DVD Movies aren't recognized when inserted.

When I insert a DVD movie into the drive, it does not read and ejects after a few minutes. Drive works fine for CDs. Can someone help me please?

It is possible for one part of an Optical drive to go out & not the other, as they use different circuits & lasers.
In System Prefs CDs & DVDs, what is set to happen when a DVD is inserted?
Have you tried one of those cleaning CDs that cleans the heads?

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Recently I purchased a few new DVD movie titles. However when I insert the new disc into my iMac's SuperDrive, it scans it (making some noise) and after a while ejects it.
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Dale H. Eckerman Jr wrote:
I think this is really a Leopard question because it involves setting up 2 monitors in System Preferences within OSX. 1) I have a wide screen TV connected to my iMac (Intel White Late 2006) through the Mini-DVI port and a separate audio cable. This connection works fine. 2) The purpose of the TV screen is only to watch DVDs using the DVD player and iDVD in my iMac. 3) In System Preferences->Displays->Arrangement, both my computer monitor and the TV screen appear as separate monitors. I have the setting to mirror each other. With this setting, the DVD movie plays on both the iMac computer screen and on the TV screen. 4) FINALLY, MY QUESTION: When watching a DVD on the TV screen, I would like to turn off the monitor in my iMac so that the screen is dark (in sleep mode to save power, etc.); I want only the TV screen to display the movie. How do I turn off only the iMac screen?
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Can anyone please suggest a way to limit the loss in quality when burning a completed movie to a DVD for TV playback?
When I playback on my Mac monitor (in either MPEG or H.264 saved versions) the image quality is 'mint' and seems as clear/rich as it was filmed.
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Why is it that commercial 'hollywood' SD are still miles apart from my 'home made' version?
Because they use super-expensive hardware compression.
Still, I make DVDs that look almost exactly like the output from Pr using my Kona card.
I wonder if you're ending up with double-compression on your DVD. And maybe I'm confused here, but it sounds like you're using Toast and Encore, and I see no reason for that, if so.
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