Rats

[stoutfellow]

For some years now I've made it a habit to celebrate the Fourth by watching 1776. Today, though, about an hour and a half in, the DVD started stuttering - pausing for a few seconds, resuming for a minute or two, and then repeating the process. I finally gave up. (It hadn't even gotten to either of my favorite numbers - "Momma, Look Sharp" and "Molasses to Rum".)

There are no visible blemishes on the DVD; I'll have to try some others to determine whether there's something wrong with the player.

Rats.

Comments

[jeriendhal.livejournal.com]

Bummer. I'm not going to get a chance to watch it today at all. :(

[countrycousin.livejournal.com]

Out of curiosity, how old is the DVD? (I have no pertinent data - trying to get some)

Providing some data, I have recently bought several Netflix used disks. Disks definitely were not without visible blemish :<). I have scrolled through most chapter breaks (except for 2 that just came) and watched a couple or three. So far, so good.

However, I did hear something years ago about the dyes having finite lifetimes. Don't know 1. how true that was and 2. whether or not recent dyes are better.

[hornedhopper.livejournal.com]

So, did it eventually work and allow you to finish the DVD? It is SO aggravating when that happens!

[mmegaera.livejournal.com]

My sympathies. My DVD player doesn't like Park and Lord. The only two DVDs it has ever refused to play were Chicken Run (bought used from a local video store) and Wallace and Gromit and the Curse of the Were-Rabbit (library copy).

Every other DVD (new, used, rental, library copy) I've ever put in it has played just fine...