Why does my Sony dvd player freeze halfway through the disc?
If the player does this with most discs (or all RSDL discs), it could be hanging up on the layer change. It may be due to a worn optical pickup, but here’s one thing you can try. If it’s a standalone DVD player, you can attempt to access the service menu and perform the drive auto calibration procedure. You will need one single layer DVD, one RSDL (dual layer) DVD, and a CD. Do not use recordable or rewritable media. ALL discs to be used for this procedure should be clean and scratch-free. Examples of RSDL DVDs are usually most major, recent movies such as “Transformers: The Movie.” They may also be of special editions of older movies such as the “Don’t call me Shirley edition” of “Airplane!” One giveaway of a title with an RSDL disc is if there is a disclaimer printed on the back, usually on Warner Home Video discs, that say “Dual-layer format” on the lower left of the backside of the case. Single layer DVDs are usually (but not always) those of bargain DVDs of older movies, such as “
