Are DVD-Rom in computer better than standalone DVD players?

**JimBowy** · Moderator Joined: 02 Aug 2003 Posts: 1627

This weekend I rented a movie (had them clean the DVD) because movies have been freezing up in the entertainment room on the standalone dvd player.

Well half-way through the movie the damn thing froze up, so I went to another room and tried that standalone dvd-player... it froze at the SAME location in a different unit. Bummer!

The computer saved the day though. Using PowerDVD I watched the rest of the movie w/o a glitch on primary rig. Any idea why the 2 standalone dvd-players had trouble?

After the first standalone unit failed I tried cleaning the disk and trying the scene again, no dice.

I was going to buy another standalone dvd player but this doesn't look like its the problem....

Opinions? If another dvd player won't solve this problem maybe a HTPC would be a better replacement than another crappy standalone dvd-player.

BTW, it wasn't just this disc. I've been having troubles with most of the recent dvd rentals from my local rental place. (whether they "clean" the dvds or not....)

.... Comments?

FOX · Posted: Tue, 01 Mar 2005 03:14:19 Post Subject:

ive been curious about the same thing.... im too lazy to look it up but i tihnk bb should do some sort of comparison between them lol

Dud3! · Posted: Mon, 07 Mar 2005 15:39:59 Post Subject:

Well all the normal DVD players I've used have been slow and won't let me skip the crap. I'd much rather watch a movie with my comp because it's fast, and I can do whatever I like without getting "This operation cannot be performed".

BeerCheeze · Posted: Mon, 07 Mar 2005 15:46:47 Post Subject:

I think the players are the same, it's the software that's better on PC's.

IceNine · Posted: Mon, 07 Mar 2005 16:17:45 Post Subject:

Your PC has much more power for correction of corrupted data. Most retail DVD players don't have it...

HackaX0rus · Posted: Mon, 07 Mar 2005 17:24:07 Post Subject:

Also with the prices of these dvd players now...i have seen them as low as 30$. I think what icenine says is the main reason Pc's have better software and can fix corrupted dvd data.

**JimBowy** · Moderator Joined: 02 Aug 2003 Posts: 1627

Are there higher grade DVD players that have this correction for corrupted data built in?

It's frustrating 1/2 way through a movie when everything freezes up or jumps frames....

BeerCheeze · Posted: Mon, 07 Mar 2005 19:59:16 Post Subject:

I have a dual DVD/VCR GoVideo unit I bought from Costco... it plays some disk that I'm amazed it can. The kids finger phuck the hell out of their DVD's and then put them in the player. It will skip secitons, but it never freezes.