I bought this dvd player like 5 months ago and it just recently started to freeze while watching a movie or would skip (not to the next chapter) but almost like if you had a scratch on a record so it sounds like the actors are stuttering. I have used a lens cleaner from Maxel but that has not seemed to work. I can't take it back to the store as I did not get the extended warranty and do not want to pay for labor costs until I can maybe get a good lens cleaner. By the way it happens on more than one dvd including a new dvd with absolutely no smudges or scratches. Is their a lens cleaner that someone out their can recommend? Thanks in advance.