pirated DVDs: can they really harm our players?

I cant6 really answer your question, but id like to suggest an alternative. I buy my DVDs used, the place I go is a small store that specializes in DVDs and video games and only sell the real thing. Ifyou buy a DVD more than 2 or 3 months old, its only 4 dollars plus tax. if its a new release its 8 dollars plus tax, although price can vary, (ive seen this myself in local shops) i dont htink more than a few dollars. in fact sometimes these places are cheaper than pirated DVDs. Give it a shot

as for me i only buy pirated dvd and play it over my cheap dvd player the ones from china too because my philips dvd player sometimes can't play the piarated dvds...but for the past months ive been downloading movies and transfer and watch 'em on my psp :D

Pirated CD's and DVD's can really do harm to your hi-fi system . I buy up only genuine ones because I cannot afford any harm to my precious electronic equipments .

Well so far for me, the bootleg dvds haven't hurt any of my dvd players! Like you, the dvd's I receive aren't always the best quality but I expect that only paying $5 bucks for a movie!

Yes of course they do. But play your pirated DVDs on pirated players. I do. :)

well i think they wont damage ur drive(s)/players...since these dvd/cd's are not in direct contact with the lens, they just rotate on the spindle... but to be on the safer side, i would suggest not to use pirated dics...try downloading movies from the internet, if u dont hv any other alternative. :)