Original DVD are freezing! Why

[1234567]

My friends...I got some original DVD ...but some of them are freezing
Why...the reason???
Thanks a lot!

[jimmalenko]

How long is that piece of string ?

[1234567]

How long is that piece of string ?

What do you mean?

[jimmalenko]

How long is that piece of string ?

What do you mean?

What ..... you couldn't work out what I meant, based on that one sentence I wrote ?


A-ha
The minimal information given in the first post is insufficient to provide any solid leads


What titles ?

Freezing in DVD Player ? PC ? Both ?

Only on your player(s), or on multiple players ?

[1234567]

How long is that piece of string ?

What do you mean?

What ..... you couldn't work out what I meant, based on that one sentence I wrote ?


A-ha
The minimal information given in the first post is insufficient to provide any solid leads


What titles ?

Freezing in DVD Player ? PC ? Both ?

Only on your player(s), or on multiple players ?

Ok my friend thanks.
DVD?? Freezing in Both ? Freezing in DVD Player and PC ...

[towerblocks]

I got some original DVD

Now is it one dvd thats freezing or a number of dvds freezing, If it's just one check it for scratches or dirt, It would be a little strange if you had a few original dvds and they were freezing in your standalone and pc, Especially if there wasen't any scratches or dirt on them.

[1234567]

I got some original DVD

Now is it one dvd thats freezing or a number of dvds freezing, If it's just one check it for scratches or dirt, It would be a little strange if you had a few original dvds and they were freezing in your standalone and pc, Especially if there wasen't any scratches or dirt on them.

Thanks my friend for explanations.
The problem exist in some DVD, maybe on 10 from them.The DVd are freezing in any kind of DVD player, and in my PC too...Any solution? Thanks

[Ai Haibara]

Are they commercial (movie/video) DVDs? Are the discs completely clean on the underside (no fingerprints - and as mentioned above, no dirt and scratches)?

Also, if you try the discs in a friend's DVD player or PC DVD drive, do they play (without the problems you're experiencing)?

[waheed]

Are they DVDs you bought recently or have you had them for quite some time.

Where were they purchased from; from a store like HMV, or from ebay, etc...

What titles are the DVDs.

Some answers may be able to explain why the dvds do not play correctly.

[guns1inger]

Late last year one of our chains had a big DVD sale. They had tons of copies of a dozen of so titles going really cheap. I picked up a couple - Rollerball (original) and Sum of all Fears (don't know why).

Rollerball froze about 15 minutes from the end, so I took it back and exchanged it for a new copy. It froze in exactly the same place. Third copy - ditto. In the end I just got a refund and moved on. Later I watched SOAF and it stuttered badly at one point.

Long story short - manufacturing faults can screw a whole batch. Sad thing is, these people never took them off the shelf. Just kept selling them until they were gone - and I guess paid up on a few returns along the way.

[jtoolman2000]

Did they play in the past and now they don't?

Have they ever not froze?

There is damage that is almost invisible to the eye which can cause palyback problems.

Were they bargain DVDs

[1234567]

Are they commercial (movie/video) DVDs? Are the discs completely clean on the underside (no fingerprints - and as mentioned above, no dirt and scratches)?

Also, if you try the discs in a friend's DVD player or PC DVD drive, do they play (without the problems you're experiencing)?

Thanks again!
The DVD are original and i got them from Walmart.I tried them to DVD player of my friends but the same persistent problem. In case of dirty of fingerprints, is any way to clean them? How? Thanks...

[UNiCRON]

lol, why won't you tell us the titles of the DVDs?

[jtoolman2000]

must be a secret!

[lordsmurf]

Those $1 DVDs at Walmart freeze up easily. Especially those Woody Woodpecker ones. And the quality sucks worse than VHS.

[Ai Haibara]

Thanks again!
The DVD are original and i got them from Walmart.I tried them to DVD player of my friends but the same persistent problem. In case of dirty of fingerprints, is any way to clean them? How? Thanks...

Do the discs actually have fingerprints, scratches, or other things which might be stuck to the playing surface? (It's also best if you tell us more about the DVDs, so we can be sure whether or not the problem might be with the discs themselves.)

[jimmalenko]

To summarise:

16 posts later and all we know is that they're "bargain" DVDs from Walmart, and they exhibit the same behaviour across multiple DVD players and PCs.

Fair chance it's the discs IMHO - either foreign substances such as grease off last night's pizza and/or fingerprints or possibly the discs were pressed to cheap shit media.

Can you rip the disc(s) fully in your PC ?

[1234567]

must be a secret!

No sercrets man :P

Lion heart.
Rocky 3 and 4
Brave Frog
Sky High etc

[jtoolman2000]

Finally.

[lenti_75]

there is nothing you can do.

if they failed in multiple players....junk media, garbage stuff

[SingSing]

Lion heart.
Rocky 3 and 4
Brave Frog
Sky High etc

You are out $19.96. Return them.