So the first of my Netflix movies arrived today – Oceans 13 and The Painted Veil.  I ended up postponing my trip for a night (long story), so I settled in to start what I imagine will be a marathon of movies through January.

Put in the movie and ….

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Eject – try The Painted Veil

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Eject – try one of my movies

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Nothing.  The DVD player won’t play anything.

It was a year ago this weekend that I bought a new DVD player because my previous one had only lasted a year and a half.  That one was a Sony.  This one was a Toshiba.  I’m not buying crappy DVD players.  Correction.  Evidently I AM buying crappy DVD players, just not cheap ones.

So, I ended up watching the movie on my Macbook.

Why is it that companies can get away with making DVD players they don’t expect to last more than a year?  Shouldn’t they have some accountability?