Cees, based on your earlier suggestion concerning bad discs, I have come up with a theory, with not a single fact to back it up (just my own reasoning and physics background). It does seem to explain the variation between players, why the skipping seems to disappear with multiple passes, and why...
I had considered that as well,Cees. To my eye, the disc is spotless. I use a damp microfiber cloth (using distilled water so nothing is left behind), and I cannot see even so much as a dust particle. Also confusing are the reports of some who play netflix discs perfectly, some that look like...
OK, it's official: now I am confused (more than normal). Afer a little troubleshooting session (read: playing back Serenity and noting exactly where the "layer-change-type" skip occured, and playing back the same sequence several times with different audio settings), I have more questions...
I'm using component video...... Last night, I watched Serenity again, and the audio/video stuttered only once: for about two seconds towards the beginning of the film. After the film ended, I tried to reproduce the hiccup at the same spot with no success, so it isn't the disc (which is flawless...
I know that this has been beaten to death, but some people still have the occational AV "hiccup", even with FW 1.4 (I thought it was solved completely with 1.2). Yet many people have had no problems whatsoever. One poster claimed to not be able to get through "Sky Captain" without at least dozen...