Idle Child
03-03-2002, 18:57
i believe there is a compatibility issue with the french R2 in the mood for love and thomson DTH 3300 DVD player.
SCRATCH?
I first ordered this title a few months back and when i eventually recieved the disc from Amazon.fr on opening the packaging, disc 1 slipped out from the spindle and a clear scratch eteched the underside surface...
i started to play the disc and on load up it stalled for around 5 minutes on the tele.fr screen (with the counter slowly etching up the seconds).. once going into the menu screen, and pressing PLAY movie, or going into chapter selection and selecting any scene, the chapter was not played instantaneously (as normal), but instead stalled for a further 5 minutes or so, while the subtiles would appear broken and iterspursed with the chapter selection screen..
so obviously i decided to send the disc back for a replacement thinking it was soley due to the noticable scratch on the disc.
A SECOND CHANCE:
After a wait for another month (dont ask..).. i've recently had the opportunity to open up a new french r2 disc set and this time the discs were on their spindle and when i had a look at the underside, NO scratch marks were seen, the disc looked crystal clear, without a spec.
I put disc one into the player again, and guess what? same stalling load up of menu screen, and same stalling load up of scene selection/movie play.
FURTHER:
i took disc 1 out of my thomson dvd player and headed up stairs to my desk top to see if the same occurred on my PC dvd rom (advent, ATI dvd player).
NO such stalling on menu screen load up or movie play.
BUT: the subtitles were not selectible as if the disc had not been encoded correctly, as opposed to the soundtrack which could readily be switched.
So, i'd like to ask:
1. whether anyone else on these forums has experienced the same incompatibilty issues with the disc for their Thomson DTH 3300 or any other such issues for other DVD players?
2. Could I have recieved a bad batch of pressed ITMFL? How can i check?
3. Are their any websites documenting compatibility issues of certain discs with certain players? Because if their are, and i have indeed a normally pressed disc, i think Thomson owners should be aware of this.
cheers for your time.
SCRATCH?
I first ordered this title a few months back and when i eventually recieved the disc from Amazon.fr on opening the packaging, disc 1 slipped out from the spindle and a clear scratch eteched the underside surface...
i started to play the disc and on load up it stalled for around 5 minutes on the tele.fr screen (with the counter slowly etching up the seconds).. once going into the menu screen, and pressing PLAY movie, or going into chapter selection and selecting any scene, the chapter was not played instantaneously (as normal), but instead stalled for a further 5 minutes or so, while the subtiles would appear broken and iterspursed with the chapter selection screen..
so obviously i decided to send the disc back for a replacement thinking it was soley due to the noticable scratch on the disc.
A SECOND CHANCE:
After a wait for another month (dont ask..).. i've recently had the opportunity to open up a new french r2 disc set and this time the discs were on their spindle and when i had a look at the underside, NO scratch marks were seen, the disc looked crystal clear, without a spec.
I put disc one into the player again, and guess what? same stalling load up of menu screen, and same stalling load up of scene selection/movie play.
FURTHER:
i took disc 1 out of my thomson dvd player and headed up stairs to my desk top to see if the same occurred on my PC dvd rom (advent, ATI dvd player).
NO such stalling on menu screen load up or movie play.
BUT: the subtitles were not selectible as if the disc had not been encoded correctly, as opposed to the soundtrack which could readily be switched.
So, i'd like to ask:
1. whether anyone else on these forums has experienced the same incompatibilty issues with the disc for their Thomson DTH 3300 or any other such issues for other DVD players?
2. Could I have recieved a bad batch of pressed ITMFL? How can i check?
3. Are their any websites documenting compatibility issues of certain discs with certain players? Because if their are, and i have indeed a normally pressed disc, i think Thomson owners should be aware of this.
cheers for your time.