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[edit] Does Flexplay comply with DVD standards?

I queried Flexplay directly on this. I asked specifically whether Flexplay discs are compliant with the DVD Forum specifications for DVDs, and noted that the absence of the registered DVD logo on their site suggests that they are not. I asked whether Flexplay discs can properly be called DVDs. I received this reply:

Thank you for your interest in Flexplay, the 48-Hour, No Return DVD?.

Flexplay DVDs are produced to be readable in DVD players adhering to DVD Forum specifications. You can identify a Flexplay DVD through the registered Flexplay logo on the disc and its packaging.

Again, thank you for your interest and please stay tuned to flexplay.com for the latest news and information.

Sincerely,

Kate Solley

Flexplay Business Development

This answer clearly _fails_ to say that the discs themselves are compliant with the DVD Forum specifications. And I read it to say that Flexplay discs contain a "registered Flexplay logo" rather than a DVD logo. Accordingly, I'm revising the article text to say "Flexplay says that its discs are produced to be fully readable in standard DVD players. However, technically they are not DVDs as they do not comply with the DVD Forum specifications for a DVD, and do not bear the registered DVD logo."

[edit] Maybe, maybe not...

In regard to the earlier comment, I'm concerned that the author would take the lack of an affirmative to therefore mean a negative. It's like saying that because my car doesn't actually have "C A R" stamped across it it's therefore not a car.

Without affirmative guidance that these discs do not comply with the DVD standards, I'm editing to remove that line from the text.

• Wordsmithed and reinserted. This is an important point. The discs do not bear the DVD logo, and that was confirmed by the company. I now present the company's own words on this matter. Readers can decide for themselves whether or not "designed to be readable in DVD players adhering to DVD Forum standards" means the same thing as "adheres to DVD Forum standards." This is an important point. The industry sets standards so that consumers can be assured that CDs will play in CD players, DVDs will play in DVD players, and companies like Flexplay undermine this by producing products that only work in players that have enough tolerance to accommodate out-of-spec discs. Dpbsmith (talk) 13:39, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] What's the point?

If the discs can be read by any standard DVD player, then they can be copied by any standard DVD drive. Did they not make any attempt to prevent this? 65.95.157.80 22:43, 3 October 2006 (UTC)