On 27 Jun 2008 21:52:16 GMT, ms wrote:

The used movie dvd looked IMO clean, no scratches, very clean, even viewed
at a angle, could see nothing.

I played it and got, I believe, an unusual problem.

A scene in a lighted room, the lighting is bright as you would expect, but
a moment later, the lighting dims, then brightens again. This repeated at
random intervals during the viewing.

You are describing a DVD made from a *bad* print of the movie, one
that had little or no cleanup and fixup after transcribing. Not
uncommon for low budget transcriptions to DVD.

The movie was "The Man in the Grey
Flannel Suit", and that was not in the movie.

But it was in the print the DVD was made from. Bet your bottom dollar
on that.


I replaced it with another movie dvd, it played fine.

I washed the problem dvd in plain water, let it air dry. Now it has water
spots. Haven't tried to play it again.

What is a safe way to clean a movie dvd at home?

No, and you proved that.


And, is a dirty dvd the problem in the above results?

No, it won't do what you describe.


ms