I have a new DVD player. My old one could not play some store

[applegrove]

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bought dvds. The new one has the same problem. Are they making cheap dvds? Or are they making cheap DVD players?

[MADem]

1. I buy really cheap DVD players, that are advertised as

"international" or "multi region" (yay Amazon) and they seem to play everything. I will admit, I haven't played a DVD lately, maybe they're putting more coding on the DVDs themselves? I also don't bother with BLU RAY.

I may not be getting the full "experience" but I just don't care that much!

[JayhawkSD]

2. What do the unplayable dvd's have in common? nt

[applegrove]

6. They were from two different TV series. Both just recently bought.

[JayhawkSD]

7. Do you have any tv series that it will play?

It's beginning to sound, as has been suggested, that there is a copyright issue for which your player does not have the proper coding.

[applegrove]

8. Actually there are three dvds that don't play. Two of them I've watched before on other dvd players.

I think I'm going to have to suck it in and go to Best Buy.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

9. Bring the DVDs with you and try playing them on something in the store. n/t

[-none]

3. Are they clean?

I know first hand that some people have no idea what dirt and scratches on a CD/DVD do to the playability of their collection.
A scratch in the wrong place can make then unplayable.

[Egnever]

4. Sounds like copyright protection issues

Another poster above I think had it right you need a multi region DVD player to play some DVDs

[SwankyXomb]

5. A lot of DVDs have specific firmware requirements

as part of their DRM copy protection. This could be the problem.