Hmmm, I think I will swap out the 5-disc Sony & add the 50 dollar no name unit & test that theory.
Let me know how it works out.
I think my $50 unit IS a Sony, the crappy 5 disk changer one was a Samsung.
The Samsung not only liked to skip on even NEW disks, but it was sooooooo slow. It wanted to THINK about everything. I don’t want my DVD player to think about anything, I want it to apply lazer to disk!
Sony deliberately cripples their machines. They are so worried about piracy that they peddle defective players “just in case”. I have new from the store discs that won’t play on the Sony or Magnavox players. I have 7 DVD players and rest play them.
Its really hit and miss. They play some discs but not others and seem to have more problems halfway through movies also. Needless to say, I rarely use the Magnavox or Sony anymore. Magnavox is actually the worst of the bunch. It will play a movie once sometimes and then never again. Some movies will play fine. I quit trying to figure it out. And everyone I know with Magnavox has these issues.