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segasonic91
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Post subject: Was just watching US Phantom Quest Corp Vol.1.... Laser rot? Posted: 28 Sep 2012, 13:20 |
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Hello! I am new to the forum so I am sorry if this is in the wrong place. After not buying an LD since 2002, I have been going mad buying discs from Japan for the past month (sadly for my bank balance I do not see it stopping anytime soon either!). When I started watching discs again back in August, one of the titles I most wanted to watch again was You-Gen-Kai-Sya/Phantom Quest Corp as I never bought the DVD. They were carefully packed away with some other discs and I finally dug them out over the weekend and finally watched Vol.1 tonight. It was all going fine, it looked as great as I remember and even the analogue Japanese track sounded fantastic (I don't need subs anymore ). around the 340000 frame mark which is when Ayaka is just getting to Tokyo Tower to start the final fight with Dracula, there was a weird line about 2 or 3 inches from the bottom of the screen. By the time she was inside the observation deck, the line was much worse. I thought the disc may have done into the player wrong so I took it out, checked for marks (there were some circular lines on the disc on side two, side one does not have a mark) and carefully placed it back into the player and searched for frame 340000. The same thing happened so I forwarded the picture a bit and the line was EXTREMELY bad and the sound was playing at double speed! I forwarded through the credits but the player died when it got right near the end of the disc. I tried side two and skipped straight to frame 34000 and sure enough, there was the line but it was on top of the picture this time. Once again closer to the end of the disc the sound played at double speed and the player eventually lost tracking and I quickly stopped the player and ejected the disc. I have not had a chance to try on my second player yet but I watched Hi-Speed Jecy Vol.2 just before PQC and it was fine. Although there is no rot reported for this disc in the database, have I come across my first case of laser rot? I was so looking forward to watching those discs, I am not happy. I guess I will have to try Vol.2 and see if it is similar... Thank You
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segasonic91
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Post subject: Re: Was just watching US Phantom Quest Corp Vol.1.... Laser Posted: 07 Oct 2012, 04:10 |
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Well I did try the disc in my other player and I was able to watch it to the end of both sides but it was still not prefect. The weird line at the bottom of the screen on side 1 did appear but it was very light and not really until the credits. The picture during the credits looked really bad though. When it got to the end of the next ep preview to the still frame extras, it could not play them. Same with side 2. So something must have gone wrong with it when it was in storage but at least it not the dreaded laser rot. Still have not watched Vol.2 yet but I have watched more CAV discs such as Vilgust 1&2, Hi=Speed Jecy Vol.3 and Maryuu Senki with no problems. That main player (CLD-D590, I wish I could fine something decent ) does make horrible grinding noises when skipping chapters though. I am sure it needs a service but I doubt I can fine anywhere here to get it done.
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publius
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Post subject: Re: Was just watching US Phantom Quest Corp Vol.1.... Laser Posted: 19 Oct 2012, 03:04 |
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segasonic91 wrote: The disc is mint with not a mark but I have thought about the warp issue as the cover became slightly squashed as if something had been pressing on it whilst it was stored away. Strangely, Vol.2 is still perfect. I think I will try the anti-warp trick and see if that helps at all. Don't mess with the disc until you've tried it on another player. You could end up damaging it.
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segasonic91
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Post subject: Re: Was just watching US Phantom Quest Corp Vol.1.... Laser Posted: 19 Oct 2012, 03:06 |
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publius wrote: segasonic91 wrote: The disc is mint with not a mark but I have thought about the warp issue as the cover became slightly squashed as if something had been pressing on it whilst it was stored away. Strangely, Vol.2 is still perfect. I think I will try the anti-warp trick and see if that helps at all. Don't mess with the disc until you've tried it on another player. You could end up damaging it. Good advice, I will do that, thank you.
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Post subject: Re: Was just watching US Phantom Quest Corp Vol.1.... Laser Posted: 19 Oct 2012, 03:38 |
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publius wrote: segasonic91 wrote: The disc is mint with not a mark but I have thought about the warp issue as the cover became slightly squashed as if something had been pressing on it whilst it was stored away. Strangely, Vol.2 is still perfect. I think I will try the anti-warp trick and see if that helps at all. Don't mess with the disc until you've tried it on another player. You could end up damaging it. agree
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