"Incredibles" DVD Bullshit

PopTodd · **Posted:** Mon Mar 28, 2005 6:34 pm

I've rented several copies of this from my local store and every damn one will not play in my DVD player! At least not the disc with the actual movie on it, the "bonus" disc works just fine.

I am sure that there is some sort of BS copy protect programmed in there that is causing this.

Anyone else having troubles like this?

NeZ · **Posted:** Mon Mar 28, 2005 6:35 pm

I rented it over the weekend and didn't have any problems.

Good movie too.

hey look · **Posted:** Mon Mar 28, 2005 6:37 pm

i have a purchased copy and it plays on 3 outta 4 dvd players i have tested it on.

The Obgoblin · **Posted:** Mon Mar 28, 2005 6:44 pm

I have burned about 5 copies of this for friends etc. and only 1 person had trouble with the burned copy on their DVD player. I got it back and it played fine on mine...Might be the player... playa...

mutty · **Posted:** Mon Mar 28, 2005 6:46 pm

I always have bad luck with rental DVDs - even the tiniest scratch will throw my player into blocky skippy land.

splates · **Posted:** Mon Mar 28, 2005 6:50 pm

Does it have a copy protection film on or anything? A lot of rentals don't work on my DVD player because of shitty copy protection.

Postmersh · **Posted:** Mon Mar 28, 2005 7:11 pm

Didn't have any problems w/ the Netflixian copy I got last weekend...

timmyjoe42 · **Posted:** Mon Mar 28, 2005 8:35 pm

We have this problem with the Baby Einstein dvd's. My dad got one of those $20 dvd players and it won't play them.

So much for our "portable babysitter" while at my parents, haha.

back_space · **Posted:** Mon Mar 28, 2005 8:54 pm

We have the same problem as Max, although the copy of 'Incredibles' we bought plays just fine. Almost every movie DVD that we rent from Blockbuster has at least 10 seconds of skippy/blocky-land. One film we rented refused to play past the 26th minute. Luckily we could flip it over and watch it in "Pan and Scan". GRRR.

I think the quality of the DVDs is just very poor at rental places.

My guess anyway.

Donovan · **Posted:** Mon Mar 28, 2005 8:58 pm

splates Wrote:

Does it have a copy protection film on or anything? A lot of rentals don't work on my DVD player because of shitty copy protection.

It doesn't have any special copy protection. Other recent movies like Ray and The Motorcycle Diaries do, so if they work in your player so should The Incredibles.

Postmersh · **Posted:** Mon Mar 28, 2005 9:07 pm

smafty Wrote:

splates Wrote:

Does it have a copy protection film on or anything? A lot of rentals don't work on my DVD player because of shitty copy protection.

It doesn't have any special copy protection. Other recent movies like Ray and The Motorcycle Diaries do, so if they work in your player so should The Incredibles.

what happened to the good ol' days, when you could just make a line on the disc using a sharpie, and everything'd be ok?

Donovan · **Posted:** Mon Mar 28, 2005 9:17 pm

What happened to the better ol' days when you didn't have to deal with bullshit copy protection at all? It only hurts the people with a legitimate use for a backup under their fair use rights. The pirates aren't stopped by it at all.

Dalen · **Posted:** Mon Mar 28, 2005 9:21 pm

i bought it and have played it on 3 players, no probs.

Grape Ripple · **Posted:** Mon Mar 28, 2005 11:50 pm

So I'm not the only one with problems playing rental DVDs, huh.... In that case, "I'm sorry Jesus for the bad stuff I said about you last night."

"Incredibles" DVD Bullshit

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