cafink
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I know that there are some issues with the cut of the film used for the DVD and that the Director's Cut has some image quality flaws. But are there any known technical problems with the disc?
I watched the theatrical version last night, and all went smoothly until about halfway through. It was then that the movie paused for about five seconds. I assumed it was a layer change — it looked just like a layer change to me — and ignored it. But then it happened again, only about thirty seconds later. After another thirty seconds or so, it happened again.
After that, all went well for about twenty minutes, then it did it again. Fifteen or twenty minutes later, it froze one last time.
After the movie, I went back to the trouble spots. It pauses every time at the spot where it first did it — I'm now fairly certain that one's the actual layer change — but I could get none of the others to repeat.
That first spot occured at the point of the movie where the cops go to Graham's house to protect his family after they realize that Lecktor has given the Tooth Fairy his home address. The pause was on the very last shot of that scene. The very next shot was a front-view of some cars driving down the road. Is this indeed the location of the layer change?
My DVD player is a Toshiba SD-3107 (it's nearly five years old). I have another DVD player (an Apex) and a PC with a DVD-ROM drive, but I haven't yet had the chance to try the disc on either (I will later today).
Any suggestions? Should I exchance the disc for another?
I watched the theatrical version last night, and all went smoothly until about halfway through. It was then that the movie paused for about five seconds. I assumed it was a layer change — it looked just like a layer change to me — and ignored it. But then it happened again, only about thirty seconds later. After another thirty seconds or so, it happened again.
After that, all went well for about twenty minutes, then it did it again. Fifteen or twenty minutes later, it froze one last time.
After the movie, I went back to the trouble spots. It pauses every time at the spot where it first did it — I'm now fairly certain that one's the actual layer change — but I could get none of the others to repeat.
That first spot occured at the point of the movie where the cops go to Graham's house to protect his family after they realize that Lecktor has given the Tooth Fairy his home address. The pause was on the very last shot of that scene. The very next shot was a front-view of some cars driving down the road. Is this indeed the location of the layer change?
My DVD player is a Toshiba SD-3107 (it's nearly five years old). I have another DVD player (an Apex) and a PC with a DVD-ROM drive, but I haven't yet had the chance to try the disc on either (I will later today).
Any suggestions? Should I exchance the disc for another?