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Originally Posted by Iceycabbie Sorry for the delay - ISP problems last night.
The equipment wouldn't recognise disks at all and it seemed to have been caused by the copy - I got it all going rather easily though by simply unplugging the players for long enough to let them lose any stored settings, reverting back to factory default.
This seems to be in line with Macromedia's blurb (and I assume other similar companies) that by causing frustration on the part of users trying to copy media they will steer a percentage away from copying toward purchasing the originals. What about the people who want to keep their originals in pristine condition though? |
Chances are the dvd media was improperly burned/finalized and unreadable. This may have thrown the burner and players involved into an extended loop of trying to recognize and read the disc. But as others have said, we are not aware of anything anyone can do to cause the attempt to play a backup copy of a dvd to cause damage to a drive or player.
You mention a "Macromedia" blurb - I'm going to guess you meant "Macrovision" as they are the company who tries to prevent copying of purchased media by inserting flaws and defects in commercially pressed entertainment products. It seems to me that what they mostly cause is defective and flawed products being sold to unsuspecting customers.
Lastly, I doubt that the entertainment industry has any interest in helping anyone keep their purchased optical entertainment products in pristine condition. They would prefer you throw them around a bit and buy additional copies of the same material now and then once they are damaged. Actually, they would probably like it even better if you had to pay them every time you watched your dvd, even after you purchased it.