I had a similar problem with my PS2 (yeah I know-but it was a good justification!) and used one of those cleaning disks. It basically has this small soft brush glued to it that "dusts" the lens. I've used the Disk Cleaner a bunch of times and most times it seems to have worked. On Monday, March 15, 2004, at 12:05 PM, Steven Rogers wrote: > > Lately, I've been having trouble playing burned DVDs on my DVD player > (Sony DVP-S560D). At first, I thought it had something to do with my > Mac, but now I'm starting to see the problem with commercial disks. > The main symptom is that the player gets "lost" while playing the > disk, and particularly when changing menus, and flashes the > wonderfully user friendly "C:13:00" which means "disk is dirty". But > of course, it isn't. My DVD-Rs play fine on the Mac, and they used to > play fine on the DVD player, but what used to be an occasional > drop-out has turned (in about a 6 month period) into almost unplayable > DVD-Rs. > > I've heard those DVD player "laser cleaning" devices are a hoax, but > I'm starting to get desperate. DVD players are so cheap, I'm not sure > its worth it to have the thing professionally serviced. Anyone have > any experience with this sort of thing? The player is maybe 3 years > old - do DVD players croak that quickly? > > Thanks, > SR > > > ---------- > <http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/MacDV.html>. > Send a message to <MacDV-DIGEST at themacintoshguy.com> to switch to the > digest version. > > XRouter | Share your DSL or cable modem between multiple computers! > Dr. Bott | Now $139.99 <http://www.drbott.com/prod/xrouter.html> > > Cyberian | Support this list when you buy at Outpost.com! > Outpost | http://www.themacintoshguy.com/outpost.shtml > > MacResQ Specials: LaCie SCSI CDR From $99! PowerBook 3400/200 Only > $879! Norton AntiVirus 6 Only $19! We Stock PARTS! > <http://www.macresq.com> > > _______________________________________ Matthew Guemple c. 646.734.6601 matblack at mac.com www.creativehotlist.com/m_guemple