Posted by Abe on 04/07/07 03:13

On Sat, 07 Apr 2007 02:50:28 GMT, "def456" <def456@none.none> wrote:

>I received a movie from Netflix and it played OK in my standalone DVD player
>(Emerson EWD7003), but my computer's internal DVD drive (LG GSA-4167B) had a
>very hard time recognizing it. I received messages such as "no disk in
>drive", or "drive not ready".
>
>I cleaned the DVD thoroughly which had no effect. What worked was to lay it
>on a flat surface and rub with a chamois lens cleaning cloth, pressing
>firmly, rubbing from hub to the outer rim. I finally got the LG drive to
>recognize it in that fashion, after which it played fine. I must've tried
>25-50 times before I got lucky with this particular DVD.
>
>This happens with about 5% of DVDs from Netflix. I'm usually able to read
>them with the LG drive after many tries, but it's a bit frustrating.
>
>Can anyone suggest a diagnosis based on this information?
Uhh, yeah. Different drives have varying abilities to read marginal
discs.

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