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DarkPhenyx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-04 08:36 AM Original message |
Let's just ignore the unplesantness (Wal-Mart DVD player) |
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Love Bug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-04 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
1. How can they do this without violating copyright laws? |
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hexola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-04 08:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. It sounds like the discs are coded to "know" where the bad parts are... |
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Gasolinedream (474 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-04 09:16 AM Response to Reply #1 |
11. I don't think... |
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hexola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-04 09:25 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. The discs are coded a certain way... |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-04 10:36 AM Response to Reply #13 |
23. No, that's not the case |
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hexola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 08:13 AM Response to Reply #23 |
32. I'm skeptical of that explanation... |
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hexola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 08:24 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. or perhaps I'm not... |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 11:30 AM Response to Reply #34 |
38. It's a little different then that |
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Gasolinedream (474 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-04 09:30 AM Response to Reply #1 |
16. I have... |
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Steely_Dan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-04 10:27 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. HAHAHAHA |
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BattyDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-04 08:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
29. They can't |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-04 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
2. Actually this is a good thing |
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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-04 09:22 AM Response to Reply #2 |
12. Exactly |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-04 10:30 AM Response to Reply #12 |
21. I can appreciate it for that reason, too. n/t |
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DarkPhenyx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-04 10:54 AM Response to Reply #12 |
25. Protecting them from what? |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-04 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
3. On the plus side |
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Gasolinedream (474 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-04 09:28 AM Response to Reply #3 |
14. Now that is ... |
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Steely_Dan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-04 10:28 AM Response to Reply #3 |
20. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!! |
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hexola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-04 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
4. Well - as long as I don't HAVE to buy one... |
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dedhed (353 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-04 08:46 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. The inventor is a genious!!! |
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frank frankly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-04 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
5. well at least they got to write "California governor" talking about Arnold |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-04 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
8. Better than censoring the works themselves. |
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Heyo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-04 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
9. I damn sure wouldn't buy one of these.... |
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histohoney (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-04 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
10. I think it |
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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-04 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
15. On the upside... |
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Devils Advocate NZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-04 10:09 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Actually there is a "gotcha" in this... |
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Gasolinedream (474 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-04 10:33 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. I actually can't see many of ... |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-04 10:36 AM Response to Reply #18 |
24. No, this is a wise move |
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Devils Advocate NZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-04 12:12 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Why rent them if they are opposed to your moral views? |
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LeftHander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-04 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
17. Fox DVD releases of old movies are edited... |
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OpSomBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-04 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
27. Wal-Mart is slow on the draw: |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-04 07:28 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Kill Bill's what, ten minutes long? |
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OpSomBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 07:53 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. I'm really curious what a G-rated "Passion" looks like. |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 11:24 AM Response to Reply #30 |
36. No, they don't mess with The Passion |
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OpSomBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
31. More on Wal-Mart and DVDs: |
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hexola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 08:15 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Dont most DVDs offer both letterbox and full screen versions... |
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OpSomBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 08:25 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Very rarely. |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 11:28 AM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Sometimes |
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pstokely (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-04 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
39. RCA is owned by a French company |
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