Skipping on My Alien Quadrilogy...
12-04-03, 12:40 AM
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Skipping on My Alien Quadrilogy...
No, I wasn't physically skipping ON it but there are skips in the movies/discs.
I first put in the 2nd disc for Alien 3 to begin to watch the documentary and it skipped once or twice.
But when I put in Alien to watch the commentary on the director's cut it began to skip and different parts. But not normal skips it was like a layer change. So I thought maybe it was when a new scene was added and didn't really pay much attention.
But when I put in Aliens, I know that has a $hit load of new scenes for the SE but on that one it only happened like twice
Haven't watched Alien 3 or Alien Resurrection but I don't know, has this happened to anyone else?
I first put in the 2nd disc for Alien 3 to begin to watch the documentary and it skipped once or twice.
But when I put in Alien to watch the commentary on the director's cut it began to skip and different parts. But not normal skips it was like a layer change. So I thought maybe it was when a new scene was added and didn't really pay much attention.
But when I put in Aliens, I know that has a $hit load of new scenes for the SE but on that one it only happened like twice
Haven't watched Alien 3 or Alien Resurrection but I don't know, has this happened to anyone else?
12-04-03, 08:02 AM
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I was having problems with skipping on disc 2 of Aliens. I usually never have these problems, so I was pretty pissed. I finally took the disc out and noticed that there were splotches of glue (from the packaging?) on the disc. I managed to rub it off and it played perfectly then.
12-05-03, 08:07 AM
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I'll have to check my discs more closely. I was watching Alien last night and the disc froze 3 times over a 5 minute period, but has played fine the rest of the way.
12-05-03, 09:42 AM
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Had a chance to watch "Alien 3"(SE) last night and was annoyed by seeing some skipping during the movie. Happened about 4/5 times. I'm wondering whether I should take it back to the store and exchange for another set, but i wanna see how the other movies/doc's play before i do that.
12-05-03, 02:33 PM
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Considering the other complaints on this set concerning the packaging, and the comment about how there was glue on the bottom of one of the discs (has anyone else ever seen that before?) it sounds like you guys should all check to make sure that's not the case with your discs before you go through the trouble of returning them or exchanging them. It may just be shoddy packaging.
12-05-03, 03:05 PM
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I noticed annoying skipping all through the new Alien Director's Cut.
It's esspecially annoying when Yaphet Koto and Harry Dean Stanton are skipping merrily around the mess hall as the chestburster was popping out. It ruined the effect of the scene.
Also, why did they have to change it so that Ripley is now skipping happily and singing to herself as she heads from the unnecessarily complex self destruct mechanism to the escape pod.
Thank goodness the scene with the Alien skipping around with H.R. Gieger were only included as a deleted scene.
It's esspecially annoying when Yaphet Koto and Harry Dean Stanton are skipping merrily around the mess hall as the chestburster was popping out. It ruined the effect of the scene.
Also, why did they have to change it so that Ripley is now skipping happily and singing to herself as she heads from the unnecessarily complex self destruct mechanism to the escape pod.
Thank goodness the scene with the Alien skipping around with H.R. Gieger were only included as a deleted scene.
12-05-03, 07:53 PM
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Hope this isn't a widespread problem....still waiting to receive my boxset here in the UK...hoping to watch over the festive period so really hope i don't have the inconvenience of disc faults etc to contend with!!
12-05-03, 10:11 PM
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skipping this set would be a mistake. sure the packaging is dreadful and some people have had some problems, but any alien fan has to own this set it is that damn good. i have viewed the first 4 discs those being alien/aliens and have had no problems yet. i am very impressed with the set so far.
12-06-03, 08:54 AM
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I noticed some small skips too. similar to a little layer change on my alien disc. I tried it on another player, and didnt notice them. Could it be the seamless branching used? Not going to return it though. I need to buy a new dvd player anyway.
12-07-03, 02:28 PM
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I havent popped mine in yet, but I wonder if the skipping is related to the "unseamless" branching.
12-07-03, 03:55 PM
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Uh-oh. I just watched ALIEN last night on my Cyberhome 402 and noticed about 5-6 of these layer-change-like skips. Naturally, I blamed the Cyberhome, which is not my primary player (I had just finished watching my R2 THEY LIVE and was too lazy to switch the cables back to my Toshiba 3109).
Oddly, the skips did not occur in scenes with seemless branching (or at least did not ONLY occur in those scene), as I had the "Director's Cut Marker" option on while watching the flick. Then again, perhaps the skips occurred when certain small scenes were deleted from the Director's Cut??
Anyway, I hope this is a player specific problem. Guess I'll watch it again for the commentary on my Toshiba to make sure.
Oddly, the skips did not occur in scenes with seemless branching (or at least did not ONLY occur in those scene), as I had the "Director's Cut Marker" option on while watching the flick. Then again, perhaps the skips occurred when certain small scenes were deleted from the Director's Cut??
