Posted by Bill McCutcheon on 11/14/05 19:04

"Wayne" <W_ALLEN_06@YAHOO.COM> wrote in message
news:1131994088.554378.283180@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> Hope that somebody can give me some advice. I've come across this
> problem on NUMEROUS dvd discs that I've purchased.
>
> While I'm playing a dvd movie the dvd player will start making a
> clattering sound. I assume it is coming from the disk. Then the movie
> will stop for a few seconds, as if the machine is in Pause mode, before
> the playing resumes. Other times when I hear this clattering noise, the
> sound and the picture on the screen will be out of synchronoization.
> The picture will be frozen, but the peoples voices will keep on going.
>
> I've tried cleaning the heads of my dvd, and I've tried cleaning the
> disks that are causing the problem. So far this hasn't helped. It seems
> that most of the disks which have caused this problem were purchased
> from Amazon.com.
>
> Not sure if the problem is with the dvd player, or with the dvd disks.
> Would appreciate any ideas or advice.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Wayne Allen
>
You say the problem occurs with "NUMEROUS dvd discs ..." I think that
pretty well determines that the problem is with the player. It's seldom
cost effective to repair one so, unless the player is still on warranty,
it sounds to me like it's time for a new one.
-- Bill McC.

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