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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 5,507 |
| | Posted: | | | | Been a while for any updates on laser rot specifically for warner Bros DVDs manufactured between 2005 to 2008. According to this article it may be quite a few titles. If you encounter a defective dvd you maybe able to have it replaced if said title is in stock. And please place your Notices for us here. http://www.joblo.com/hundreds-maybe-thousands-of-your-warner-bros-dvds-dont-work-anymore/amp/ | | | In the 60's, People took Acid to make the world Weird. Now the World is weird and People take Prozac to make it Normal.
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,507 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting widescreenforever: Quote:
Been a while for any updates on laser rot specifically for warner
Bros DVDs manufactured between 2005 to 2008. According to
this [‘http://www.joblo.com/hundreds-maybe-thousands-of-your-warner-bros-dvds-dont-work-anymore/amp/"]article it may be quite a few titles. If you encounter a defective dvd you
maybe able to have it replaced if said title is in stock. And please place your
Notices for us here.
http://www.joblo.com/hundreds-maybe-thousands-of-your-warner-bros-dvds-dont-work-anymore/amp/ | | | In the 60's, People took Acid to make the world Weird. Now the World is weird and People take Prozac to make it Normal.
Terry |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,507 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting widescreenforever: Quote:
Been a while for any updates on laser rot specifically for warner
Bros DVDs manufactured between 2005 to 2008. According to
this article it may be quite a few titles. If you encounter a defective dvd you
maybe able to have it replaced if said title is in stock. And please place your
Notices for us here.
http://www.joblo.com/hundreds-maybe-thousands-of-your-warner-bros-dvds-dont-work-anymore/amp/ | | | In the 60's, People took Acid to make the world Weird. Now the World is weird and People take Prozac to make it Normal.
Terry |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,507 |
| | Posted: | | | | Having a problem
Linking article to site.
http://www.joblo.com/hundreds-maybe-thousands-of-your-warner-bros-dvds-dont-work-anymore/amp/ | | | In the 60's, People took Acid to make the world Weird. Now the World is weird and People take Prozac to make it Normal.
Terry |
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| Registered: March 20, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 2,871 |
| | Posted: | | | | I have a number of WB DVDs that will no longer play completely, but fortunately I was able to get most of them onto my Plex server before this happened. For some of the others, superior Blu-ray editions have been released and I've upgraded (as I probably would have anyway.) There are a few that I've had to record off of TCM until such time as a new disc is available.
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| Registered: June 2, 2008 | | Posts: 46 |
| | Posted: | | | | Yeah, I've had 15 DVDs from warner rot form that time period, that feeze at the layer change. I know people that have 100+ succumb to it and it hits televisions season sets the hardest | | | | Never judge a movie by its sequel or remake |
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| Registered: May 8, 2007 | | Posts: 826 |
| | Posted: | | | | In this case, it's actually disc rot, not laser rot.
The term "laser rot" refers only to LaserDiscs, specifically to the appearance of video and audio artifacts when playing back the disc. | | | | 99.9% of all cat plans consist only of "Step 1." |
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| Registered: August 7, 2007 | | Posts: 115 |
| | Posted: | | | | I was fortunate not to have bought too many Warner DVDs in that period. Below are the only problematic Warner DVDs still in my collection that were made during 2006-2008. I go by the official release date. I might've bought some of them after 2008, but if they were manufactured during 2006-2008, I would still get a rotten disc:
American Pastime (2007 indie film) - unplayable
Forbidden Hollywood Collection 1 - both of 2 discs unplayable
Forbidden Hollywood Collection 2 - disc 1 unplayable, disc 2-3 fine
Hamlet (1996) - haven't checked
The Maltese Falcon (1941 & 1931 versions) - disc 2 unplayable, disc 1 and 3 fine
NFL New York Giants: The Road to Super Bowl XLII, 5-disc set -- haven't checked
NFL Super Bowl XLII: New York Giants Championship - unplayable
Superman: The Movie (1978) -- all 4 discs unplayable
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? -- haven't checked
Most of these titles I have already upgraded to Blu-ray and/or streaming. The only title I lost is "Waterloo Bridge" (1931) in Forbidden Hollywood Collection 1, because this title is not on streaming nor on Blu-ray. The only way for me to see it now is from bootleg YouTube uploads. |
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