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In Reply to: RE: Stupid Q Dpt: why do our public library-borrowed DVDs ..."gaslight"? posted by ParloFax on August 28, 2008 at 07:51:21

It is a bit odd that the problem occurs only with the library DVDs and not those purchased and store-rented.
It appears that the copy protection on the library DVDs is affecting your VCR's video section. The copy protection was designed specifically to prevent you from making copies, such as with a VCR. The symptom you described matches what copy protection in action looks like.
If your TV has any type of video input (i.e., composite, S-video, component video), bypass the VCR and plug the DVD player directly into that input and try one of those "problem" discs again. The flickering will likely disappear.
There is also the extremely slim possibility that you have one of a very few older players (from about 1998 to 2000) that had problem software that was quickly corrected. These players had difficulty playing a handful of DVDs.
Good luck!

Edits: 08/28/08

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Bull's eye!! - ParloFax 17:32:45 08/28/08 (1)
Thanks so much!

Before I forget, the VCR is a little Sony SLV-N50, that has been bought precisely during that period!

I could swear that all DVDs bought new never did this (with my previous connection that you just made me change successfully). BUT... the number of DVDs we have bought so far is kind of low, AND the most recent ones have actually been purchased in the USA - we're (normally) in Canada - so there might be something there...

Many thanks again for your quick and thorough help! :O)
- RE: Bull's eye!! - Alex F. 11:31:20 08/29/08 (0)
  "...the VCR is a little Sony SLV-N50, that has been bought precisely during that period!"
  
  Actually, I was referring to a very small number of incompatible DVD players, not VCRs. But I am glad that you solved the flickering problem.
  
  You can rest easy about DVDs manufactured for the U.S. market, since the U.S. and Canada are both in DVD Region 1, and hence contain the same copy protection software.

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