[With increasing problems with my LG, I was able to get the deck replaced by LG, according to their work order.

I've hadn't had any of the issues I had previously, however I'm still having problems with Jet Li's Fearless. Is there anyone who has this movie that is experiencing the same problems?

The pause isn't as long as it was before (from half a second to a quarter of a second) but it is still happening. It's not like the pause that you normally would see when you the layer is changed. It's happening in several specific scenes of the DVD.]Quote by ppshooky


I have switched back to my old Pioneer player, no upconvert but the picture looks just as good & has no problems w/ pausing. LG/Zenith have a major issue with the LG-DN191H & DVB-612. They can't even fix the problem under warranty. They may send you a replacement player that does the same exact thing. People should not buy these players, don't waste your money!!! If have bought one, take it back & get something else. It is very aggravating that a company can produce a bad product & not repair the problem.

My LG DN-191H freezes frames and pauses with certain DVD+R disks I've burned. Could we have some discussion on what disks work? I've had the best luck with Sony DVD-R and burn at 12X just fine.

I've had problems with Memorex DVD+R, Verbatim DVD+R, and Fujifilm DVD+R. I've also had problems with Memorex DVD-RW and Fujifilm DVD+RW. :(

There are also a few off-brand disks with problems (e.g. Staples). There are no errors in my burning technique, it is the disk. In essence, I've spent as much money experimenting with disks as the cost of the unit itself.

I highly recommend Sony DVD-R. :)

The setup is upconverting to 720P over component. We need to have a running tally of what works and what doesn't. I don't feel that the player is necessarily defective, but it is picky about what it plays. Typically, when my movie freezes with one of the above brand disks it is toward the end of the film (I've played with decreasing disk burn to 4.2GB and it still doesn't help).

No comments on brand of DVD you are burning???

It freezes & pauses on new store bought DVD's. I have tried Pioneer DVD-RW, HP DVD-R, & Playo DVD-R all freeze & pause. These work flawlessly on other DVD players. I'm tired of wasting time & money on the LG/Zenith player, it's not worth it!!

I have this DVD player too. I have played various movies and noticed that it freezes on certain scenes. I press the rewind button to go back to the scene that showed the freezing and it plays it fine. I definitely will not spend another penny on an LG product. I bought it when it first came out and I mainly purchased it because of the upconverting capability via component. I should have purchased the OPPO instead. Oh well, I'll just enjoy the movies on my XBOX 360 HD DVD. BTW my XBOX 360 died on me and I returned it to COSTCO and since I am waiting for a new 360 to be delivered I decided to purchase the Toshiba HD DVD player HD-D2. I have played standard DVDs on it and since it upconverts was able to compare the picture quality vs the LG DVD player. Let me tell you that the TOSHIBA was a little better on upscaling the DVD's. The LG wasn't that far off. It would be great if LG was able to release a firmware update that would solve all of the problems. Otherwise don't spend your dollar on this LG player. What does LG stand for anyway? Must be Like Garbage. :rolleyes:

I've experienced the issue you were having, but replacing the deck seemed to fix that problem for the time being.

What I'm referring to, is constant pausing for a moment multiple times through out the movie (particularly in Munich and Fearless). If I rewind, the pause is still there. I know it's not the DVD, because I've traded the Fearless movie and the pause is in the same spot. I've also had my parents play both movies on their Pioneer and LG DVD player (different model), and it too played without incident.

I'm trying to play a movie (Deja Vu) on my DN191H on my Panny TH-50PH9UK and the movie is letterboxed? I have tried every resolution possible. I have tried also tried component and HDMI but in Full mode I can't get rid of the letterboxing. I'm thinking of calling this DVD defective (whether intentional or not) because there should be no letterboxing of a 16:9 movie on this display. Can someone explain to me why the DVD has letterboxing?

Thanks,
-Mark