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Offline ajoh432
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Okay I bought my first DVD...... and I\'m screwed!!!!!!
« on: June 23, 2001, 06:38:03 PM »
Fight Club. My DVD screws up when I play it... Here\'s what happens:

It all starts out perfect then when I start the actual movie it works fine for 3 seconds then the picture gets darker and fuzzes and distorts some lines. Then after 3 seconds it works perfect again..... and it repeats, over, and over, and over.

I got so mad I about threw my ps2 out the window. But I didn\'t. Instead I pulled out my very dusty manual. I looked in troubleshooting. Then read that I needed to buy a cord that hooks straight to my TV. \'Cause I\'ve been using my VCR. So now tomorrow I gotta buy one for 20 bucks. Hopefully it works.... If it doesn\'t I gotta call Sony.

Has anyone had this problem playing DVD\'s? If you have then are you using the VCR cord or TV cord?

                              Help me!!! If you can.....
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« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2001, 06:44:54 PM »
It\'s called MACROVISION COPY PROTECTION. THIS IS THE STANDARD IN ALL DVD PLAYERS. IT PREVENTS YOU FROM COPYING A DVD ONTO VCR TAPE. SOLUTION: DON\'T HOOK THE PS2 UP THROUGH A VCR! YOUR PS2 IS NOT BROKEN. IT\'S WORKING JUST FINE (sorry about the caps my pinky hit caps lock
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« Reply #2 on: June 23, 2001, 06:50:46 PM »
thanks dude.... I\'m feeling a little better now.......
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« Reply #3 on: June 24, 2001, 12:48:41 PM »
Yeah the funny thing is if you run it through a Beta Player it works fine. So I can record my DVD\'s to Beta. On one tape i usually get the movie and special features. To bad Beta is dead. I here thier is one place in Chicago that still makes them. But my supply will last me along time.
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« Reply #4 on: June 24, 2001, 12:53:19 PM »
well, at least you bought Fight Club, thats on my list of top 3 movies of all time along with American History X and Suicide Kings, excellents movies!!
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« Reply #5 on: June 24, 2001, 12:56:07 PM »
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Yeah the funny thing is if you run it through a Beta Player it works fine. So I can record my DVD\'s to Beta. On one tape i usually get the movie and special features. To bad Beta is dead. I here thier is one place in Chicago that still makes them. But my supply will last me along time.


What the hell did you get a beta for? You might not know this, but Beta is the standard for TV networks. Yes, what we are seeing on cable TV right now is from betas.
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« Reply #6 on: June 24, 2001, 01:36:30 PM »
Um yeah, but it\'s a totally different grade of Beta..

And I think you can use any VCR that was made long ago back in that era.
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« Reply #7 on: June 24, 2001, 01:38:55 PM »
Take the Beta and transfer it to VHS!  (If ya can do it that is! :D )
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« Reply #8 on: June 24, 2001, 02:18:47 PM »
That happend when i played tapes on my vcr..............damn 20 year old piece of poo.
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« Reply #9 on: June 24, 2001, 06:35:03 PM »
I still haven\'t seen Fight Club yet, my brother has it on DVD and is always talking about how great it is.  I have to rent it!  I just bought the John Woo collection.  It\'s got "The Killer" and "Hard Boiled".  I watched The Killer at my brothers house and loved it, so I bought the Box set today.  It\'s preety expensive though for 2 movies!  In Canada anyway.
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« Reply #10 on: June 24, 2001, 06:44:06 PM »
hehe zolar check out this site
http://www.thekillerbean.com
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« Reply #11 on: June 24, 2001, 08:08:51 PM »
That\'s hilarious!! :D
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« Reply #12 on: June 24, 2001, 09:06:23 PM »
I fixed it...... anyway... I love Fight Club..... the only thing that sux about it is that the screen is letterbox..... which I can get used to but a lot of people complain about it.... and it\'s starting to bum me out... :(

I watched that movie today... and then popped in the second disk and had like 30 more mins of fun time.... with all of the cool stuff in it. I especially liked looking at all of the videos of how they made the CG parts in the movie. And guess what... I still haven\'t looked at everything yet on that second disk. :)
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« Reply #13 on: June 24, 2001, 11:59:22 PM »
I have Fight Club aswell.  The second disc is really cool, I have gone through the whole disc and probably will go through it again.  The 4:3  size screen is irritating but I suppose it is still better than a VHS.

Anyway I think that I should take the day off from work to watch Fight Club again!!
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« Reply #14 on: June 25, 2001, 01:03:37 AM »
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I fixed it...... anyway... I love Fight Club..... the only thing that sux about it is that the screen is letterbox..... which I can get used to but a lot of people complain about it.... and it\'s starting to bum me out... :(
Eh, what do you mean? You\'d rather have a pan & scan version (4:3)? YUCK! Movies should be widescreen... I can\'t stand 4:3 movies... it should be an anamorphic transfer though but even normal letterbox is better than pan & scan IMO.

Tell me if I misunderstood something. :)
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