better picture & much better sound!).
We have many more NTSC than PAL (although PAL is our "native" system) & the Toshiba we use has been modified to play all regions. I've only struck one DVD it would not play - a used one which would not play the widescreen side but breezed through the 4:3 side no problem.John
Looks more like you have a temperamental player than DVD, I have played many region 1 & 3 discs on my Sony with only one or two rental disc problem.
I've had that trouble with the rare rental DVD that's all messed up with scratches, but not on any consistent basis as you've had.Hope it's not the player.
See Ya. Dave
Thanks for the replies, come to think of it, it has been rental DVDs that are causing the problems. I have some of my own but can't remember if they're alright. I think they are.John.
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