[CUBE] Freezing Cube DVD player.

[Chris Lim]

Yup. I have the same problem. But it happens usually with discs in bad
shape. Usually tho, my ibook can read the disc, even tho the cube and a
regular DVD player can't.

''Many rivers to cross,
  but I can't seem to find my way over'' - Jimmy Cliff

> From: RICARDO <ricardo at carrasconexion.net>
> Reply-To: "Cube List" <Cube at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
> Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 19:52:12 -0700
> To: "Cube List" <Cube at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
> Subject: [CUBE] Freezing Cube DVD player.
> 
> Fellow cubists:
> Has anyone found their Cube DVD player hesitating for a fraction of a second
> randomly a few times throughout a DVD movie?  What about a total crash of
> the movie playback with an error message saying "could not read disk:
> possible cause, disk may be damaged", or words to that effect?  The first
> problem has occurred since day one, and never bothered me much since the
> fraction of a second freeze is just that: a fraction of a second freeze, no
> big deal.  The second problem has occurred a couple of times over the last
> four or five movie playbacks, on recent-release movies, and this does bother
> me big time, since I am unable to finish watching the movie.  The first time
> this happened I assumed I got a damaged DVD disk, and ditto for the second
> time.  But I'm now suspicious about this rare frequency of damaged DVDs from
> the store, and am hoping it's just coincidence and not due to any
> malfunction with my Cube DVD drive.
> 
> I'm running a 450 MHz Cube, with 100 MHz bus, 1536 MB of RAM, a
> CD-ROM/DVD-ROM SR-8186 MATSHITA drive, on OS X 10.2.8.
> 
> Penny for any thoughts out there in Cubeland.
> 
> 
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