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DVD Player quits about half way through
I occasionally have the same problem with my 9300 (happened twice, I
think)and will be interested in whether any has an answer. But it seems to me - at least in my case - that it may depend on the DVD. There was one in particular - every time it got to a certain point in the movie, it quit. I reopened, bypassed that section and was able to continue viewing. I have not actually studied this, so I could be wrong about exactly what is happening. It WAS about halfway through, I think - the Red Violin. Does this happen on all DVDs? I also loaded one the other day - Pollack - and could not get it to play at all. I would click on "Play Movie," and nothing would happen. So I returned it to the library. Good luck in solving this. -- Regards, Anthony Giorgianni The return address for this post is fictitious. Please reply by posting back to the newsgroup. "Delbert Waltrip" wrote in message ... I have a 9300 gateway laptop with a DVD/CD player. It plays CD's to the end, but stops about half way through when playing a DVD. I believe it is a Toshiba model. It is about 4 years old. I have tried to blow in the opening slot and I have tried several DVDs. Anybody have any idea how to solve this problem? Are there two sensors in the unit, one for DVD and one for CD? TIA Del |
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I've seen this behavior in my friends component DVD player. The player was
defective. He thinks it's something with overheating. It played fine until halfway through then weird behavior. DVD played fine on my player. Do the DVDs play OK on other DVD players? "Delbert Waltrip" wrote in message ... I have a 9300 gateway laptop with a DVD/CD player. It plays CD's to the end, but stops about half way through when playing a DVD. I believe it is a Toshiba model. It is about 4 years old. I have tried to blow in the opening slot and I have tried several DVDs. Anybody have any idea how to solve this problem? Are there two sensors in the unit, one for DVD and one for CD? TIA Del |
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It happens on every one I have tried. Apparently there are two typed of
DVDs, DVD-5 and DVD-9. I don't know what the difference is so I am not sure which kind I have. "Anthony Giorgianni" wrote in message ... I occasionally have the same problem with my 9300 (happened twice, I think)and will be interested in whether any has an answer. But it seems to me - at least in my case - that it may depend on the DVD. There was one in particular - every time it got to a certain point in the movie, it quit. I reopened, bypassed that section and was able to continue viewing. I have not actually studied this, so I could be wrong about exactly what is happening. It WAS about halfway through, I think - the Red Violin. Does this happen on all DVDs? I also loaded one the other day - Pollack - and could not get it to play at all. I would click on "Play Movie," and nothing would happen. So I returned it to the library. Good luck in solving this. -- Regards, Anthony Giorgianni The return address for this post is fictitious. Please reply by posting back to the newsgroup. "Delbert Waltrip" wrote in message ... I have a 9300 gateway laptop with a DVD/CD player. It plays CD's to the end, but stops about half way through when playing a DVD. I believe it is a Toshiba model. It is about 4 years old. I have tried to blow in the opening slot and I have tried several DVDs. Anybody have any idea how to solve this problem? Are there two sensors in the unit, one for DVD and one for CD? TIA Del |
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Yes, they appear to work find on my home DVD player
"PC Gladiator" wrote in message ... I've seen this behavior in my friends component DVD player. The player was defective. He thinks it's something with overheating. It played fine until halfway through then weird behavior. DVD played fine on my player. Do the DVDs play OK on other DVD players? "Delbert Waltrip" wrote in message ... I have a 9300 gateway laptop with a DVD/CD player. It plays CD's to the end, but stops about half way through when playing a DVD. I believe it is a Toshiba model. It is about 4 years old. I have tried to blow in the opening slot and I have tried several DVDs. Anybody have any idea how to solve this problem? Are there two sensors in the unit, one for DVD and one for CD? TIA Del |
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On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 15:22:24 -0400, "PC Gladiator"
wrote: I've seen this behavior in my friends component DVD player. The player was defective. He thinks it's something with overheating. It played fine until halfway through then weird behavior. DVD played fine on my player. Do the DVDs play OK on other DVD players? One possibility is that the DVDS being played are dual layer (like just about all are now) and the DVD player can't handle the layer change. Albert Alcoceba http://www.racysrailway.com/ Remove REMOVE |
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"Delbert Waltrip" wrote in message ... It happens on every one I have tried. Apparently there are two typed of DVDs, DVD-5 and DVD-9. I don't know what the difference is so I am not sure which kind I have. "Anthony Giorgianni" wrote in message ... I occasionally have the same problem with my 9300 (happened twice, I think)and will be interested in whether any has an answer. But it seems to me - at least in my case - that it may depend on the DVD. There was one in particular - every time it got to a certain point in the movie, it quit. I reopened, bypassed that section and was able to continue viewing. I have not actually studied this, so I could be wrong about exactly what is happening. It WAS about halfway through, I think - the Red Violin. Does this happen on all DVDs? I also loaded one the other day - Pollack - and could not get it to play at all. I would click on "Play Movie," and nothing would happen. So I returned it to the library. Good luck in solving this. -- Regards, Anthony Giorgianni The return address for this post is fictitious. Please reply by posting back to the newsgroup. "Delbert Waltrip" wrote in message ... I have a 9300 gateway laptop with a DVD/CD player. It plays CD's to the end, but stops about half way through when playing a DVD. I believe it is a Toshiba model. It is about 4 years old. I have tried to blow in the opening slot and I have tried several DVDs. Anybody have any idea how to solve this problem? Are there two sensors in the unit, one for DVD and one for CD? TIA Del DVD information http://www.dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html Craig |
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