Blue ray player freezes with DVD ?

I have the new Pioneer Elite BDP-HD1 Blue ray player on loan right now.
The picture and sound quality of this player is absolutely stunning on Blue ray. DVD is converted to 1080p and picture is also very good.
The noise level of the Pioneer is super quiet with it's fan cooling the unit. I have tried the Toshiba HD-DVD but it's fan is way too noisy to use in my room.
When playing a DVD in the Pioneer Blue-ray player the image and sound freezes at times for 1 second. This happenes two to three times a movie which just shouldn't be. This drives me nuts when watching a movie.
The Pioneer Elite DV-59AVI that I have been using does not have this problem.
Anybody else have this problem?
Any thoughts on the new LG super blue which plays both HD formats?
by Rugyboogie