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Originally Posted by EricJ

Too late, we even have people on this forum who were apparently suckered by the "Buy a pre-mandate player before September 30, and get five free copies of Resident Evil!" promotion last June to clear out the faulty stock...

(Fortunately, I'd bought my first DVD player relatively late before the death of DiVX, and was thankfully able to avoid being stuck with copies of Twister, Lost in Space and Lethal Weapon 3.)

Pardon my ignorance, but what do you mean by "pre-mandate player"?