Screen grabs now only checkerboard pattern

Back in the days of 10.5, I used to be able to grab screen shots (still images) from movies and TV shows using shift-cmd-4 (e.g., in iTunes or Quicktime Player). Now, I just get a gray checkerboard pattern where the show used to be.
Is this a "hardware overlay" issue? Or has this capability been removed?
Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated. I really miss this feature. Thanks.
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Is this a "hardware overlay" issue? Or has this capability been removed?
Just ran a quick check on my 17" MB Pro and it worked fine from QT X, QT 7, iTunes for me. Since this is a system feature, would assume it should work consistently system wide. Have no DRM content to test what QT Kirk said but can say this capability has not been removed.

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