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Linus TR fan
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318 Posts
11/03
Posted - Jan 4 2004 : 6:24AM

I have recently purchased a couple North productions that were released by New Sensations, Deep Throat This 1, 10, and A couple of the early North pole titles. All of them have similar problems, as in they play very poorly in my machines.

It is mostly a freezing problem, and the photo galleries are mostly unusable. The first few scenes, are generally pretty good, but as the movie progresses, the scenes have more and more lockups.

I have tried these discs on a total of 5 machines, and 2 computers, all with pretty much the same results. I sent them back to the distributor, and they gave me a line that they worked fine for them, which I can see, if the merely stuck in the disc and played the first few seconds of the first scene.

My equipment is top notch, and I have had no other problems with any other discs in them. Is anyone else had trouble with these lines? I like North productions, but if this is what I can expect from other titles, then I will not be purchasing any more. Thanks for any feedback.

Anteros
Member

117 Posts
4/03
Posted - Jan 5 2004 : 12:05AM
Maybe try ripping the disc straight to your hard drive and watching the .vob files. Though you'd have to have plenty of space open per disc. Not ideal but worth a try if you're stuck.
Linus TR fan
Member

318 Posts
11/03
Posted - Jan 5 2004 : 5:48PM
Thanks for the suggestion, but both computer DVD rom drives had problems reading most of the discs, some would not read at all.
daviangel
Member

Only time I would buy a girl flowers is if she was in the hospital
455 Posts
1/04
Posted - Feb 2 2004 : 1:17AM
I have several of the deep throat dvd's and haven't had a problem with any of them.
On the other hand I have experienced the problems you stated with other dvd's. Usually the culprit is a scratched or dirty dvd. Look at the top of the dvd where the label is and if there is any damage. Remember contrary to popular belief it is scratches on the top sid of dvd's that cause errors not the bottom. Although I've seen where fingerprints and smudges on bottom of disk also give dvdplayer hardtime.
The other time I have seen problems you described is with poor dvd copies. If poor media was used making dvd or dvdcopy program was used that writes all the way to edge of dvd you'll get dvd's that at first appear to play fine until you reach the last part of dvd.
jamesn
Senior Member

Cambridge, MA
750 Posts
1/04
Posted - Feb 2 2004 : 4:31PM
Check the disc for c2 errors-Ahead(nero) has a small/free tool you can download extraneously from any of their other programs. If you've got a plextor drive, the included software(plextools) is a little more accurate. If it shows tons of c2 errors(scratches, nicks, suprisingly often manufacturing flaws) either fix it or if you know you're not responsible, ask for a refund or exchange. For further reading, http://www.cdfreaks.com/article/38

Good luck with it




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