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by: jazzer March 16, 2010 12:01 AM PDT

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DVD Player or DVD-Rs?

by jazzer - 3/16/10 12:01 AM

I have a recent problem where movies I've recorded on DVD-R are suffering drop-outs and eventually stop playing altogether. Many of these are DVD movies are a couple of years old but I've played them without a fault on previous occasions. I always use good quality DVD-Rs, either TDK or Verbatim, and when I play them on my computer's DVD player they play faultlessly. My DVD player is a Pioneer DV-545. It's long in the tooth now but was a highly rated player in its day and it still plays pre-recorded (shop bought) DVDs without a fault. It never had a problem with movies recorded on DVD-R until recently.

My question: Is the problem likely to be with the DVD-Rs, are they deteriorating, or the DVD player?


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First, clean the lens & record DVD

by Pepe7 - 3/16/10 8:20 AM

In Reply to: DVD Player or DVD-Rs? by jazzer

See subject line above wink. Heck, even my trusted Sony carousel now sometimes refuses to play certain DVDs that I know have no (obvious) flaws. YMMV. Try another player to help deduce what the problem is.

FWIW, standlone players are notorious for not playing one thing or another. A PC DVD drive with full specs OTOH will usually play the full monty.


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DVD Player or DVD-R problem?

by jazzer - 3/16/10 12:09 PM

In Reply to: First, clean the lens & record DVD by Pepe7

Thanks.
I had my suspicions. I didn't think DVD-Rs started to deteriorate so soon and they had previously played faultlessly. I will take your advice though and give the lens a good clean first before dipping into my pocket for a new player.


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