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I recently bought Jaws on DVD. I watched most of the special features a few days ago, and they worked fine. I then tried watching the movie. It worked fine for most of the chapters, but at chapter 16, (just over half way) it started skipping and pausing and then moving to the end of the chapter. It seemed alright afterwardss, and the movie played alright.
I then tried testing the disc on my friends PS2. It worked fine throughout chapter 16. This is the strange part:
His PS2 is horizontal. Mine is vertical. I then turned mine horizontally, and it worked fine. Once back in the vertical position it continued to have problems.
Another friend suggested that this may be due to the lense in the PS2 itself. Perhaps it is not quite good enough to read the disc properly in the vertical position, and relies on the disc being held closer whilst in the horizontal position.
Does the problem have a nice solution? Will the problem get worse otherwise?
I can put up with it, except that it means that to watch the movie I have to keep changing the orientation of the PS2. Doh.
I then tried testing the disc on my friends PS2. It worked fine throughout chapter 16. This is the strange part:
His PS2 is horizontal. Mine is vertical. I then turned mine horizontally, and it worked fine. Once back in the vertical position it continued to have problems.
Another friend suggested that this may be due to the lense in the PS2 itself. Perhaps it is not quite good enough to read the disc properly in the vertical position, and relies on the disc being held closer whilst in the horizontal position.
Does the problem have a nice solution? Will the problem get worse otherwise?
I can put up with it, except that it means that to watch the movie I have to keep changing the orientation of the PS2. Doh.
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Might be when it changes layers if its multi-layered?????
Do you have any extra noise and/or vibration whilst its vertical?
If you do and the disk is spinning eccentricly, then possibly as it changes layers on your particular unit the problem occurs.
A friend has stuck some blue-tack on his drive door to stop vibration and although no problems were experienced it stopped the vibes.
Do you have any extra noise and/or vibration whilst its vertical?
If you do and the disk is spinning eccentricly, then possibly as it changes layers on your particular unit the problem occurs.
A friend has stuck some blue-tack on his drive door to stop vibration and although no problems were experienced it stopped the vibes.
Hopefully Wookiee Monster will be on later!
The problem with mine must be different, as I tried it again this morning and the problems were still there. The machine couldn`t have overheated in such a short time. Also, I have never had ny other overheating problems that I know of. The fan is so good that its hard to believe that there could be problems.
I've had the same problem with the Scream and Buffy DVD's. Extremely irritating. Out of interest mine is vertical too. I thought it may be an overheating problem, I cleared the air vents at the front, and it worked OK. Also, it was only happened after the machine was turned on for a few hours, ie I'd been playing a game on it, then switched to a DVD. This may all be coincidental, I'll try switching it to horizontal again next time.
I recently bought Jaws on DVD. I watched most of the special features a few days ago, and they worked fine. I then tried watching the movie. It worked fine for most of the chapters, but at chapter 16, (just over half way) it started skipping and pausing and then moving to the end of the chapter. It seemed alright afterwardss, and the movie played alright.
I then tried testing the disc on my friends PS2. It worked fine throughout chapter 16. This is the strange part:
His PS2 is horizontal. Mine is vertical. I then turned mine horizontally, and it worked fine. Once back in the vertical position it continued to have problems.
Another friend suggested that this may be due to the lense in the PS2 itself. Perhaps it is not quite good enough to read the disc properly in the vertical position, and relies on the disc being held closer whilst in the horizontal position.
Does the problem have a nice solution? Will the problem get worse otherwise?
I can put up with it, except that it means that to watch the movie I have to keep changing the orientation of the PS2. Doh.
I then tried testing the disc on my friends PS2. It worked fine throughout chapter 16. This is the strange part:
His PS2 is horizontal. Mine is vertical. I then turned mine horizontally, and it worked fine. Once back in the vertical position it continued to have problems.
Another friend suggested that this may be due to the lense in the PS2 itself. Perhaps it is not quite good enough to read the disc properly in the vertical position, and relies on the disc being held closer whilst in the horizontal position.
Does the problem have a nice solution? Will the problem get worse otherwise?
I can put up with it, except that it means that to watch the movie I have to keep changing the orientation of the PS2. Doh.
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