How to tell if your DVD is bootleg

[GreatGreg]

Originally Posted by smithb

All the one's I've heard of reported that were purchased on ebay and through some third party sellers on Amazon were single layer, which represents a replication cost saving to those creating the copies. That would be many of the Star Trek series, titles produced by Shout!, and Dark Shadows to name a few.

I'm curious, can you reference some titles where the boots were actually replicated as dual layer. I ask because most consumers wouldn't check, so i would wonder why they would go to that added expense?

Anything labeled as 'DVD-9' is a dual-layer bootleg. These have been available for at least the last 10 years or so.

Bootlegs are everywhere. Some of the bootlegs from China are almost identical to the real thing.