>dh***@nomail.com wrote:

> Hi,
>
> A year or so ago I bought a DVD recorder so I could
> put the things I record with my camcorder on DVD,
> thinking that would be better than just keeping it on
> the 8mm tapes, or putting it on VHS. I'm sure glad I
> keep the 8mm copies, because I have a lot more
> trouble from the DVDs than I ever had with VHS
> or 8mm.
>
> The first time I watch one of the DVDs it works fine,
> but later as I watch it again and again it all too often
> won't play any more. It starts with a few little squares
> showing up in the picture, and then the picture starts
> to get jumpy, and then freezes up, until it won't do
> anything any more. Sometimes if I just open the tray
> and close it again the disc does fine. Other times I've
> learned that if I run water over it and dry it off good
> it will work okay for a while. There are no scratches
> or marks of any kind on the discs, I've never dropped
> any of them, and there appears to be no reason at
> all for them to be acting like they do. The material on
> the discs must be okay or they would always screw
> up in the same spots, but they don't. Sometimes they
> will play a section just fine...the next time it will be
> screwed up and not play at all...and later it will play
> okay again...
>
> The only thing I can think of that it may be is that it
> has something to do with static electricity, but I never
> have these problems with discs I rent from Blockbuster,
> so what to think about it? Also, I never seem to have
> the problem with discs that I do not keep in the storage
> containers, which are drums that hold 100 discs like
> the one here:   http://tinyurl.com/4xkrb   if that means
> anything.
>
> Thanks for any help!
> David