DVD DRM Prevents Playback on Xbox 360 & Media Center PC's
Dylan writes, "I recently had a problem that I wanted to share and see if others are experiencing a similar problem. I received the "Gone Baby Gone" DVD from Netflix and it is not playable in either my Xbox 360 or my Vista Media Center. There appears to be some new type of DRM that prevents it from being played on computers. The disk is in pristine condition. I don't have a standalone DVD player any longer so the disk is essentially useless to me."
Dylan isn't alone, there are a number of people that are reporting problems with Gone Baby Gone on the Xbox and Media Center PC's.
Yet another case of DRM preventing a customer with a legal version of a movie being unable to watch it. If they're going to implement a new DRM scheme, why don't they bother testing it on the Xbox 360 and Media Center PC's? There are more than 18 million Xbox 360's, and more than 60 million Windows Media Center PC's.
wow this sucks ill report it to DVDfab
Posted by: NETFLIX MOVIE BURNER | February 29, 2008 at 01:48 AM
just get a PS3.
Posted by: Super-Bat-Man | February 29, 2008 at 10:03 AM
It costs some money, but AnyDVD is great for removing DRM for Media Center PC's. I don't know what I'd do without it.
Posted by: Blazie | February 29, 2008 at 12:33 PM
Another example of how you have to make an "illegal" backup copy, removing the DRM, in order to play your legally purchased DVD. Seems kind of perverse to me.
Posted by: CJ | March 02, 2008 at 12:22 AM
Based on what I read above; it's a flaw in the pressing of that DVD title. If it were a new DRM, it would show up in all new DVD titles put out by that studio. That's how DRM is licensed. No publishing house would make their disc unreadable on Windows machines. If you own the disc (and you care), call the studio & they should replace it with the next pressing where this issue is fixed.
Posted by: mathchris | March 09, 2008 at 03:49 PM