Here's the deal. I have an 80gb PS3 and it has never skipped. I bought a second PS3 for movie purposes only. It's the 40gb model. When playing DVD-R they some times skip. Not always though. For example. I burned a movie recently and it skips and just stops at some points. I took it out and it solved them problem, then it did the same thing at a later point in the movie. Meanwhile a $30 dvd player from Walmart plays the same movie flawlessly. Does anyone know what the cause might be?
1.) Did you get a refurbished model? The laser might be old (though I doubt it). 2.) What did you burn it to? What brand of DVD? 3.) You had enough money to buy TWO PS3s? AND a $30 DVD player? 4.) There's some other possibilities, but I'm drawing a blank at the moment.
If it helps. While playing the DVD in the $30 DVD player, for a moment there were some pixelation on the screen. It played it fine but the PS3 would have gotten stuck at that same part.
