DVD's

[scifinutter]

Okay I was just wondering if it is just my DVD player or does anyone else occasionally have trouble with the sound/vision? Today I was watching s1 and the sound and vision would pause for a couple of seconds, then play, then pause, etc etc. I hope that it is the DVD player (and not the cherished DVD's) that have the problem. Is it something to do with the DVD's being multi-layer or is my DVD player just broken?

[luxan general]

I wouldn't know heaps but I would have to assume that its just ur DVD player. I watch S1 all the time and it never pauses or anything of the such. I trust that u would have taken extremely good care of the discs so it would jus be the player. Most DVDs are multi-layered anyway so that should not have anything to do with it. I think u should see if it does this with other DVDs and obviously if it does, then get it checked out.

[godcha]

Sometimes some (for sure not all) of my (FS) DVDs pauses, very briefly for maybe like 1/10 of a second (1x only) and that's is due to the multilayer switch but this doesn't happen often. My guess is that it could also be hardware related, maybe newer/better DVD players can buffer better f.e.

"The laser of your DVD player has to re-focus to read from the other layer which can expose itself in a slight pause."

Again this doesn't happen often to me (almost all of my DVDs, FS or not, just play without the very brief pause) but I know what you mean, I think.

EDIT: rereading your post I must add that the part of "pause for a couple of seconds, then play, then pause, etc etc." sounds that it's happening too much & too long. The very few times I have it it really pauses certainly not more than half a second and this happens only 1x, not multiple times!

[EdenisT]

I also agree that it must be your DVD player, and not the FS DVD's.
I [as well as my friends] have watched s1 and s2 [and any other DVD for that matter] and never experienced this problem

How old is your player?

[Sawyer's Miller]

Usually when someone is watching a DVD, and they see a momentary pause, it's because the player has finished reading one layer, and has switched to the second layer. The pausing is a design flaw - the player should have a deep enough FIFO to avoid that.

Anyway, most season 1 DVDs are single layer. (At least the ones in the UK are) So this should never happen.

Do you see the picture turning 'blocky'? This could be a problem with the disk, such as a production problem, or is the surface scratched?

[scifinutter]

Thanks all for your comments, the DVD player is a communal one and I will be buying a combination VCR/DVD player as soon as I can afford it!! Anyone got any suggestions as to what brand would be good to buy?? I have a Philips TV (AV Stereo) and want the VCR part to have g-code. I'm not the best techie so your advice has been (and is) greatly appreciated!!