TOSHIBA, HITACHI, KLH ill post some more but ill have to make some calls. Just make sure the player is NEW, newly released like about the middle of last year should be the latest. I got my klh at costco my freind got his toshiba at target. Target for crist sakes!
I think josh-j has some very good points. I have a Akai DVPS760 and I'm having severe problems with freezing near the end of the disc. I've tried 3 different media brands (Princo, Memorex, and finally Ritek) from $0.10 to $4.00 a disc.
When the player cools down, it works fine near the end of the movie. But once it heats up again I'm watching still frames again.
If anyone REALLY knows the problem here, please post a reply. NO I think this and I think that and my buddy uses this.
(EDIT) I also wonder about the labels. I do label my DVDs and started to wonder if the label causes the disc to heat up more. On www.dvdrhelp.com/forum/ there are posts about labels being a bad thing.
Well, I did some modifications to my AKAI DVPS-760 by adding a 40mm fan which does a great job. Unfortunately, this did not correct the frezzing problem. I'm at a loss as to what could be causing this.
I'm going back to TMPEGEnc to see if all the new DVD2one and Instantcopy is screwing these movies up. I didn't have this problem before I used these programs.
Why are you at a great loss? I've told you what the problem is, bad media and/or fussy standalone. It's as simple as that.
If your standalone consistently freezes even using the best media then it's too fussy and you either need to get a new one or not play copies on it.
I have 2 cheap dvd players, they play ok but freeze at approx. 1hr 40mins.
This happened continuously whether the unit was turned off for a while or not.
I have changed my media to a better source, problem solved, no more freezing. (this was due to malums posts thankyou)
As to the an earlier post regarding adding ventilation, a couple of points to look at:
1. where r u going to connect the fan to, r u just going to tap into one of the supply rails?
What is that supply rail for?
- I would advise against it as the life of the psu internally will depreciate rapidly or cause transients to other parts like the memory/firmware - NO! NO!, do you know the rating of the psu, can it handle the extra current drawn? u need specs and schematics for that one - poking in the dark is what I call it.
2. Do u leave ur dvd in standby or totally off - leaving cheap dvd players in standby knakers them quickly cos why do u think they r cheap, answer cos they use cheap components.
Go into a store with the dvd and play it in their players a cheap one then a high end one, I bet the high end one wins.(or no difference)
BTW Why do u think they do not put fans in standalone dvd players?
Fans produce static and attract dust - bad for the lens.
Is it always the laser which breaks, OR the alignment due to correction errors.
Correction errors of course, these strain the mechanics of the drive mechanism, u will have more correction errors on backed up media than u will with originals - this is common sense, just look at the writing surface, is an original purple - no.
baabaa, believe me, I know the problems associated with putting a fan in the player. I didn't really want to do it but I was experimenting. I do agree with what you said.
As far as the media goes, I hasn't made a difference what media I use. I've had 3 different players and all seem to do the same thing. It's just on certain movies though.
I'm burning 3 movies now that were re-encoded using TMPEG. I will let you know if that works so I can rule out the DVD2one compression programs.
P.S. The fan comes out today. It didn't work but this IS like hacking DSS. It's a hobby. Test, test, test.
Some people take posts as personal insults sometimes forgetting the overall picture.
We have small issues and would like some help.
malums posts have been very useful to me and his approach and responses have helped me overcome the freeze/blocky issue.
Most of the players (old players especially) were not designed to read blank dvdr so u can understand if old players give you grief.
High end players have reliable components within, and generally better road tested BEFORE release into the market.
Low end players do not have reliable components and generally HAVE NOT been road tested.(more concerned with turnover)
As blank dvdr become more popular, OEM shall produce players to react to the need of their target consumers.
Now the software, designers design it to do a specifc thing, NOT guarantee the compatibility between players (how long is a piece of string)
BTW the blank media on sale is nowhere near the grade of ORIGINALS, that should be the first clue - so u would therefore expect issues.
Also ORIGINALS do not use the extremities of the disc (dual layer, sorts this out)
faster moving scenes means faster transmission of data, so if u have bad media u get more error correction, this then SLOWS up the process and wallah!!!! blockiness etc.
