DVDs have several layers. When switching layers the screen freezes for about a second. Everything is more noticible on HDTV than standard TV. Is the screen freezing or actually going black? I'm wondering if anyone else is having similar problems.
Within the last few months, I finally got an HDTV. Anyway, I've noticed that when watching DVDs, the screen will go black for a split second a few times (maybe once every 30 minutes). At first, I was worried that it was the TV or the component input on the TV.
Well, this morning, I switched the HDTV and DVD inputs and watched another DVD. Same thing happened. Because it never happened when watching TV using the same component connectors, I'm assuming it has nothing to do with the TV.
Anyway, I didn't notice the audio skipping so it probably isn't the dvd lense (I've read that Sony DVD players can have ****** lenses). Could it possibly be the component cables (Accoustic Research)? Or would this probably be the DVD player's component connectors (2 years old)?

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