My DVD player was playing orginal DVD's and burned copies, for a long time, but latley it started to play only orginal DVDs and stop reading the copies,can you tell me why this happened?

Josie Salinas, June 2006

You could also check out www.llamma.com - they've been really great for me to repair electronics. Here's the link that, although specializes in xbox repairs, gives tutorials on DVD cleaning and laser repair, etc. Good luck.
http://www.llamma.com/xbox/Repairs/repairs.htm

Melissa, July 2006

Possible a weak laser not a DIY proposition. If your DVD player is a budget model it may not be worth repairing.

Alternatively if the recordable DVDs are a little old it could be early failure on the part of DVDs themselves. Some of the cheaper ones don't last long. Having said that some of the cheaper ones do.

Terry, June 2006