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You may have encountered a problem that will eventually hit most users who write their own DVD's. The media used to create your DVD's is not immune from damage or aging, and will eventually fail.

You might try to play it on a computer from one of your familly members or friends. Different drives are better at potentially flawed discs. If one of them plays okay, it may be possible to copy your original disc on that computer to make a new copy.

Obviously, how you treat the DVD's you create plays a big part in how long they will last. If you handle them only by the edges, never lay them down on other surfaces where they might get scratched or attract dust, and always put them back in their sleeves or cases, that will help.

The quality of the blank DVD media is also a big factor in how long the media will last. You can search on the web for quality comparisons of DVD blank media to help you make a purchase decision. No media is perfect, and there are error-correcting routines that are used by your computer software to account for the minor surface imperfections that will be present on any blank DVD disc. But there are definitely DVD media makers who produce higher quality blank media than other low-cost makers. This is truly a case of "you get what you pay for".

One other note: While your blank media may say it is rated for "16X" (meaning it can be created using a disc rotation speed that is 16 times the normal rotation speed), I personally never burn my DVD's at the rated speed. Frankly, I don't trust that having the laser beam speed across the disc at 16 times the normal rate is a reliable way to create a long-lasting disc. So I always access the recording options for my disc burning software and set the burn speed to a lower value, like 4X, so ensure the laser has enough time to create a longer lasting burn image on the disc. This applies to CD blanks as well, where some of the drives support 52X speeds. While I don't have any research to back up my disc burning recommendations, I just feel better not pushing my equipment and my disc media blanks to their upper limits.

A bad laser diode or quadrant detector in the "Head" you could try a "Clean" with a cleaning product, but my bet is a bad laser .. so common.

You will have to get the laser replaced.

Thanks, Frank Z.
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are the videos you are rying to burn store bought

The problem with using rental discs is that they are dirty. Buy a dvd player cleaning disc and follow the instructions. These discs help to realign the laser. If this does not help try cleaning the disc with a disc cleaner. Also depending on how new the dvd is there have been a lot of discs manufactured outside of the US that have been bad. It may not be your machine but the discs. I personally went through 6 of the same movie before i gave up and rented something else that worked perfectly fine. Hope this helps you watch.

open your vcr and locate the lens.then get cotton budds and clean the lens manually.

get a dvd cleaner from best buy. mine did the same thing, it would not play any dvds so i resorted to vhs, and once i had watched all of those, i finally got a dvd cleaner and now it works fine

have a tech check your set it is a bad cap that that bias a very small voltage to that circuit or it could be cold solder.good luck.

I had a similar issue and now mine is opening closing opening and then powering off?

Sometimes this unit gets "confused" - not sure why -- but try first using a CD cleaning disk and let it start and stop a couple times (sometimes lens gets dirty and does this) - if that doesn't help then try unplugging unit and leave unplugged (from wall socket) for about 30min then plug in, set local time and then see if the disks play okay - sometimes this "resets system"