Tried my second HD-DVD tonight; locked up the player about 23min in and I had to unplug the unit.
A Universal disc as well so I think this is indeed a systemic issue.
Buyers remorse.
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| Author: | ohreally [ 11 Jul 2014, 05:02 ] |
| Post subject: | Talk about BAD timing... |
Two days ago I received my 'new to me' HD-DVD player and just finished the threads here and other forums about the 'rot' issue. Thankfully I only have 10 discs and one on the way. Tonight I viewed one disc and both it and the used player are fine but I think I may have to get away from HD-DVD before putting any more $$ out. Am I jumping the gun on this or should I cut and run? |
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| Author: | confederate [ 11 Jul 2014, 23:51 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Talk about BAD timing... |
The rot issue only appears to affect Warner discs released on the American and European markets. I assume Japanese warner releases do not have that problem. Since I will be in Japan this month I might check it out to see whether the discs come from the same s****y plant. Some Warner releases however still work for me ( I checked today ) such as A Clockwork Orange and The Fountain. The others won't even load. It seems a few discs are not affected by this issue. Single Layer releases from Warner ( there are some but rather few of them ) do not have that problem such A Scanner Darkly, Lady In The Water or Les triplettes de Belleville. Besides that I think there aren't any issues with other releases as they were manufactured in other plants. What I do is I try to backup all of my HD DVD discs I have using an HD DVD ROM drive and AnyHD and leave the discs inside their original cases. I do the same with my DVD collection which I am backuping to two separate hard drives. This way I do not have to worry whether a certain disc will still play or not. I can always play it from my hard drives and I alway mirror the data. I think that is totally legal and fair. I do the same with my CD collection. The only thing I do not backup is my Blu Ray collection as today's hard drives are simply too small for a backup of a large collection. |
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| Author: | ohreally [ 16 Jul 2014, 03:24 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Talk about BAD timing... |
Tried my second HD-DVD tonight; locked up the player about 23min in and I had to unplug the unit. A Universal disc as well so I think this is indeed a systemic issue. Buyers remorse.
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