We have a Sony RDRHX950B 250Gb HDD recorder.

The damn thing is extremely picky with DVD's - if they are not practically brand new it freezes while playing them and complains that the disc is unreadable. Putting the same disc into our Sony Portable player has it play fine through the supposed 'problem areas'.

Trying to clean the disc can sometimes yeild results - but it still seems overly picky.

Has anyone had experience with this player or similar sony players & this sort of pickiness?

Could it be a faulty player? (it is still under warranty)