# Bad DVD or cheap DVD player or both?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-dvd-or-cheap-dvd-player-or-both/228831>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 12, 2004, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-dvd-or-cheap-dvd-player-or-both/228831 "2004-02-12T13:21:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2004, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-dvd-or-cheap-dvd-player-or-both/228831/1 "2004-02-12T13:21:51Z")

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I have recently been having trouble with my DVD player. It is relatively new (only two months old; only exposed to 10 DVDs). I put in a multi-layer DVD the night before last and it played fine. I tried another section last night and it freaked out. Various screens froze. It skipped. It went to a black screen. And I had to unplug it and plug it back in, in order to get the DVD back out. I tried another DVD in it, which played much better, though less than perfect. Then I tried two more, which would neither play nor eject. WTF?