Question:
I've had my Sony DVP-S735 since Jan 2001 and have recently bought Ocean's 11 (2001) and Donnie Darko from CD-Wow.
I watched Ocean's 11 and about halfway through the film, every so often the picture would break up producing random green squares that I can only describe as pixellation (the way a low resolution bitmap image file looks when enlarged on a computer monitor). I cued the DVD back to just before a time when I noticed this happening and it did not happen in exactly the same place. I ignored it, but towards the end of the film, the DVD kept pausing as if it was struggling to read the disc and then jerking forward a few seconds.
I ejected and reinserted the disc and it played fine to the end of the film from the chapter it was on. I started to look at the extras and it started again with the pausing and jerking forwards. I thought it was a faulty disc and was prepared to send it back to CD-Wow. I checked the disc and there are no marks or scratches on the surface, it looks faultless.
I watched Donnie Darko the following evening and it played fine throughout the film, but as I started to look the extras, the pixellation began again (albeit not as bad as with Ocean's 11 and without the pausing and jerking forwards).
I am now wondering if it is the player rather than the discs (unless I have just been unlucky with getting 2 faulty discs together). I have not had a problem with the player before and will try and check out some of my discs that have played fine over the weekend to see if I have a problem with any of them.
Has anyone had a similar problem with their players or discs that may be able to give any insight as to the cause of the problems?
If the problem begins to occur on other, known good, discs, then you have a player problem. From your description it appears to be somewhat time-related, ie the longer the disc is in the player, the more likely it is to fail - which might indicate a heat buildup causing something to go out of adjustment.
But first, try cleaning the disc anyway - even though it looks clean, there may be something so small as to be easily missed on the surface.
I have this problem with Sony 735 DVD player it is red pixels - happen when there is explosion or fast movement similar. Mainly James Bond film and T1
I am not sure what it is the problem.
I've just realised it's a 735 not a 725. Couldn't even remember the model of DVD player I own. :eek:
Cheers for the info.:)
Originally posted by Legendary
I have this problem with Sony 735 DVD player it is red pixels - happen when there is explosion or fast movement similar. Mainly James Bond film and T1
I am not sure what it is the problem. If its linked to heavy onscreen action then its a processing power issue, it simply can't decode the more complex frames fast enough.
I will replace my DVD player once I buy new speakers, amp, decoder, and bigger TV and earning really good money. I fancy something like Pioneer 757 with recordable DVD and Blue ray technology, DVD audio ;-) (Not out yet) If not 747A
Now if I could have a month of David Beckham's wages
:mad:
This is not a general problem with this player. I have had mine since early 2001 and have never experienced any problems of this nature.
This player is certainly up to decoding any DVD you can throw at it without processing power issues.
If you can't solve the problem by cleaning then you may need to contact Sony.
What the best way to contact Sony as they are a very very big company.
I haven't tried any of my older DVDs yet, but LOTR played fine all the way through last night with no problems. I will try some more tonight and tomorrow and then try the 2 I have had a problem with again to try and pinpoint the problem.
To contact Sony, start with their Customer Information Centre on: 08705 111999.
If the laser is on the way out it will probably have more problems reading the disk after the layer change.
I have a Sony DVP-535 that I picked up in Feb 2001. It started doing this sort of thing earlier this year. Typically, the first layer would play fine, then the player would choke on the layer-change, with the green blocks and pixellation and/or freezing. It also appeared to be hypersensitive to dust and dirt, especially on the second layer...
It turned out the player needed recalibrating! Good news - you can do this yourself...
With the player in standby, press TITLE, then CLEAR and POWER ON. This will take you into the blue engineer menu. Select the auto-calibration option.
Note that you will need clean unscratched examples of an audio CD, single-layer DVD and dual-layer DVD for the player to calibrate itself on.
Whatever you do, do NOT fool around with the manual calibration menu!!
