We bought for our daughter a dual deck player about three years ago. I believe it was a Samsung, but I can't remember. Anyway, when I play backups in our Pannasonic DVD-CV51 (5 disc changer about four / five years old) I have no problems. Mind you I have to eject and insert again sometimes but never a problem playing the whole disc. On my daughters dualie, she'll get through one or two chapters and it dies. No playing beyond that point. Any ideas why? Since she has a ton of VHS tapes, we'd like to replace her current one with a better unit. Any suggestions?
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