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Ripping DVDs can damage the disc!

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TechnoPro

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Such a claim was made by the manager of a local BlockBuster...

The background:

My girlfriend bought a previously-viewed copy of Hitch. It stopped during playback on my XBOX which is my main DVD player. So I pop it into my PC which outputs to my TV through S-Video. Same glitch occurs. I clean the disc with alcohol, to no avail.

There were no remarkable scratches on the disc; all I noticed was a thin ring that stood out a bit amidst the usual rings on the disc.

The GF takes it back to BlockBuster and proceeds to return it. The manager examines the DVD and summarily explains, "Yeah, it looks like someone tried burning this." Not wanting a technical debate, I let this nonsense slide. She then continues, "Yeah, so people try to do this thing where they burn the movie to copy it... And that's what probably damged this. You can tell by that ring." My politeness was quickly dwindling.

Anyhow, so now you know the truth from the mouth of a movie expert.
 
Originally posted by: Rogue
Not likely.
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I hope to God and all that is sacred that you didn't read my post thinking for even one brief second that there is any merit to Miss BlockBuster's claim!
 
What do you expect from someone working at Blockbuster, lol.

Look into Netflix... It is a much better service. :thumbsup:

 
Originally posted by: Goosemaster
Dude. He fvking works at fvking blockbuster


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Originally posted by: SketchMaster
That is a scuff mark made by cheap DVD players/Drives.

The lady is so full of it, she might explode.
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I've never heard of this skuff mark phenomenon; can you elaborate?
 
Originally posted by: Crazyfool
What do you expect from someone working at Blockbuster, lol.

Look into Netflix... It is a much better service. :thumbsup:
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But then the mailman steals all of your dvds and you have to pay big bucks to replace them.
 
Only time it happened to me was about five years ago when we got a Computer from tiger direct. that thing chewed up my mother's corel CD. Got a new drive but they wouldn't pay for a new copy of corel. Needless to say we never bought from them ever again.

While working at gamestop we would see DVDs come in like that all the time. Only thing I can think of that would cause that is cheap drives that became unbalanced. Or the DVD didn't seat correctly when it first started spinning.

Edit: Another thing that could cause it is people playing DVDs in their PS2 and tugging on the controler to drag the PS2 closer if they didn't have enough slack. Pretty sure you could jack up a DVD by doing that.
 
SketchMaster is right, I used to work at a video rental store called hastings, some of you may have heard of it. but we used to get dvd's like that too. but it doesn't happen from burning it.........now maybe...the person was trying to rip a DVD and bumped their computer or something enough to make the disk move and it made that scratch on it leading them to beleive thats what caused it...but who knows, it's just something they probebly tell people hoping they'll be dumb enough to buy their BS so there isn't any more questions and to try to cut back (haha right) on piracy.


Originally posted by: CravenTacos
personally, I laser etch a ring on all of the DVDs i rip.
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LOL!
 
I would have told her the truth. Not to insult her pride or embarass her or anything, just to clear up some of the ignorance in the world. Granted she's not in a position where people will believe her so readily, but if anything she should know just TO know. I'm happy when people correct me, as I learn something new, and then I can't pass on bad information to others.
 
Originally posted by: Goosemaster
Originally posted by: TechnoPro
Originally posted by: Goosemaster
Dude. He fvking works at fvking blockbuster


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Dude. It was a fvcking she.
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$20 says it was a he.
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The GF takes it back to BlockBuster and proceeds to return it. The manager examines the DVD and summarily explains, "Yeah, it looks like someone tried burning this." Not wanting a technical debate, I let this nonsense slide. She then continues, "Yeah, so people try to do this thing where they burn the movie to copy it... And that's what probably damged this. You can tell by that ring." My politeness was quickly dwindling.
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