Valid Video Device Not Found

I have a 2.66GHz Mac Mini with 4GB of RAM 500GB Hard Drive and am getting an error with DVD Player coming up and saying "There Was An Initialization Error: Valid Video Device Could Not Be Found For Playback (Error -700117." I have my video set at 720P (connected to a 42" Plasma TV via HDMI) have run software update and have tried other media sources and I still get the error. Any thoughts as to why? I rarely use the DVD on the MM for dvd playback, but when I used my laptop (MBP, 2.16 GHz, 3GB RAM) I never had this error with these same settings Is something wrong with the DVD player in the MAc Mini or are there other things I have overlooked?
Thanks in advance!

I have the exact same problem with almost the exact same configuration, the difference being I have a Denon receiver between the mac-mini and the TV via HDMI. Also "Front Row" is unable to play the DVD. This occurs on just about every DVD I use. It seems to come up when I turn off the TV for a period of time and turn it back on.
I find that if I restart the mac-mini with the DVD ejected it resolves the problem, but that workaround is less than ideal.
I would love a resolution to this pain-in-the-neck issue.

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I'm using a mac pro.
I can burn and access CD's DVD's no problem but when i insert a DVD movie to play i just get an error message that reads ...
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I installed VLC player - that plays the sound ok but no video - only black.
Any ideas please?
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Valid video device not be found for playback (-70017)

Hello
I have read an identical unsolved discussion to my problem here: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3067284&#3067284
I have an intel Mac Mini 1.66 Ghz Intel Core Duo with 1 G ram running 10.4.10.
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I have tried deleting the preferences, but no luck?
Any thoughts?
BC

When you insert a commercial DVD, does the system show any sign of attempting to open an application? It should, by default, open DVD Player, but you could get that error if you were trying to play something like a DVD with a different region code.
Check the CDs & DVDs preference pane, and look at what it says against 'when you insert a video DVD'. If this isn't set to open DVD player, then select that and see if that gives better results.
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kDVDErrorMissingGraphicsDevice = -70017, // A valid graphics device is not available.
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Chipset Model:          GeForce 7800GT
Type:          Display
Bus:          PCI
Slot:          SLOT-1
VRAM (Total):          256 MB
Vendor:          nVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID:          0x0092
Revision ID:          0x00a1
ROM Revision:          2152.2
Displays:
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Depth:          32-bit Color
Core Image:          Supported
Main Display:          Yes
Mirror:          Off
Online:          Yes
Quartz Extreme:          Supported
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Status:          No display connected
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