Why do some BR disks have a watery look?

[smiley]

Originally Posted by Zaphod

LOL funny, but should have been placed media face up, you would have gotten a lot more action...Thanks for the show!

Very true.

[jubaiweaponx]

Originally Posted by Shin-Ra

I really wouldn't recommend doing it at all.

Don't try this at home kids!

let something bad happen and the zealots get a hold of this ,we`ll never hear the end of it

[Ender]

I'm old enough that they won't care.

[takezo]

Originally Posted by baccusboy

Talking about the physical media here -- ever noticed that some BR discs have a "watery" type of look to them? Actually, it would be better described as a kind of "wet mercury" look to them. It's kind of cool, but I wondered why that is?

My copy of The Prestige is like this. I have other discs like this as well (Maybe 1 in 10 titles are like that), but can't remember which ones. Must be a difference in the manufacturing?

Your talking about the shimmering effect on some discs right? They have this shimmering efect when data side is held under a light. Some shimer and others don't.

It's a very simple explaination really. The ones that shimmer are Dual Layered and the ones that don't are single layer. You see this by comparing a launch Blu-ray title to a recent title. It's much easier to test with Pirates of the Carabean Blu-ray releases. The movie disc is Dual Layered and Extra disk is single layered. The Movie disk shimmers and the extras disk does not.

Try it. DVDs are also like that too. It's just not as noticeable.

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Which works better in a microwave single or dual layer?

[BTBuck1]

This thread is still going

[Aaron]

Not until you bumped it up.

[Goodguy818]

Originally Posted by Aaron

Not until you bumped it up.

lol bump

[baccusboy]

Originally Posted by smiley

Which works better in a microwave single or dual layer?

Ok... here it is.. and much better quality than the BR attempt above

Video of a CD in the microwave:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...66534692702285

[Ender]

Dude, that's awesome. I don't want to screw up my microwave though, but if you want to try a blu-ray I'll send you another one of my spare demo discs.

Edit: Nevermind, I just noticed you're in Korea. That would cost a fortune to ship. Any Americans care to set a blu-ray on fire?

[blackpixels]

Originally Posted by baccusboy

Talking about the physical media here -- ever noticed that some BR discs have a "watery" type of look to them? Actually, it would be better described as a kind of "wet mercury" look to them. It's kind of cool, but I wondered why that is?

My copy of The Prestige is like this. I have other discs like this as well (Maybe 1 in 10 titles are like that), but can't remember which ones. Must be a difference in the manufacturing?

Those are the tear drops of many HD-DUD users on the brink of extinction

[paidgeek]

Originally Posted by takezo

Your talking about the shimmering effect on some discs right? They have this shimmering efect when data side is held under a light. Some shimer and others don't.

It's a very simple explaination really. The ones that shimmer are Dual Layered and the ones that don't are single layer. You see this by comparing a launch Blu-ray title to a recent title. It's much easier to test with Pirates of the Carabean Blu-ray releases. The movie disc is Dual Layered and Extra disk is single layered. The Movie disk shimmers and the extras disk does not.

Try it. DVDs are also like that too. It's just not as noticeable.

This is correct. What you are seeing is an interference pattern between the two data layers.

[Aaron]

Originally Posted by Ender

Dude, that's awesome. I don't want to screw up my microwave though, but if you want to try a blu-ray I'll send you another one of my spare demo discs.

Edit: Nevermind, I just noticed you're in Korea. That would cost a fortune to ship. Any Americans care to set a blu-ray on fire?

I have my own demo disc to destroy.