Early Blu-rays that may have playback issues (Criterion, Well Go USA, etc.)

[supercutz]

Originally Posted by AUS1969

Why not make this a sticky?

I think there needs to be a dedicated place on this forum where people can create threads dedicated to Blu-ray defects, issues, etc.

It can be a valuable resource for people.

[JediFonger]

walkabout and summer hours for me are unplayable. everything else from list checks out fine so far. it took awhile but it all checked out.

[wormraper]

Originally Posted by zeze

Thats all the titles? What about Blood and Triple Dog?

they didn't mention anything else. If they copy it from Criterion, I'm cool as long as they replace my discs

[JediFonger]

jscoggins is your first post complete? it looks like i have a ton of titles from non-Criterion lists as well some of which i did not even knwo about!

can you let me know? thanks! this is insane the amount of time i have to go back and check these titles now :P

[jscoggins]

Originally Posted by JediFonger

jscoggins is your first post complete? it looks like i have a ton of titles from non-Criterion lists as well some of which i did not even knwo about!

can you let me know? thanks! this is insane the amount of time i have to go back and check these titles now :P

I'm still compiling the information. The primary focus has been on Criterion, Well Go USA, and Lionsgate, though, because their problems seem to be so wide-ranging.

[PGW]

Originally Posted by aus1969

why not make this a sticky?

ditto!!!!!

[PGW]

Originally Posted by jw007

Thanks jayembee for clarifying this. I was actually concerned for about 1.93 seconds that oxidation would occur upon opening the wrap.

My apologies. Didn't mean to mislead you. I had forgotten that some people reported bronzed discs right out of the package.

[Tarkovski]

Strange that this only seems to happen to North American blu-rays.

[Five Inches]

This whole debacle is making me question my day-and-date strategy towards my Criterion purchases. Especially since a thing like the Eraserhead missing scene could've been avoided. With releases from other companies I generally have a more relaxed attitude.

I watched CC by release date order, and my two bronzed discs (Summer Hours & Walkabout) I viewed in March of 2012. So almost 2 years after release/purchase they were fine (or atleast playable).

Because of the fact that it can take years until a disc shows any bronzing, I can't really justify not buying CC discs, but issues like that of Eraserhead or sync issues like with Twin Peaks, can be avoided, if I relax for the first month or so.

Bottom line, Criterion hasn't lost me as a fan.

[jscoggins]

Originally Posted by Tarkovski

Strange that this only seems to happen to North American blu-rays.

This could be related to our having the largest home video market in the world. In large quantities, problems become "magnified", even if the actual % of defective discs is fairly constant across the board.

[strumdogg]

Originally Posted by joie

I sent 8 1/2 after receiving a reply to my email describing the bronzing,
playability issue and asking for a replacement. The reply told me to be sure to include a return address with the returned disc, so I got the impression they'd send a replacement.

p.s. I wouldn't send one back without them asking for it back.

I've sent discs into Mr. Mulvaney/Criterion for past replacement programs (Carlos & Three Colors: White), and received the replacements within a few weeks. Great customer service there too. I'm glad they're doing the same type of replacement program for these...Good Work, Criterion!

[halloween5309]

i purchased a used disc of "happily never after" and it would not play
has this happened on this disc before?

[jscoggins]

Originally Posted by halloween5309

i purchased a used disc of "happily never after" and it would not play
has this happened on this disc before?

Early Lionsgate, 05/01/2007. Probably like all the other early Lionsgate BDs that stopped working.

I'll add it to the list. Thanks!

[jscoggins]

Originally Posted by zeze

Thats all the titles? What about Blood and Triple Dog?

Is that your copy of Triple Dog or someone else's?

[zeze]

Originally Posted by jscoggins

Is that your copy of Triple Dog or someone else's?

My copy. It is starting to bronze. I haven't checked to see if playback has been affected yet.

[AmishParadise]

Knock on wood I've only discovered one Blu-ray title in my collection that no longer plays for me. It's the Lionsgate release of "Requiem for a Dream" which can be found here.

The disc itself is still in pristine condition. No visible signs of a problem. The disc played perfectly the first couple times. After a year or two I went back to give it another spin and the below scrolls a line at a time on the screen, then just sits there.

[jscoggins]

Originally Posted by AmishParadise

Knock on wood I've only discovered one Blu-ray title in my collection that no longer plays for me. It's the Lionsgate release of "Requiem for a Dream".

The disc itself is still in pristine condition. No visible signs of a problem. The disc played perfectly the first couple times. After a year or two I went back to give it another spin and the below scrolls a line at a time on the screen, then just sits there.

[Show spoiler]

Wow, what kind of BD player do you have?

(Added Requiem for a Dream to the Lionsgate list.)

[Freeza]

Why all the monkeying with this thread? These are real issues that folks need information on. 1st a title change, then a mass merge including threads that have issues completely unrelated, then when it gets far too difficult to find pertinent information, links are added to the OP's signature, then that disappears. Now today the thread is turned into a catch-all for every issue known to man regarding problem discs. Frames missing from transfers, audio problems, Disney goofups, wrong subtitles, the bronzing, Lionsgate's years old playback issues... The list goes on and on. ...Stickied, un-stickied.

Why is it for example, that there can be several, 'what are you watching, what would you throw away from the above poster's list, what would you take from the above poster's list', and so on, threads, yet this one which is actually useful gets toyed with to the point where the information you'd need is almost impossible to find. What was wrong with 2 threads, one for Criterion, one for Well Go (even with this catch-all thread, a dedicated thread for each while the issue is on-going would be helpful, as well as allow this thread to not get overrun. Then when the issue is finalized, those threads go away and the solution posted here in the catch-all). I just don't understand how if those prior example type threads warrant their own, and have for years, why these issues don't. I care a lot more how Criterion handles the 5 discs I just sent back to them over the weekend than I do how the poster after me cares what title of mine he hates the most.

Is it just me?

[AmishParadise]

Originally Posted by jscoggins

Wow, what kind of BD player do you have?

(Added Requiem for a Dream to the Lionsgate list.)

It happens with all the Blu-ray players I have here at the house. Tried them all. I own several Sony Blu-ray players (BDP-CX7000ES), a Panasonic Blu-ray player (DMP-BD60), a couple PS3's and run TMT6 on my laptop and HTPC. In fact, I just fired the disc up on my laptop here using TMT6 taking the below pic with my aging iPhone 4. Little easier to read the line items than the previous pic I had posted.

[MifuneFan]

Am I the only one that gets a 2001 vibe when looking at that?

"I'm sorry Dave but I can't allow you to play that Blu-ray right now"