DVD only plays select commercial DVDs

Hey everyone,
This is literally the most frustrating thing I have ever dealt with.
When I put in a DVD to watch a movie usually the dvd drive with read the disk for awhile and then automatically eject it.
However, sometimes with other movies the dvd drive works perfectly fine.
Can someone please tell what in the world is going on?

Hey! I've been having the same problem with my Macbook Pro. The region code is the same as the dvds and its an absolute original dvd box set. I've not had this issue with most dvds...Only with my new dvds i've recently got.
When I put the dvd in..hardly stays in there for like 10seconds and then it ejects.
If you manage to find an answer, please let me know! I'll post it if I find something too! Thanks!

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