What's changed in DVD tech in the past couple years?

DurocShark

Lifer
Apr 18, 2001
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Several years ago I bought a Memorex DVD player. It was great. But over the past 2 years or so, new DVDs would stammer, pause, etc, during playback.

I figured the player was old and I needed to replace it.

Last christmas I picked up a cheapo Craig unit to hold me until I could afford a nice player. But DVDs do the same crap on it too! Not my older ones, but new ones released within the past 2 years.

Is it a copy protection thing that's screwing with my players?