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The visually challenged drive

As some of you may know I went skydiving about week ago. Ofcourse I had it filmed.

What I got was a dvd showing me getting ready to jump, jumping, and eventually hitting the ground.

Some of my friends filmed it from the landing site, and I wanted to make on big montage out of it, so I decided to rip the dvd.

...

Lets just say that didn't go as planned.

First I tried to show the dvd to my mother (who by the way totally flipped out when I told her I jumped out of a plane at 16.000 feet, lol)

I put the dvd in my dvd player, press play...and it says "NoDisc".

...ok. So I take out the dvd and I put it in my computer.

Again, nothing. #@@%^$#^#$! It worked at my dads house and at my friends house, what's wrong with this thing!?

I tell my mother I'll show her some other time, seeing as how the machine won't agree with me.

I thought maybe it'll play the ripped file, so lets just do that first.

I went on a mission troughout the internet, desperatly searching for a dvd ripper that actually WORKED.

The dvd I'm talking about was in a format called dvd+.

On my dvd drive itsself it said: DVD RW +/-, so I figured it could read and write both formats.

I downloaded like a million different dvd rippers, but none of them would rip it, or even admit there was a dvd LOADED.

Even Nero 7 (for wich I actually paid, lol) had the guts to tell me I was insane and I should insert a disc before trying to rip it.

So I went on yet another desperate search for how this was possible, and how I could get rid of the problem.

I remembered ince hearing something about different regions, and how you had to set up you dvd to your region.

So I went looking for some kind of patch or firware update that would make my computer recognize this dvd.

Nothing...

So I went into my system info, and looked for the exact type and brand of my dvd rewriter (it said nothing on the thing itsself...)

It turned out to be a Sony NEC 7170, so I went to NEC.com and went looking for my dvd player, hoping for some support or FAQ.

I was redericted to http://www.sonynec-optiarc.com/products/hhid_dvdrw/index.html# , Where I found the specs of my DVD...

It can WRITE this:

DVD+/-ROM

DVD+/-Video

CD-ROM(mode1,mode2)

CD-ROM XA/

CD-I

CD-DA(Audio CD)

CD Extra

CD-TEXT

PhotoCD

Video CD

it can READ:

DVD- ROM

CD- ROM

WHAT THE SON OF A SHIT IN A BAG OF FUCKING NUTCRAP!?

IT CAN WRITE STUFF IT COULDN'T READ BACK!?!?!

HOW IS THAT USEFULL, OR AT ALL LOGICAL!?!?!?

I COULD BY ACCIDENT BACKUP MY ENTIRE HARDISK ON DVD+, AND I'D NEVER BE ABLE TO ACCES IT!

THE STUPID THING IS LIKE A BLIND MAN! HE CAN DRAW A PICTURE, BUT HE COULDN'T LOOK AT IT AGAIN!!!!

WHY FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WOULD YOU MAKE AND SELL SUCH A CONTRAPTION!? WHY THE CRAP DID THEY BUILD ONE IN MY COMPUTER!

ITS ABSOLUTE FULL 100% SHIT!

I'D HAVE TO BUY A SECOND DRIVE TO OPEN WHAT I MADE ON THE FIRST ONE!

....wait a sec..THOSE FILTHY MONEYHUNGRY BASTARDS!

that's it. I'm gonna sue them

And I'm gonna make sure all evidence against me is put on DVD+,

so that it gets lost forever....

Well, long story short, this pissed him off. I thought it was a laugh, hopefully you guys did as well!
Sorry for the lack up updates guys. I've been extremely busy, as some of you may know.

Posted by S.J. Fox on Monday, October 15, 2007 at 11:26 AM | Permalink