Can a DVD player scratch a DVD?

The DVD Player works a bit like the old record player. The principles include Laser Reads the Disc, Motor Spins the Disc and Device Measures Tracks.The laser light is shone onto the disc and as it...

Either the player is damaged somewhere and cannot function properly, or the disc carriage is jammed

I believe that DVD players read DVD's by a reader which is usally a blue, glass hemisphere. It is easy to see in a game cube or a slime ps2.

The DVD player might be old or broken, or the disk might have a strach or food stains.

Either the player is wearing out or the DVD is badly scratched and therefore it cannot play anymore. A solution would be to either get a new DVD player if thhe player is the problem, or buy a new...