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peter may · 04-05-2003, 12:50 PM

I bought these Seinfeld DVDs and they came today and they dont play on my DVD player i keep getting "disc error" and "parental violatoin" error messages coming up

are these discs ****ed?

what can i do about it, i am so angry, this has never happened before

Mr. Stefani · 04-05-2003, 12:56 PM

are they VCDs?

peter may · 04-05-2003, 12:57 PM

no dvds i think i have fixed the problem now

Mossopp · 04-05-2003, 01:13 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by peter may
I bought these Seinfeld DVDs and they came today and they dont play on my DVD player i keep getting "disc error" and "parental violatoin" error messages coming up
are these discs ****ed?
what can i do about it, i am so angry, this has never happened before

Sounds like a region-coding problem to me.
Answer me this:

Did these DVD's come from America?
If so, is your DVD player equipped to play Region 1 DVD's?

If you continue to have problems with these discs tell me the make and model number of your DVD player and I'll try'n find a multi-region hack for you.

peter may · 04-05-2003, 02:02 PM

i have already hacked my DVD player, so it is region free,

i have a dansai 1010 dvd player why do i have these messages

Mossopp · 04-05-2003, 04:16 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by peter may
i have already hacked my DVD player, so it is region free,

i have a dansai 1010 dvd player why do i have these messages

Perhaps your Seinfeld DVD's are RCE protected. This means they have been modified so as to not work on a multi-region DVD player. A lot of DVD manufacturers nowadays are using RCE encoding on their discs so as to cut down on DVD importing.
When you play an RCE protected disc, the disc effectively "asks" the DVD player if it has been modified to play all regions. If it has then the disc will not play. The only way to get around this is to switch your DVD player to region 1 (as opposed to region 0).
This is all well and good if you are using a handset hack to play discs from other regions (ie. typeing in a code on the remote before playing the disc). If, on the other hand, your player has been 'chipped' in order to allow it to play discs from other regions then you're pretty much screwed when it comes to RCE.

Brad Russ · 04-07-2003, 05:31 AM

You could always e-mail the guy, tell him what the problem is, and see if he'll give you your money back. Usually when something like this happens people assume the worst, and think they've been purposely ripped off. I had the same thing happen to me where I bought a defective DVD. I told the guy about the problem, and he immediately offered either a full refund, or that I'd keep the DVD, and get half my money back. I went for the full refund. Anyway if you haven't done so already, email this guy. He may give you a full refund.

GrapeJelly · 04-07-2003, 07:45 AM

Are they factory manufactured store-bought DVDs or DVD-R's that the seller burned himself? Because I have a disc recorder and sometimes the DVDs I make don't play on some DVD players. If I'm way off base then ignore my post lol I just thought I'd throw another possibility out there

04-05-2003, 12:50 PM	#1
peter may The SO Limey Senior Member Join Date: Feb 26, 2002 Location: LONDON Posts: 1,883	Help, I have been ripped off on ebay I bought these Seinfeld DVDs and they came today and they dont play on my DVD player i keep getting "disc error" and "parental violatoin" error messages coming up are these discs ****ed? what can i do about it, i am so angry, this has never happened before

04-07-2003, 05:31 AM	#7
Brad Russ Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Feb 17, 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 10,085	You could always e-mail the guy, tell him what the problem is, and see if he'll give you your money back. Usually when something like this happens people assume the worst, and think they've been purposely ripped off. I had the same thing happen to me where I bought a defective DVD. I told the guy about the problem, and he immediately offered either a full refund, or that I'd keep the DVD, and get half my money back. I went for the full refund. Anyway if you haven't done so already, email this guy. He may give you a full refund.
	__________________ St. John 15:13 - Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." Currently my favorite song.

04-05-2003, 12:56 PM	#2
Mr. Stefani Member Forum Celebrity Join Date: Jul 15, 2001 Posts: 20,757	are they VCDs?

04-05-2003, 12:57 PM	#3
peter may The SO Limey Senior Member Join Date: Feb 26, 2002 Location: LONDON Posts: 1,883	no dvds i think i have fixed the problem now

04-05-2003, 02:02 PM	#5
peter may The SO Limey Senior Member Join Date: Feb 26, 2002 Location: LONDON Posts: 1,883	i have already hacked my DVD player, so it is region free, i have a dansai 1010 dvd player why do i have these messages

04-07-2003, 07:45 AM	#8
GrapeJelly Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 18, 2003 Posts: 3,542	Are they factory manufactured store-bought DVDs or DVD-R's that the seller burned himself? Because I have a disc recorder and sometimes the DVDs I make don't play on some DVD players. If I'm way off base then ignore my post lol I just thought I'd throw another possibility out there