I did the auto calibration on my 535, and it's not put a foot wrong since. Much cheaper than getting it repaired :)
Hope it works for you!
-- J.
this happened once on my toshiba with the 70s invasion of the body snatchers - only happened once though and the film is ok now.
I've now watched Hannibal and the LOTR extras (along with LOTR as I mentioned earlier), so I really am not sure what is at fault. I may well send Ocean's 11 and Donnie Darko back to CD-Wow anyway, just to be sure.
Note that you will need clean unscratched examples of an audio CD, single-layer DVD and dual-layer DVD for the player to calibrate itself on.
I don't think I have a single layer disc, do I definitely need one to do the calibration?
Originally posted by Damonc
I don't think I have a single layer disc, do I definitely need one to do the calibration?
Yes, if you want to calibrate the laser focusing for all types of disc.
Have you got any flippers or double-sided discs that offer 4:3 and WS options? They are almost always single-layer on each side.
-- J.
Thank for info will try it tomorrow after driving lesson ;-)
I did this and tried Living Daylight scence where the blond KGB agent throw a milk bottle against the staircase and explostion white screen with red pixels mess. Problem doesn't solved or improved. ;-(
But it is only very fast. I think I will see what happens when I receive my Terminator DVD replacement to see if it solve the problem or not.
I had this problem with Lord of the Rings last night all through chapters 24,25 & 26.
Read this information on this thread this morning, tried and hey presto, problems solved.
Originally posted by John Nelson
Yes, if you want to calibrate the laser focusing for all types of disc.
Have you got any flippers or double-sided discs that offer 4:3 and WS options? They are almost always single-layer on each side.
-- J.
I have gone through my collection and I don't have any flippers, or double-sided discs with 4:3 and WS versions on. I have been checking the small print on the packaging, and many of the discs I have don't mention if they are dual or single layer discs. I have searched the forums for this and found nothing, so can anyone say if there is anything on the disc that can tell me how many layers it has?
I have found out about the different types of disc there are (e.g. DVD-5, DVD-9, DVD-10 and DVD-18), but I haven't found anything to say where this info can be found on the disc.
Before you do any of this, next time you see a problem, lift the player and place your hand under the player adjacent to the disc tray. This is normally warm, but if it is hot to the touch the player is overheating. This will eventually cause permanent damage to the laser pickup. Recalibration may cure a problem of this nature temporarily but then it may not function correctly when it is cold. The first generation low profile Sony's are prone to laser pickup problems (335/6, 535/6 and 735).
Originally posted by Damonc
have searched the forums for this and found nothing, so can anyone say if there is anything on the disc that can tell me how many layers it has?
As a general rule, single-layer discs are silver on the data side (like a CD), whereas dual-layer discs are a gold or champagne colour.
If you find any that are silver, post the titles here and we'll tell you if they're single-layer! :)
EDIT: Have you got any bare-bones discs, ie. film with few or no extras? They're likely to be single-layer if the film isn't much over 2 hrs.
-- J.
I've heard about this before, apparently it's a Sony thing, something to do with some part or other expanding slightly when it gets Hot causing the reading problems, it dosn't do it to all players apparently,even in the same model group, appears to happen in batches. So I've heard anyway (think I read about it in an other forum somewhere).
Right, sorry for taking so long to come back. I was going to post a list of all of my DVDs on here, but I was in Virgin a couple of weeks back and while looking through their sale, remembered that I need a single-sided, single layer disc to calibrate my player. So I bought The Shawshank Redemption for £6.99 and used it to calibrate the system.
I've since watched about 8 discs since with no problems, so I just wanted to say thank you for everyone's help and advice.:clap:
i also have Ocean's 11 and the film plays fine till it get near about 20 mins to the end of the film & it starts producing random green squares & kept pausing and starting,i s it possible to calibrate the sammy 709,
it has only happend on this film : Ocean's 11 (2002)
also the films works fine from start to finish on my pioneer 530
I watched Ocean's 11 and about halfway through the film, every so often the picture would break up producing random green squares that I can only describe as pixellation (the way a low resolution bitmap image file looks when enlarged on a computer monitor). I cued the DVD back to just before a time when I noticed this happening and it did not happen in exactly the same place. I ignored it, but towards the end of the film, the DVD kept pausing as if it was struggling to read the disc and then jerking forward a few seconds.
