I had trouble playing the hd-dvd side in both the hd-a3 player and the hd-dvd drive for 360. I put it straight from the case to the player after I first opened it (meaning I probably did not scratch it). It skipped a few times during the movie, but the last five minutes were unwatchable (it would either freeze or skip too much). It could be that this is a combo disc and there have been problems with other movies released on this combo format before. I did like the movie, but because of the playback problems, I can only give this 3 stars.