VeeshanVault

A week ago my friend put a burned DVD-R in my dvd player. My dvd player did not play it. Since then, my DVD player has decided to not play anything else either, every time you put a cd in it informs you that there is no CD in it.

So questions:

Does anyone happen to have a magical fix for this?

If not ...

Would putting a burned CD in there violate the warranty? Translation - If I want to return it for a new one since it's broken should I tell them I put a burned CD in to help them fix it or should I just say it stopped working?

It's a player built into a tv so it's pretty annoying

Just say it stopped working.... never give them too much information...

you got pwned

lesson is to not play bootlegged DVD-Rs in this particular unit. I have read there is some antipiracy shit in some DVD player firmware similar to the region code thing, only the antipiracy thing kills the DVD player after one attempt.

Still -- doesn't sound legal for it to not allow legitimate disks to be played.

like Ransure said take it back and act like you dont know shit other than you can't watch your licensed copy of Shrek 2.

and express your concern that this retail location stand behind the products that they sell, as it would certainly encourage their valuable customer base - in a time where retail sales are low - to continue ones relationship with them. etc.

but be nice =)

Tenuvil wrote:lesson is to not play bootlegged DVD-Rs in this particular unit. I have read there is some antipiracy shit in some DVD player firmware similar to the region code thing, only the antipiracy thing kills the DVD player after one attempt.

I'd be curious to see links to such articles. I could see firmware refusing to play it but to actually kill the hardware would be going a bit too far.

Don't really recall where I saw that info, other than it was back nine months to a year ago while I was researching a presentation on data security when I came upon the info. I recall it was a side note in a story on antipiracy measures for commercial software (dongles, etc). I don't have a link handy

Doesn't exceeding the allotted number of viewings (3?) with a different region DVD render the player unusable?

Tenuvil wrote:you got pwned

lesson is to not play bootlegged DVD-Rs in this particular unit. I have read there is some antipiracy shit in some DVD player firmware similar to the region code thing, only the antipiracy thing kills the DVD player after one attempt.

DVD-Rs are sometimes harder to read than factory burned DVDs but I've never heard of any firmware designed to permanently disable a DVD player if bootlegs are played.

Will Windows XP be frying my motherboard next release? : )