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I have a Sony DVD recorder with a 160gb HD which has gradually developed an unusual problem and I'd welcome ideas as to the possible cause.
Over the past two years, it has gradually refused to playback commerecially produced DVD's, yet it will replay those I have recorded on it. Originally, it played all discs without probs, then started to reject some, but play others. Over time, the problem has increased to where it now will only play discs recorded from the HD. It comes up with the old "Disc Error" message every time you try to replay a commercially produced disc.
Now, my knowledge about these devices is limited. I assume it contains one burner for recording and a separate reading laser for playback. If the laser can read its own recordings, then I assume the laser and the playback circuitry is ok. I have a suspicion that for some reason, the programming for Region 4 DVD's is at fault, and that the machine has somehow reprogrammed itself to read another Region and won't read discs manufactured for Australia and the Pacific. I don't have any discs from other Regions to test this theory, so I would be glad to see if anybody here has any sensible suggestions.
Over the past two years, it has gradually refused to playback commerecially produced DVD's, yet it will replay those I have recorded on it. Originally, it played all discs without probs, then started to reject some, but play others. Over time, the problem has increased to where it now will only play discs recorded from the HD. It comes up with the old "Disc Error" message every time you try to replay a commercially produced disc.
Now, my knowledge about these devices is limited. I assume it contains one burner for recording and a separate reading laser for playback. If the laser can read its own recordings, then I assume the laser and the playback circuitry is ok. I have a suspicion that for some reason, the programming for Region 4 DVD's is at fault, and that the machine has somehow reprogrammed itself to read another Region and won't read discs manufactured for Australia and the Pacific. I don't have any discs from other Regions to test this theory, so I would be glad to see if anybody here has any sensible suggestions.