On Feb 2, 9:34*am, m II wrote:
Every dvd drive I've had has only read one side. You have to physically
turn the disc over in the tray and play the other side.
mike

That was my first response, flipped the dvd and got nothing but
grinding sounds. Did the same with disc 2 with same result. Being
inexperienced with dvd's I then assumed all the data was contained on
one side of the disc since the back had no label reading Side B (label
on front reads Side A and Side B).

However after reading your post I tried the flip sides of other dvds
and they worked fine. So the problem is two corrupted dvds not the
player, which is good news. I will now be able to enjoy all of season
three of NORTHERN EXPOSURE and only half of season one of KOJAK -
which is even better news!

Thank you for taking to time to respond to my post Mike, your
practical advice proved to be most helpful. Without it I likely would
have dismissed the problem and never bothered with half the dvds
again.

Best regards.