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Post 1 made on Wednesday June 2, 1999 at 12:00
Kelly
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Reciently the blockbuster video near my home has begun renting DVD's, of which I have rented quite a few. I have noticed one very unusual fact about nearly all of the DVD's that I've rented. They are all single sided, and have a gold sheen to the media (similar to CD-R disks).. I'm beginning to wonder if Blockbuster has an agreement with companies to mass copy disks for their personal use. Anyone have any information on this? I can't believe the DVD makers/movie studios would allow this. I rented 'A Bugs Life' last night, and it was single sided, yet according to DVDexpress, the actual released copy is dual sided. I was forced to watch the pan/scan version instead of the widescreen, which, needless to say, made me rather upset. Also, all of the disks seem to display a 'Macrovision' copy protection banner just before the requisite 'FBI warning'.. Does anyone else think this is strange? Should I contact someone to inform them about this? I know I'm not going to rent any more DVD's from Blockbuster, but the fact that they are doing this bothers me. Anyone else have any opinions on this?


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