Watching movies and sound starts to distort

If you are trying to make a copy of a commercially produced DVD movie, give up. They are copy protected and the equipment sold to record and play DVDs will not allow you to make copies of these movies. Even if it would copy, there would be image distortion and possible sound distortion that would render the movie unwatchable. There are other ways to do it that involve computers and special software, but they are not legal in most jurisdictions so I will not venture into those areas.

are you using a wireless connection? It might be buffering. Can you plug the player directly into your router/network via Ethernet?

Unplug player from wall receptical, and detach any other leads that plugged into it, press and hold power for at least 2 minutes in an attempt to clear the microprocessor controller ic, if this fails! you may have to take the top off to manually eject the DVD.

U have a small power surge somewhere.Disconnect all connections to the tv and unplug the tv and replug it back like about an hour later.Reconnected all connections.Go into the the tv Sound Setting to do a resetting of the sound setting back to the factory reset.The tv sound should work find now.If still have the same problems,then the main tv Tuner signal board it is shorted and have intermitten dying parts on the tv Tuner signal board.Only choice now is tries buy a refurbish tv Tuner signal board for the replcement.Tries websites like Shopjimmy.com,Ebay.com to buy LCD tvs refurbishes pcb boards.

It sounds as if you have inadvertantly locked your dvd player. Try using the code 136900. If this passcode is accepted, then access the general setup menu (using your remote) and choose the Disc Unlock option.

I hope this helps. I completely relate to the frustration of this very problem.

Hi, the problems here can be caused by a couple of things. Assuming you have tried playing a couple of DVD's back to back, it sounds like there is runout on the disc (wobble) which is preventing the pickup from tracking the outer edge of the disc.
it sounds like there may be a particle stuck to the spindle table(the round table that the disc sits upon).You may need to remove the disc clamp to gain access to it - just run your finger lightly around the top edge of it to clear it - don't be tempted to touch or look into the laser pickup - you can be permanently blinded.

on some dvd players and surround sound systems have a thing called DRC (dynamic range compression) you can us that and it will help it a little. i have come across the same problem but im after a digital on to run with plex or vlc on a mac. im having to route it through protools to use a compressor on there, but thats eating my resources.

If you have changed the DVDs and the problem is still there, then the problem can only be the DVD player.
The symptoms you describe cannot be caused by the TV or the connection.

Hmmm...not sure but sounds like the vibration from the loud sound is causing the disk to jump. Not sure why that would power it off, but I think your thought to junk it sounds reasonable.

Well I have been repairing dvd players a while now and the main problem spots are laser ,spindle motor, laser tracking motor and the biggest culprit and un suspecting one the lens cable .....most of them range from the lens cable to the spindle motor though... the constant movement of the lens in watching a whole movie causes the cable to unknowingly and slowly break and if the spindle motor is defective ,on inserting a dvd the disc spins slowly and you may hear the lens chirping ... so you can check those....