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Can I unfreeze DVD movie by cleaning lens?

This is often recommended using a DVD player cleaning disk but what I wonder is does it really work? My picture and sound are great–just freezes up. Has cleaning player worked to end freeze up for you? Or do they just suggest it because it’s easy to do?

Hi Richard,

I had freezing problems and tried the cleaning DVD but it didn’t fix mine.

On my player I was able to shine a light in and see the laser lens. It is a small circular piece of glass about 1/4″ in diameter. At any rate I figured I had nothing to lose so I got a cotton swab, dipped it in alcohol, shook it off and wiped the lens off. I let it dry a few minutes and it worked.

That was several months ago and it is still trucking along fine.

Hope that helps,

Norm

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