a couple of dvd questions

[MunkyFeet]

hey. theres been some times when i'm watching a movie, fall asleep or leave the dvd disc in the player for a long amount of time, while it's on. do you know if this causes any serious damage to the disc? i have a couple dvds that i've left on for a long time that now skip so much it's hard to really enjoy. will any cleaning stuff help this, or should i replace them? has anybody had the same problem? the bottom of the discs look kind of warped. sorry if this may sound silly but i appreciate it.

[Pootie]

I havn't heard of this problem (and I leave a movie on when I sleep regurlaly.) I can't spell right now. It doesn't seem like it would hurt the disk if you left it in for a few more hours than the feature. Don't quote me.

[rilocay]

Hmmm, havnt heard of this before but what you should do if if theres a website on the dvd, go to it and email them about hte problem or it could be ur dvd playa, and for curiosity and so other ppl kno wat dvd's may do this, wat dvd's are this happening to?

[MunkyFeet]

the dvds this happens to is my korn live at the hammerstein dvd. its 2 discs and both tend to really skip. does anyone use any dvd cleaning tools usually?

[DazeeBean]

Hmm that's odd. I fall asleep to my movies all the time also. (sorry if this is beginning to sound like a broken record) Anyway, I just bought about a couple months ago a DVD disc/scanning cleaner. It's about $20 at your local Best Buy or Radio Shack I'm sure. It just states to clean your DVD lens every 10 hours of play. Which means that I'd need to do it about every 2 to 4 days!!!! So try that out, as far as the "warping" I've never heard of that unless you have the DVD player on something that produces more heat then the player itself does already when in use. Hope this helps! and LMK!

Dazee

[MunkyFeet]

hey dazeebean, did the dvd cleaner really help out skipping and such. i've seen them around for 30 bucks. not sure if its worth that much.

[DazeeBean]

Hmm well I bought my cleaner for only $20. It did seem to help. Although my player hardly ever skips..(thank GOD!) Mine only a couple times stalled and kinda froze and I guess kind of skipped a little bit, but then I just opened the tray and tried it again and it seemed to be fine. But I know it's the player itself, b/c I take very, very VERY good care of my DVD's and CD's etc...so is it worth it? Why not? it beats buying a new DVD player for $60-$120 bucks depending on brand/type.