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Unplayable DVDs - New copy protection?
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So I'm doing the Netflix free trial, and I order Secretary.
It arrives, I pop it in my SuperDrive, and... nothing. My eMac doesn't see it, doesn't know it's there. Doesn't even spit it out (glad I have that Eject key).
I clean it off and try again. Still nothing.
I report it as damaged & return it for a replacement.
Replacement copy arrives, and... same nothing. 
Anyone else had something like this happen? Could it be some Mac-incompatible copy protection scheme?
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"I sentence you to be hanged by the neck until you cheer up."
MacBook Pro 15" w/ Mac OS 10.8.2, iPhone 4S & iPad 4th-gen. w/ iOS 6.1.2
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Does it work on your DVD player? Is it region1?
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Originally posted by malvolio:
So I'm doing the Netflix free trial, and I order Secretary.
It arrives, I pop it in my SuperDrive, and... nothing. My eMac doesn't see it, doesn't know it's there. Doesn't even spit it out (glad I have that Eject key).
I clean it off and try again. Still nothing.
I report it as damaged & return it for a replacement.
Replacement copy arrives, and... same nothing.
Anyone else had something like this happen? Could it be some Mac-incompatible copy protection scheme?
might be illegal dvd's, not orginals but nock offs that look like they are real.
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Blandine Bureau 1940 - 2011
Missed 2012 by 3 days, RIP Grandma :-(
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2 different copies of "The Chronicles of Riddick" wouldn't play on my DVD player, but worked on my iMac. Same w/ a few cheesy Wu Tang $3 kung fu dvd's. No big loss.
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Originally posted by demograph68:
Does it work on your DVD player? Is it region1?
I don't currently have a DVD player. No idea what region it was, since I couldn't access it at all.
Looks like Netflix ain't gonna get my $$ for their service.
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"I sentence you to be hanged by the neck until you cheer up."
MacBook Pro 15" w/ Mac OS 10.8.2, iPhone 4S & iPad 4th-gen. w/ iOS 6.1.2
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Originally posted by Athens:
might be illegal dvd's, not orginals but nock offs that look like they are real.
My sister tried Netflix in the first 14-day of trial period. AFAIK, those DVDs on the mail were all original copies.
BTW, depends on the optical drive models; my Philips/Apple OEM combo drive on my G4 doesn't recognize some CDs/DVDs at all.
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