Official Bluray disc dropout thread, (not player related)

I bought a Sony 300 a month ago and have been watching a number of discs since. On the occasional disc I get <1sec black screen, while the sound continues. I assumed that it was a player glitch. On other discs I would hit an occasional pause that I thought may be a layer change or something.

But today, while watching Mission Impossible 3 I definitely hit a disc dropout. I don't know the exact time stamp but it's just after he's stolen the rabbits foot and shot the chase car's tire.

After cleaning the disc and retrying, it is still there in the same spot. If others have had issues, perhaps we should document them here to be sure if it's a disc problem, pressing problem, etc.

For the time being I'm 100% Bluray but if this is going to be the norm, I'll either switch to HD-DVD or just wait with all purchases until things get sorted out. I put up with this crap with laser discs, not again.

I spent some time on the Sony 300 and, as I guessed in my original post, the black frames and occasional stuttering are indeed player related. I haven't read much on the other players but it seems this one has some problems.

The MI-3 is definitely a disc problem. I've seen this on a couple of rental discs as well but chalked it up to scratches. MI-3 is, however, a pristine title from Amazon. If I am the only one who's received a defective one that's good news!

Excepting the PS3 what are the most reliable Bluray players out there, (not into gaming)?

AaronSCH,

Please re-read my initial post and keep your prejudices to yourself.

Phil

P.S. This thread should only be for disc dropouts. If it dies from lack of input, it would do much to put my mind at rest.

Joe_six,

My player goes directly into my Samsung LCD, no receiver. After reading the 300 thread, I am not alone with the player issue. As I surmised in my initial post there were two things going on, player and disc. The player issues I'll follow up on in the 300 forum but the bad disc belongs in this forum.

BRF,

Well, I didn't think it was perfect but was hoping it was better! How do you spell, au contrere? Silly me, I thought that the initial HD-DVD player issues were fixed with firmware upgrades.

lilstinky,

Owning only Bluray's I guess I had my blinders on from not really caring what went on "over there". I don't have a side two switch, by the way! I held off on any decision until Blockbuster announced and I found out about Target. At that point I bought the player and ordered a dozen or so discs. I thought the war was over.

Then I heard about the Paramount fiasco and immediately went to Amazon to order all of the Paramount Bluray's just for spite. (That'll teach 'em! )

I have to admit that finding one bad disc out of 33 really spooked me. I had heard that Sony had some initial disc problems but it was quickly straightened out. Finding this one left me thinking that they may not have. Nothing sinister, just bad previous experiences.

I have changed the thread title to make it more clear that this should only be for disc problems, not player related. Hopefully that will cut down on the confusion. Again, if I am the only one who's had this problem, I'd be more than pleased.