Jonathan W
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- Joined
- Jul 2, 2001
- Messages
- 38
This past three week, I watched about ten new disks on my player (Pioneer DV-C503) and have had trouble with three of them:
1.) The bonus disk to LOST IN LA MANCHA would load fine, the menu would come up fine, but all the features had pixelating and distortions and the overall play was a mess. The disk played fine, however, on the store's Pioneer DVD player and has been used as a successful rental for the past three days.
2.) Disk 1 of THE DARK SHADOWS COLLECTION 6 had great difficulty after the layer change, with constant picture pixelation and sound distortion for the following chapter. After that chapter, the disk played fine, but I returned it anyway.
3.) My copy of PISTOL OPERA skipped around and pixelated a bit after the layer change - always in different places right after the layer change. This problem seems to have ceased after I wiped off the disk, but who knows?
I'm waiting for replacements for the first two disks, so I cannot yet compare performances. What concerns me is this sudden increase in trouble. Is this a sign that my player needs to be replaced or have I had a string of bad luck?
1.) The bonus disk to LOST IN LA MANCHA would load fine, the menu would come up fine, but all the features had pixelating and distortions and the overall play was a mess. The disk played fine, however, on the store's Pioneer DVD player and has been used as a successful rental for the past three days.
2.) Disk 1 of THE DARK SHADOWS COLLECTION 6 had great difficulty after the layer change, with constant picture pixelation and sound distortion for the following chapter. After that chapter, the disk played fine, but I returned it anyway.
3.) My copy of PISTOL OPERA skipped around and pixelated a bit after the layer change - always in different places right after the layer change. This problem seems to have ceased after I wiped off the disk, but who knows?
I'm waiting for replacements for the first two disks, so I cannot yet compare performances. What concerns me is this sudden increase in trouble. Is this a sign that my player needs to be replaced or have I had a string of bad luck?