Arcam DV88 Pauses/Freezes on DVD Playback
 

Hello!

I've got an Arcam DV88 that I've had since new, and recently it's started
pausing - anything between a fraction of a second and freezing completely -
on DVD playback. CD replay seems fine.

Some discs play fine, some occasionally pause for a fraction of a second and
carry on, and some freeze completely at certain points - and it's always at
the same point, which tends to suggest that the disc is also a factor. It
seems worse on newer DVDs and worst on BBC discs for some reason! All discs
are region 2 originals, apart from ones I've made myself from camcorder
footage (they mostly seem to be OK).

Does it just need a clean, or maybe lubrication, or does this behaviour
suggest that there's something more serious wrong with it?

Andrew