Marginal pickups do this after playing a while. It has to do with time,
heat, laser emission, etc. Skipping, freezing, pixelating after playing a
while is a classic symptom. I would say, however, Pioneers are better than
most so far as pickup life is concerned.

Mark Z.


"Avrbuster" wrote in message
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Well that sucks, Thanks for your help I was hoping it would be something
simple. One more question, why does it only seem to do it at the outer
edge of the disk? If the laser was deteriorated laser why not on the
whole
disc why just 1/2" from the end of the disc. Thanks for all your time!

Kevin

"Mark D. Zacharias" wrote in message
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Actually, could be even more than 140.00


mz


"Mark D. Zacharias" wrote in message
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It's THE classic symptom of a deteriorated laser pickup on a DVD
player.

I'd have to look up the part price, and there's a difference between
what
a
servicer would pay for the part, and the "retail" price a private
individual
would pay. Then there's labor to install and set up

Could be more than the cost of a new one. Maybe 130.00 to 140.00.

Mark Z.