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Originally Posted by Torrente
I would say "no" for the 2 Metropolitan.
I've checked mine last week, they're not from QOL and at this point "only" 2 discs from this great company are dead (and they made a LOT).
"No" also for the Brotherhood of the Wolves. Checked mine also.
But I'm afraid my Vampires blu-ray is dead (I'm so pissed off as it's one of the few times a french disc was the best disc available worldwide and I love Big John's movies) along with the first 2 discs of my Underworld set. All made by QOL. The second Underworld is not "dead" per se, it's just showing strange stains right now but I think it's a just a question of time before it refuses to load.
Anyway you can't be sure just by trusting me, I'm afraid, because it's not a case where there's 100% failure on each disc QOL or other companies made, it's a lottery.
For example, my Silent Hill 2 discs set plays flawlessly.
This is the problem for us, not being sure, not knowing when our discs would fail...
A disc you checked yesterday might be dead the next day.
It's what happened to me with Tucker & Dale. It died 1 week after I watched it for the first time. And other members who received replacement for the Incredible Hulk got their copy dying several days after they checked it on arrival.
It's really sad, and I'm sorry to sound so depressing, but I lost faith in french companies right now.
The worst ones (the ones that refuses to say a word about the problem) are Gaumont, Pathé, Europa Corp.
At least the others spoke to us.
The main problem with Gaumont is that they only said that they would agree to send replacements occasionally but that they would send discs from the same batch as there is simply no other pressing than the first one they made. So it's a win or miss situation. But most of us would receive the same faulty discs anyway, I guess.
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The undersides of my Pathe disc of The Leopard and of my Gaumont disc of A Man Escaped are rather dubious looking to say the least, although they play fine still. My Pialat Gaumonts seem okay though, as does my Madame de...
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