I ejected and reinserted the disc and it played fine to the end of the film from the chapter it was on. I started to look at the extras and it started again with the pausing and jerking forwards. I thought it was a faulty disc and was prepared to send it back to CD-Wow. I checked the disc and there are no marks or scratches on the surface, it looks faultless.
I watched Donnie Darko the following evening and it played fine throughout the film, but as I started to look the extras, the pixellation began again (albeit not as bad as with Ocean's 11 and without the pausing and jerking forwards).
I am now wondering if it is the player rather than the discs (unless I have just been unlucky with getting 2 faulty discs together). I have not had a problem with the player before and will try and check out some of my discs that have played fine over the weekend to see if I have a problem with any of them.
Has anyone had a similar problem with their players or discs that may be able to give any insight as to the cause of the problems?
Answers:
If the problem begins to occur on other, known good, discs, then you have a player problem. From your description it appears to be somewhat time-related, ie the longer the disc is in the player, the more likely it is to fail - which might indicate a heat buildup causing something to go out of adjustment.
But first, try cleaning the disc anyway - even though it looks clean, there may be something so small as to be easily missed on the surface.
Answers:
I have this problem with Sony 735 DVD player it is red pixels - happen when there is explosion or fast movement similar. Mainly James Bond film and T1
I am not sure what it is the problem.
Answers:
I've just realised it's a 735 not a 725. Couldn't even remember the model of DVD player I own. :eek:
Cheers for the info.:)
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Originally posted by Legendary
I have this problem with Sony 735 DVD player it is red pixels - happen when there is explosion or fast movement similar. Mainly James Bond film and T1
I am not sure what it is the problem. If its linked to heavy onscreen action then its a processing power issue, it simply can't decode the more complex frames fast enough.
Answers:
I will replace my DVD player once I buy new speakers, amp, decoder, and bigger TV and earning really good money. I fancy something like Pioneer 757 with recordable DVD and Blue ray technology, DVD audio ;-) (Not out yet) If not 747A
Now if I could have a month of David Beckham's wages
:mad:
Answers:
This is not a general problem with this player. I have had mine since early 2001 and have never experienced any problems of this nature.
This player is certainly up to decoding any DVD you can throw at it without processing power issues.
If you can't solve the problem by cleaning then you may need to contact Sony.
Answers:
What the best way to contact Sony as they are a very very big company.
Answers:
I haven't tried any of my older DVDs yet, but LOTR played fine all the way through last night with no problems. I will try some more tonight and tomorrow and then try the 2 I have had a problem with again to try and pinpoint the problem.
To contact Sony, start with their Customer Information Centre on: 08705 111999.
Answers:
If the laser is on the way out it will probably have more problems reading the disk after the layer change.
Answers:
I have a Sony DVP-535 that I picked up in Feb 2001. It started doing this sort of thing earlier this year. Typically, the first layer would play fine, then the player would choke on the layer-change, with the green blocks and pixellation and/or freezing. It also appeared to be hypersensitive to dust and dirt, especially on the second layer...
It turned out the player needed recalibrating! Good news - you can do this yourself...
With the player in standby, press TITLE, then CLEAR and POWER ON. This will take you into the blue engineer menu. Select the auto-calibration option.
Note that you will need clean unscratched examples of an audio CD, single-layer DVD and dual-layer DVD for the player to calibrate itself on.
Whatever you do, do NOT fool around with the manual calibration menu!!
I did the auto calibration on my 535, and it's not put a foot wrong since. Much cheaper than getting it repaired :)
Hope it works for you!
