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I am never renting DVD's again.

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<FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #c0c0c0">I'll repeat it over and over until another better format is created: DVDS ARE A FLAWED TECHNOLOGY. Let's take CDs (which are pretty damn fragile) and make them less data redundant and easier to scratch, and then we'll make them play movies so that if there is a scratch and the secure data reduncy takes over, the movie will still skip!



DVDs needed to be put in a cartridge of some form - or at least more layers and better dyes.</FONT>
 
I had this problem several times too. That's why I don't go through the hassle to rent them, if I find a good DVD at a low price at BB, I just buy it.



That's the attitude that I bet the MPAA planned when they decided to make DVDS... That way, they make a lot more money by having a crappier product.

I would suggest DIVX to save money. DIVX are easy to back up and they won't skip because they're written on a CD which is much more secure. Until the MPAA offers some movies in DIVX format, DIVX format movies are free.
 
yea, i have noticed the same thing about rented dvds... no one cares about them, so they always end up all crappy..... oh well
 
It also depends on the quality of the dvd player and how it handles errors.
The dvd player in the living room does ok but it doesn't always handle scratches that well.
If a dvd is really scratched we can watch it on my computer. The pioneer slot load dvd-rom does a good job of handling scratches.
 
I have rented 9 DVDs total -- only one of them played all the way through :| My personal disks over 20 all play fine and have never skipped.
 
I would suggest DIVX to save money. DIVX are easy to back up and they won't skip because they're written on a CD which is much more secure. Until the MPAA offers some movies in DIVX format, DIVX format movies are free.

um stop dreaming. like i'm really gonna want to buy a brand new player to play a divx movie that i have to buy. lower quality, no special features, no surround sound, definetly no DTS, 2 discs required for decent quality, 3 for longer movies so i have to get up 2-3 times to finish watching. cds are not less prone to damage by scratching then dvd, and use older error correction methods. rolling out a new format that is inferior = good for consumer? @#% no, i want my HD DVD NOW!! u think small, divx is for pirates.
 
I've never encountered a problem with rented DVD's...
though I hardly ever rent.. and when I do its from a local "Mom & Pop" video store..
not Blockbuster or Hollywood video
 
it was a stupid move to go with a disc format without a protective cartridge around it. half the dvds i rent look like kids taped them to the bottom of their shoes and tried to skate down their driveway. but for me only 1 out of over 100 rentals has been messed up so bad that it affected playback.

my favorite is when the local blockbuster put their giant label on one side of a double sided dvd. of course they managed to put it on the widescreen side -- after all, who would want to see the version with the black bars :disgust:
 
I have never had a problem renting a DVD from our local stores. We only have like 50 DVDs everyone rents VHS.
 
Those blockbuster stickers had to be the worst idea in the history of bad ideas. First off they put them on dvds that actually have video on both sides and secondly they can mess up your dvd player and/or cause the dvd to play incorrectly. Don't they actually think things through and test things before doing them in masses?
 


<< it was a stupid move to go with a disc format without a protective cartridge around it. half the dvds i rent look like kids taped them to the bottom of their shoes and tried to skate down their driveway. but for me only 1 out of over 100 rentals has been messed up so bad that it affected playback.

my favorite is when the local blockbuster put their giant label on one side of a double sided dvd. of course they managed to put it on the widescreen side -- after all, who would want to see the version with the black bars :disgust: >>



wow.. but thats what you get from blockbuster anyways, they don't like widescreen😛 as for cartridges, yea i wouldn't mind if the format had a slim cartridge, but it seems consumers didn't want em or osmething.. no cartridge around cds, or dvds😛

netflix doesn't stick anything to the discs🙂
 
I've actually never had any problems with a DVD rental. However, you should note that I haven't rented more than 20 DVDs... I've actually had more problems with messed up VHS tapes than with my DVD rentals.

Ryan
 


<< Before I leave the store, I open up every DVD case that I rented and check for scratches. If they are scratched bad enough (IMO) I don't leave the store with it. Waste of my time and money to have to come all the way back to the store.

Every DVD I rent, I wash w/warm water and wipe it CORRECTLY with a soft towel. Most rental DVDs have peanut butter and jelly and other unknown sticky substances (ewwwwww) on them and I'll be damned if I'm putting them in my expensive (for me) DVD player and mucking it all up.

My personal DVD/CDR collection is either in their storage cases or in the player. Never on the table, under a drink or anythign else. >>



I do that too. I don't recall having one that didn't play. I once got a Goodfellas with a small crack that looked like it had been stepped on. It still played fine.
 
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