Posted by pstnly on 01/15/54 11:43

Paula C. wrote:
> I rented a DVD copy of Capote yesterday and it won't play on my Toshiba
> SD-5970. It stalls or hangs right at the end of the copy warning notices
> while showing the 4 second long "conversations disclaimer." It's not
> hanging in my old backup DVD player, but absolutely refuses to play in the
> Toshiba. All other DVDs I've tested play fine in the Toshiba.
>
> Has anyone else had this problem with Capote? Or with the Toshiba SD-5970?
>
> Is this another Sony DVD copy protection bug? Or some other Sony vs.
> Toshiba thing?
>
> Or did I simply rent a defective disk?
>
> Paula C.

I'm finding the same. My rented copy didn't play on my laptop, but
does play on my set-top DVD player: however, it does jump in a couple
of places towards the end. Seems it's badly pressed. Think I might
ask Blockbuster for a fresh copy....

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