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I was fast forwarding one and it got stuck for a short time but continued. Playing it back at normal speed it got stuck and didn't move. I had to jump forward to the next chapter. So I think to use that test you should be in the room keeping an eye on the time, when it gets stuck and try it...

I'm learning a lot. jcroy, thanks. My old Philips player hardly missed a beat with the layer changes, usually didn't notice them at all. But the Panny I have jerks badly during those times.

Bumping this again for more opinions on fast forwarding as a check for problems on discs. Also, opinions on EMSA diskcheck.

I watched 5 of my purchases and didn't have a single problem. My luck is never this good. The rest will not work at all. :p

I had problems with Snakes on a Plane too. Wouldn't load in my player at all. Returned the DVD and the replacement did the same. I watched it on my PC and all was well. I'll bet it had something like that on it.

I just watched The Dead Inside and it played perfectly without any problem whatsoever. Mine hiccups badly on layer changes. I'll always say "layer change!" when it happens. Sometimes they put it in a good place and it's not noticable, which I like.

I didn't know there was such a thing as bad-sector protection schemes. Very interesting. Well, I took one DVD and replaced it with another and that one is reporting an error too. VTS_01_4.VOB At least EMSA doesn't stick on it. So regardless the film should play okay with maybe a hiccup...

jcroy, thanks for the comments. Having multiple drives and players is a good idea. I read that PC drives can often show no problem while an actual DVD/Blu ray player does, with the same disc. making a copy of the disc sounds like a great idea too. I don't have a bluray drive in my PC at...

(forgive it this question has already been answered, I searched and didn't see....) I bought several boxes from a local video store clearing out stock. Goods ones too! Some were probably cleaned up with a buff thingie. Some scratches, some with removable "stuff" (smudges, fingerprints, sticky...