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PS3 freezing when playing Planet Earth

yoyo5280

yoyo5280

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So my dad just got his amazing new Bluray planet earth discs and popped em straight in the PS3 and started to watchin. It is truly amazing, except for the fact that the playstation waz constantly freezing, then when it woke up skipped to a random chapter of the disc! Is this commen? We have firmware 1.93 I think
 
Update to the newest firmware, make sure the disc is also nice and spotless.

Did you try standing your PlayStation3 in opposite position?

Also, if you dont have any other problems with any other discs/movies, it may be a pressing error.

Kinda like how all those copies of Halo 3 are bad. Even slight pressing errors can happen.

I got a copy of Sonic Adventure 2 Battle for the Gamecube. No scratches. No dirt/scuffs. Gamecube works fine. As soon as you try to enter a stage, it gives an error message stating that It can not read the disc.
 
i rented discs 1 and 2 of planet earth on blue ray from netflix. disc 1 played fine but disc 2 gave me the same errors that you described. i'm thinking it must have been a bad pressing, maybe he can return the movies and try a different set?
 
It's more than likely a bad disc. I own Planet Earth and have played through every disc at least 4 times with no freezing or skipping. Call the disc manufacturer, most will replace the disc for free.

You may also want to make sure that your PS3 is on the latest firmware, a few of the earlier FW versions would BD freezing only if you were using WiFi. That was cured by a FW revision.

Sony: 800-345-7669 (800-345-SONY)

PE is distributed by BBC Warner
Warner Home Video's customer service department: 1-866-488-4640. - http://www2.warnerbros.com/main/help/whv/whv_dvd_help.html#15
I purchased a defective DVD - I returned it for a replacement but the replacement is defective as well. What can I do?

Please return the product to us so that our technical department can review it. Please note that the DVD must be returned in its original case. If you are returning a box set, you must also send the whole box set back. Please return to the following address: Warner Home Video, 4000 Warner Blvd., Burbank, CA 91522: Attn: Business Affairs. Once the product is received and reviewed someone will be in touch. Please remember to include your contact information.
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Best of luck to you
Ed
 
I had no idea Planet Earth was this popular, seems to be a global release or something. Good ol BBC.
 
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