Anyway, I hope this is a player specific problem. Guess I'll watch it again for the commentary on my Toshiba to make sure.
12-07-03, 05:06 PM
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Originally posted by CrumpsBrother
Uh-oh. I just watched ALIEN last night on my Cyberhome 402 and noticed about 5-6 of these layer-change-like skips. Naturally, I blamed the Cyberhome, which is not my primary player (I had just finished watching my R2 THEY LIVE and was too lazy to switch the cables back to my Toshiba 3109).
Oddly, the skips did not occur in scenes with seemless branching (or at least did not ONLY occur in those scene), as I had the "Director's Cut Marker" option on while watching the flick. Then again, perhaps the skips occurred when certain small scenes were deleted from the Director's Cut??
Anyway, I hope this is a player specific problem. Guess I'll watch it again for the commentary on my Toshiba to make sure.
Uh-oh. I just watched ALIEN last night on my Cyberhome 402 and noticed about 5-6 of these layer-change-like skips. Naturally, I blamed the Cyberhome, which is not my primary player (I had just finished watching my R2 THEY LIVE and was too lazy to switch the cables back to my Toshiba 3109).
Oddly, the skips did not occur in scenes with seemless branching (or at least did not ONLY occur in those scene), as I had the "Director's Cut Marker" option on while watching the flick. Then again, perhaps the skips occurred when certain small scenes were deleted from the Director's Cut??
Anyway, I hope this is a player specific problem. Guess I'll watch it again for the commentary on my Toshiba to make sure.
12-07-03, 10:09 PM
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I also have noticed a problem of the Alien DC.
in chap 24...at about 1:09:48...during the conversation following Brett's death. Rip says she will go in the vent. it's during the response from Dallas where the defect occurs. just as he starts to scratch his right shoulder area....his next few words are dropped as the picture gives a brief stutter and freeze. it then moves on with no probem. if it's the layer change...it's very different from other changes. in fact...it did it only maybe 2 out of 3 times. a layer change would always do the same thing...I think.
I also tried it on a total of 4 players and it did it off and on. all laser's were cleaned prior. I think a replacement disc would be in order. I really dont want to have to exchange the whole box.
players tested:
Malata 520
Panny S35
Cyberhome 300
Denon 1200
in chap 24...at about 1:09:48...during the conversation following Brett's death. Rip says she will go in the vent. it's during the response from Dallas where the defect occurs. just as he starts to scratch his right shoulder area....his next few words are dropped as the picture gives a brief stutter and freeze. it then moves on with no probem. if it's the layer change...it's very different from other changes. in fact...it did it only maybe 2 out of 3 times. a layer change would always do the same thing...I think.
I also tried it on a total of 4 players and it did it off and on. all laser's were cleaned prior. I think a replacement disc would be in order. I really dont want to have to exchange the whole box.
players tested:
Malata 520
Panny S35
Cyberhome 300
Denon 1200
12-07-03, 11:47 PM
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in chap 24...at about 1:09:48...during the conversation following Brett's death. Rip says she will go in the vent. it's during the response from Dallas where the defect occurs. just as he starts to scratch his right shoulder area....his next few words are dropped as the picture gives a brief stutter and freeze. it then moves on with no probem. if it's the layer change...it's very different from other changes. in fact...it did it only maybe 2 out of 3 times. a layer change would always do the same thing...I think.
12-08-03, 07:41 AM
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Originally posted by sicklerice
I noticed annoying skipping all through the new Alien Director's Cut.
It's esspecially annoying when Yaphet Koto and Harry Dean Stanton are skipping merrily around the mess hall as the chestburster was popping out. It ruined the effect of the scene.
Also, why did they have to change it so that Ripley is now skipping happily and singing to herself as she heads from the unnecessarily complex self destruct mechanism to the escape pod.
Thank goodness the scene with the Alien skipping around with H.R. Gieger were only included as a deleted scene.
I noticed annoying skipping all through the new Alien Director's Cut.
It's esspecially annoying when Yaphet Koto and Harry Dean Stanton are skipping merrily around the mess hall as the chestburster was popping out. It ruined the effect of the scene.
Also, why did they have to change it so that Ripley is now skipping happily and singing to herself as she heads from the unnecessarily complex self destruct mechanism to the escape pod.
Thank goodness the scene with the Alien skipping around with H.R. Gieger were only included as a deleted scene.
12-08-03, 12:49 PM
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Have all you guys who have had problems checked the discs to make sure they are clean? I've had DVDs pixelate or freeze up on me before and come to find out it was just a thumbprint that was easily wiped clean. Also, does anyone know if some players have problems with branching spots? Would older or cheaper players take a second to process the branch and give a branch a "layer break" effect? Any info would be greatly appreciated.