Who knows DVDs?

[Baitball Blogger]

Why is it that more and more my DVD player can't play the newer DVDs? Just purchased the Hunger Games and neither DVD can read it. Maybe I bought the wrong one? It is a 3 Disc Deluxe for digital and Streaming.

[Broken_Hero]

1. Good luck,

not sure whats wrong, except have you run a disc cleaner through your DVD machine lately? That might work. I'm upset that they didn't release a DVD/Blu ray combo pack for HG.

[BlueJazz]

2. I know the set you are talking about. (20 dollars at target). Do the other DVD's you own....

...play correctly ?
You might try cleaning the laser with a q-tip.

[Baitball Blogger]

3. Thanks. I'll give it a try.

[Baitball Blogger]

4. Cleaned it and it's still saying "Bad Disc" on one DVD and Error on the other.

[HopeHoops]

5. Just on a whim, if it only has writing on the inside ring, flip it over.

This won't be true if it has a printed side, but if the writing is just on the inner circle, I've had discs that were recorded on the wrong side from the printing - like the entire first season of the original Star Trek set. Curiously, seasons two and three were recorded on the correct side. The other thing to check is that it is a "region 1" disc. Players in the US and Japan will NOT play "region 2" discs (everywhere else).

[Baitball Blogger]

6. Thanks Hoops!

Appreciate it. I'll give it a look.

[Baitball Blogger]

7. Okay. I figured it out. I'm a moron.

In teensy weensy letters my box said, blu ray.

[BlueJazz]

8. Easy to do that. Now I feel bad for ya because I doubt if Target will exchange...

..those disks for you. (but I could be wrong)

[Baitball Blogger]

9. They did. Thank Goodness.

Last night I complained to my husband that our DVD player was outdated and the reason why it wasn't reading the disk was because the disk was developed by current standards.

So when I got back from the store I sheepishly told him I was 50% right.