[dba-Tech] The ruggedness of DVD players

Jon,

Have you tried playing DVDs that you've burned yourself on this unit?

Steve Erbach

On 3/23/06, Jon Tydda <Jon.Tydda at alcontrol.co.uk> wrote:
> I have an LG VCR/DVD combo that I got for Christmas a couple of years ago,
> and I have to say that it's brilliant. Normally with electronic stuff, I'd
> go for a brand name, like Panasonic or Sony, but this LG is great.
>
>
> Jon
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Erbach [mailto:erbachs at gmail.com]
> Sent: 22 March 2006 22:39
> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> Subject: [dba-Tech] The ruggedness of DVD players
>
>
> ...or perhaps I should say the flexibility or forgiving-ness of DVD
> players.  We have a 5-disk changer made by Panasonic that recently
> went on the fritz.  We'll take it to a local electronics shop for
> service soon.  It pretty much played most DVDs, but it had problems
> with DVDs created with your garden variety DVD burner.
>
> We got a VCR/DVD player combination for Christmas and that thing is
> very touchy playing DVDs, even pristine brand-new disks.  The movie
> will be going along fine and then, halfway through, the image will
> pixelize and halt.