Do you exchange a DVD if it skips just once in the movie? - Blu-ray Forum

Luketheman5 · 07-06-2012, 01:06 PM

Lately some of my blu-rays have been skipping or had audio cut outs or what not, DVDs as well. Only once and in one spot though. When I rewind the disc or even replay it, the problem doesn't usually occur again. The discs are also spotless.

I'm rather new to the whole DVD/Blu-ray collecting business. If this happened once and not again when you rewound would you return the disc? Or if it happened to many of your discs would you say the blame lies in the player?

Infernal Monkey · 07-06-2012, 01:46 PM

Nah; if it's happening to a bunch of discs despite them being free of scratches and such, I'd say the Blu-ray player is to blame.

insomniac · 07-06-2012, 03:05 PM

If it doesn't skip at the same spot after rewinding, I usually take it that it's just a one off, and the disc isn't really to blame.

Have you given the same discs a try in another player. That ought to give you the answer straight away.

I've had trouble with rented DVDs, and when they really skip, they would always have trouble getting past the same spot.

atexp80 · 07-06-2012, 08:48 PM

Yep, that'll be player related. Could be firmware dependent on the title, could be a player showing signs of age or just having a once off glitch.

If it doesn't reoccur in the same spot it's pretty unlikely it's disc related. You used to get that with some DVDs if the pressing wasn't really great and some cheapo players had average lasers but Blu-ray disc layers are quite different to DVDs and I haven't heard of the same thing happening before.

Luketheman5 · 07-07-2012, 12:41 AM

Hmmm, probably is my player then. Off the top of my head, the glitches I've had are:

Spider-Man 2: Audio changed from Dolby to stereo on the receiver, but disc was still outputting Dolby so I got a horrible muffled noise, video also seemed to stutter a bit.

School of Rock: Audio and video skipped in the credits, trying the same place again, everything was fine.

Star Wars Episode 1 froze entirely in the opening scroll

Spider-Man 1: another audio/video skip.

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows: Lots of video stutters throughout the whole thing.

That's off the top of my head, I've had more successes then failures, for every blu-ray that stuffs up there's another 10 that work fine.

I did play a DVD tv series once that had a really weird glitch, every disc, one episode would flash to a green screen for a second, but rewinding it could never replicate this problem, since no one's heard of the tv show it's probably just a bad pressing in that case.

insomniac · 07-07-2012, 02:42 AM

Still, you shouldn't have to put up with skipping on authentic discs though. Give the firmware update a twirl, the Star Wars discs were notorious for having playback problems on old firmware with the heavy copy protection.

My 'Star Wars' and 'X-Men: First Class' disc was like what you described with 'A Game of Shadows' before the update.

07-06-2012, 01:06 PM	#1
Luketheman5 Active Member Member since:Feb 2012	Do you exchange a DVD if it skips just once in the movie? Lately some of my blu-rays have been skipping or had audio cut outs or what not, DVDs as well. Only once and in one spot though. When I rewind the disc or even replay it, the problem doesn't usually occur again. The discs are also spotless. I'm rather new to the whole DVD/Blu-ray collecting business. If this happened once and not again when you rewound would you return the disc? Or if it happened to many of your discs would you say the blame lies in the player?

07-06-2012, 08:48 PM	#4
atexp80 Moderator Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Sep 2009 Location:Central Coast, NSW, Australia Home Theater Gallery:198 Blu-ray collection:1156 DVD collection:50 Blu-ray reviews: 12 Hardware reviews:1 Trading Score:44	Yep, that'll be player related. Could be firmware dependent on the title, could be a player showing signs of age or just having a once off glitch. If it doesn't reoccur in the same spot it's pretty unlikely it's disc related. You used to get that with some DVDs if the pressing wasn't really great and some cheapo players had average lasers but Blu-ray disc layers are quite different to DVDs and I haven't heard of the same thing happening before. --\| Sale/Trade thread - Steels & regular Blus! ...big update April 23! \|-- --\| Blu-ray Reviews: 12. Most recent: Dead Man (AU) - June 22 \|--

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07-06-2012, 01:46 PM	#2
Infernal Monkey Junior Member Member since:Apr 2011 Blu-ray collection:140	Nah; if it's happening to a bunch of discs despite them being free of scratches and such, I'd say the Blu-ray player is to blame.

07-06-2012, 03:05 PM	#3
insomniac Senior Member Top contributor Member since:Jun 2012 Location:Australia Blu-ray collection:267	If it doesn't skip at the same spot after rewinding, I usually take it that it's just a one off, and the disc isn't really to blame. Have you given the same discs a try in another player. That ought to give you the answer straight away. I've had trouble with rented DVDs, and when they really skip, they would always have trouble getting past the same spot.

07-07-2012, 12:41 AM	#5
Luketheman5 Active Member Member since:Feb 2012	Hmmm, probably is my player then. Off the top of my head, the glitches I've had are: Spider-Man 2: Audio changed from Dolby to stereo on the receiver, but disc was still outputting Dolby so I got a horrible muffled noise, video also seemed to stutter a bit. School of Rock: Audio and video skipped in the credits, trying the same place again, everything was fine. Star Wars Episode 1 froze entirely in the opening scroll Spider-Man 1: another audio/video skip. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows: Lots of video stutters throughout the whole thing. That's off the top of my head, I've had more successes then failures, for every blu-ray that stuffs up there's another 10 that work fine. I did play a DVD tv series once that had a really weird glitch, every disc, one episode would flash to a green screen for a second, but rewinding it could never replicate this problem, since no one's heard of the tv show it's probably just a bad pressing in that case.

07-07-2012, 02:42 AM	#6
insomniac Senior Member Top contributor Member since:Jun 2012 Location:Australia Blu-ray collection:267	Still, you shouldn't have to put up with skipping on authentic discs though. Give the firmware update a twirl, the Star Wars discs were notorious for having playback problems on old firmware with the heavy copy protection. My 'Star Wars' and 'X-Men: First Class' disc was like what you described with 'A Game of Shadows' before the update.