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timboW · 03-18-2008, 04:40 PM

Actually, I have exactly the same problem. I'm originally from Australia, and family are always sending DVD's over either for us or the kids on birthdays and at Christmas, but we're always having to play them on the computer. Lately though I've found that they won't even play on the PC anymore and generate the same error message that the other poster mentioned.

Anyone know why the PC won't play them anymore? It was my understanding that normal DVD players had some sort of blocking mechanism built it that was triggered by special keys on the DVD itself, whereas PC DVD players weren't affected in the same fashion. Have they got around this somehow?

It's a real pain, because we now have a small stockpile of DVD's that we've never been able to watch.

03-18-2008, 04:40 PM	#2 (permalink)
timboW New Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 13	Actually, I have exactly the same problem. I'm originally from Australia, and family are always sending DVD's over either for us or the kids on birthdays and at Christmas, but we're always having to play them on the computer. Lately though I've found that they won't even play on the PC anymore and generate the same error message that the other poster mentioned. Anyone know why the PC won't play them anymore? It was my understanding that normal DVD players had some sort of blocking mechanism built it that was triggered by special keys on the DVD itself, whereas PC DVD players weren't affected in the same fashion. Have they got around this somehow? It's a real pain, because we now have a small stockpile of DVD's that we've never been able to watch. Last edited by timboW; 03-18-2008 at 04:42 PM.