[MacDV] DVD player "cleaning"?

[matblack at mac.com]

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
>
>
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