-- J.
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this happened once on my toshiba with the 70s invasion of the body snatchers - only happened once though and the film is ok now.
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I've now watched Hannibal and the LOTR extras (along with LOTR as I mentioned earlier), so I really am not sure what is at fault. I may well send Ocean's 11 and Donnie Darko back to CD-Wow anyway, just to be sure.
Note that you will need clean unscratched examples of an audio CD, single-layer DVD and dual-layer DVD for the player to calibrate itself on.
I don't think I have a single layer disc, do I definitely need one to do the calibration?
Answers:
Originally posted by Damonc
I don't think I have a single layer disc, do I definitely need one to do the calibration?
Yes, if you want to calibrate the laser focusing for all types of disc.
Have you got any flippers or double-sided discs that offer 4:3 and WS options? They are almost always single-layer on each side.
-- J.
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Thank for info will try it tomorrow after driving lesson ;-)
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I did this and tried Living Daylight scence where the blond KGB agent throw a milk bottle against the staircase and explostion white screen with red pixels mess. Problem doesn't solved or improved. ;-(
But it is only very fast. I think I will see what happens when I receive my Terminator DVD replacement to see if it solve the problem or not.
Answers:
I had this problem with Lord of the Rings last night all through chapters 24,25 & 26.
Read this information on this thread this morning, tried and hey presto, problems solved.
Answers:
Originally posted by John Nelson
Yes, if you want to calibrate the laser focusing for all types of disc.
Have you got any flippers or double-sided discs that offer 4:3 and WS options? They are almost always single-layer on each side.
-- J.
I have gone through my collection and I don't have any flippers, or double-sided discs with 4:3 and WS versions on. I have been checking the small print on the packaging, and many of the discs I have don't mention if they are dual or single layer discs. I have searched the forums for this and found nothing, so can anyone say if there is anything on the disc that can tell me how many layers it has?
I have found out about the different types of disc there are (e.g. DVD-5, DVD-9, DVD-10 and DVD-18), but I haven't found anything to say where this info can be found on the disc.
Answers:
Before you do any of this, next time you see a problem, lift the player and place your hand under the player adjacent to the disc tray. This is normally warm, but if it is hot to the touch the player is overheating. This will eventually cause permanent damage to the laser pickup. Recalibration may cure a problem of this nature temporarily but then it may not function correctly when it is cold. The first generation low profile Sony's are prone to laser pickup problems (335/6, 535/6 and 735).
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Originally posted by Damonc
have searched the forums for this and found nothing, so can anyone say if there is anything on the disc that can tell me how many layers it has?
As a general rule, single-layer discs are silver on the data side (like a CD), whereas dual-layer discs are a gold or champagne colour.
If you find any that are silver, post the titles here and we'll tell you if they're single-layer! :)
EDIT: Have you got any bare-bones discs, ie. film with few or no extras? They're likely to be single-layer if the film isn't much over 2 hrs.
-- J.
Answers:
I've heard about this before, apparently it's a Sony thing, something to do with some part or other expanding slightly when it gets Hot causing the reading problems, it dosn't do it to all players apparently,even in the same model group, appears to happen in batches. So I've heard anyway (think I read about it in an other forum somewhere).
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Right, sorry for taking so long to come back. I was going to post a list of all of my DVDs on here, but I was in Virgin a couple of weeks back and while looking through their sale, remembered that I need a single-sided, single layer disc to calibrate my player. So I bought The Shawshank Redemption for £6.99 and used it to calibrate the system.
I've since watched about 8 discs since with no problems, so I just wanted to say thank you for everyone's help and advice.:clap:
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i also have Ocean's 11 and the film plays fine till it get near about 20 mins to the end of the film & it starts producing random green squares & kept pausing and starting,i s it possible to calibrate the sammy 709,
it has only happend on this film : Ocean's 11 (2002)
also the films works fine from start to finish on my pioneer 530
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