Quick note: I own a Harman Kardon DVD 25 and the new Sony Pictures DVDs (Pursuit of Happiness and Open Season in my case) are giving my DVVD player fits. It wont read the disc and freezes. I read that the copyright data Sony is using is the culprit.

Just a heads up I guess. I must be the one HK owner.

I promise one thing: my next player wont be a Sony product.

Quick note: I own a Harman Kardon DVD 25 and the new Sony Pictures DVDs (Pursuit of Happiness and Open Season in my case) are giving my DVVD player fits. It wont read the disc and freezes. I read that the copyright data Sony is using is the culprit.

Just a heads up I guess. I must be the one HK owner.

I promise one thing: my next player wont be a Sony product.

Here's the wiki article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARccOS, and a list of affected discs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_DVDs_Protected_by_ARccoS

This article claims you can get replacement discs without the problem: http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=20244

-Bill

Wow all of those titles played just fine on my Oppo 970

Mitsubishi DD-8020 DVD players also exhibits the problem.