[tomdkat]

Actually, this is a very good question because I tend NOT to inspect newly purchased (or even rented) DVDs before I play them. I simply open the package, pop in the disc, and sit in my favorite spot on the couch.

I guess if you have a DVD player that's more "sensitive" than others this would be more of a serious problem. For me, the issue of DVD "quality control" hasn't entered my mind since I tend not to have problems with many DVDs at all.

I wonder if my experience is a good one or a bad one. I mean, from one perspective it's a good one because I'm able to just watch and (hopefully) enjoy just about any DVD I put in my player. From another perspective, it's bad since DVD production quality control could be getting worse and worse and I would never know it since my player is being more "accomodating" and therefore sheltering me from the "real" state of affairs.

Hmmmmm......

Peace.....