What do you all do when DVD skips/freezes

[Boybert]

I think I see scratches from use on my BC/ME DVD. It keeps freezing in different parts on ME & won't play abs past touching med ball w/ your toes. Grrrr....I love this DVD. I read the DVD help but wondered if anyone else had any special tricks? I hope I'm not out of luck.


"you miss 100% of the shots you never take"

Debbie

 

[allwildgirl]

I have no clue beyond getting a DVD cleaning kit and being very careful about how you handle your DVDs. But, abs in ME where you touch your toes to the med ball? How come mine doesn't have that exercise?

 

[andtckrtoo]

Definitely try a DVD cleaning kit. They do wonders.

And Shelly, I'm sure yours has that - you lay flat and bring your hands over head with the ball and your feet and the ball meet in the middle. I do it with a dumbbell and got over eager one day - ended up bruising my shin with the dumbbell (I think I was more the dumbbell than the weight was!).

 

[1HotBikerChick]

You don't even need to get a special kit...run it under cool water & dry it with a clean dry SOFT towel--not a papertowel but a terry cloth towel. I've done it millions of times, it has gotten the 'gunk' off & the DVD is as good as new.

 

[Boybert]

ooooh thanks biker chick! I'll give it a try. Gotta have my BC/ME!!


"you miss 100% of the shots you never take"

Debbie

 

[Kit_]

Also be careful with the water if it's city water it can have fluoride or chlorine or both in it. Both are bad for the DVD surface and can harm it. I did this unknowingly to a DVD while back and it played for a while after that, but when you flipped it back and forth in the like your could see where part of the surface wasn’t as shiny, this can also be from the minerals that are in the water, but taking my DVD in, I was told the chlorine and fluoride ate the surface after I admitted to what I had done to my DVD. Also if this happens most places won't replace the DVD for free, because it was your doing that broke it. Make sure you use distilled water.

A cleaning kit though would be best, you can usually get them for under $10 and generally $5 if you all you want to do is clean. Also make sure you clean your DVD player laser lens, if it starts to happen to other DVDs. And if the cleaning doesn't work, just resurface the DVD. Super easy and fast, and gives you one heck of an arm workout if you get the cheap by hand one. I use one when a DVD gets stretches across it's sectors and have never had to toss a DVD out or send it back for a replacement.

Kit