Hi colin and welcome to the forum. I too have done that as well. I had bought a previously viewed copy of the first Pirates of the Carribean and it was loaded with skips and freeze ups. I thought it was my player but it didn't repeat with any other title. So I figured, what the hay, I'm about to throw it away anyway, why not give it a last ditch effort. And of course the rest is history. And it's a really cool movie too. ~ Mike