I feel your frustration. Half of the time my dvd player whirls and clicks like mad at times when trying to read a disk. The other half of the time it is fine. Sometimes it takes 20 minutes to read a disk!!!Doesn't matter if its warmed up or not. I've cleaned it, punched it, kicked it and cleaned it again. I'm getting irritated just thinking about it, I think I'll go give it another beating!!!
Good luck........
Good luck........