Check Your Media Asia/Mega Star Blu-rays

[Flack999]

Argh! I am always scared threads like this will appear...
I only have a few Media Asia dics but Isabella - one of my favorite modern HK movies, won't play anymore.
Damn!

[Killer Meteor]

What a depressing thread.

Has anyone tried contacting Mega Star - maybe later pressings aren't affected?

[sonicassassin]

Thank you for the heads up. I was able to back up my copies of The Sniper, Vengeance, and Warlords without issue. I didn't notice any bronzing like on some of the Well Go USA disc (with a dark ring around the outer edge of the disc).

I did notice on the three titles mentioned above each had a gold/light bronze color on the bottom, but didn't have the darker ring around the outer edge. Would anyone know if this is the normal color for those disc or could it be in the early stages of bronzing? I guess it's time to back up everything.

[Naiera]

Does anyone have a working copy of Look for a Star?

[BigManDeath]

Some more dead discs to be aware of:

14 BLADES (HK, Universe)
DETROIT METAL CITY (HK, Kam & Ronson)
THE RESTLESS (TW, Bit Wel)
QUEENS OF LANGKASUKA (TW, Bit Wel)

[Donnie_Yen]

Originally Posted by BigManDeath

Some more dead discs to be aware of:

14 BLADES (HK, Universe)

My copy is fine. Is your disc bronzed?

[neo_reloaded]

Mould IFPI codes for all discs in question, both dead and still working, would help illuminate the situation (are there multiple pressings? are all discs from a certain manufacturer going bad? etc.)

[Torrente]

Originally Posted by neo_reloaded

Mould IFPI codes for all discs in question, both dead and still working, would help illuminate the situation (are there multiple pressings? are all discs from a certain manufacturer going bad? etc.)

Well, you have a 1st answer in this thread (eg Mould Code FD88 is baaaaaad ahah) thanks to BigManDeath and Donnie_Yen (thank you so much for your work so far, guys!).


Here is a summary of everything that has been said in the first 3 pages of this thread (it would be wise to update the OP with a master's list of all the titles which are possibly dying):

Media Asia / MegaStar :

Breaking News
Accident
As Tears Go By (Master Code LW83, Mould Code FD88)
Lady Cop & Papa Crook (Master Code LW83, Mould Code FD88)
Look for a Star
If You Are the One
Naked Weapon
The Sniper
Isabella (not bronzed, but didn't work)


Kam & Ronson:

On His Majesty's Secret Service
Kung Fu Chefs
The Accidental Spy (not bronzed, but didn't work) (Master Code LN91, Mould Code FD88)
Bad Blood (Master Code: LP01, Mould Code: 7T33)
Womb Ghosts (Master Code: LP01, Mould Code: 7T33)
Detrot Metal Rock City


Panorama (all bronzed):

Election 1 + 2 (Master Code: LN91, Mould Code: FD88)
A1 (Master Code: LN91, Mould Code: FD88)
Overheard (Master Code: LN91, Mould Code: FD88)
Everlasting Regret (Master Code: LN91, Mould Code: FZ88)
Butterfly (Master Code: LN91, Mould Code: FZ88)
All's Well End's Well 2009 (Master Code: LP01, Mould Code: FD88)

Panorama's Master Code and Mould Code changed after 2009 and the new ones still work fine (for how long?)

Turning Point (CN Entertainment) (Master Code: LP01 , Mould Code: ML06)
14 Blades (Universe)
Black Ransom (Vicol)


Taiwan (Pony):

Mercury Man (Master Code: LW84 , Mould Code: IC0Z)
A Tale of Legendary Libido Master (Master Code: LW84 , Mould Code: IC0Z)

"P" (Master Code: LW84 , Mould Code: IC0Z)

The Restless (Bit Wel)
Queens of Langkasuka (Bit Wel)

[Naiera]

My Accident is NOT dead.

[Torrente]

... yet

[neo_reloaded]

Originally Posted by Naiera

My Accident is NOT dead.

I'm curious about your copy of Accident's IFPI code to compare to people with bronzed copies.

[Naiera]

Originally Posted by Torrente

... yet

I backed it up

[Naiera]

Originally Posted by neo_reloaded

I'm curious about your copy of Accident's IFPI code to compare to people with bronzed copies.

It may very well be a newer pressing. I bought it a year or two ago.

[FungManHin]

How do you check the mould code? I see the master code is printed on the disc but cant find mould code.

[FungManHin]

I started a google spreadsheet. Please feel free to enter your findings so we can have a comprehensive list. We may want to sticky it to the OP. Feel free to add columns you think are important/feel are missing.

I only entered my findings so far in my collection.

Bronzed Asian Bluray Discs Google Spreadsheet

[BigManDeath]

Originally Posted by Donnie_Yen

My copy is fine. Is your disc bronzed?

Actually, my personal copy appears to be OK (I am backing it up as I type this), but back when I imported and sold discs I had multiple customers return their brand new copies because they would not play. When I checked every copy, they were all dead and bronzed. I had a stack of 14 BLADES that I just threw away (still gives me the shivers just thinking about it ). I stopped stocking the disc after that. Same thing happened with DETROIT METAL CITY.

[FungManHin]

Updated the spreadsheet. I have entered everything so far that has been in this thread. These are the fields/columns so far.

- Title
- Distributor
- Release Date
- Out of Print (OOP)?
- Master Code
- Mould Code
- Notes

[Donnie_Yen]

Originally Posted by FungManHin

How do you check the mould code? I see the master code is printed on the disc but cant find mould code.

https://www.ifpi.org/content/library...tion-guide.pdf

[Torrente]

Originally Posted by FungManHin

The spreadsheet is meant to be user driven as it would be time consuming to enter everyone's information when posted in the thread. The only question is do we leave it as everyone who has the link can edit it or do we set up where only people who are signed in can edit it?

Thanks a lot for your work!!

And that is a big question. I don't know... the latter may be better, don't you all think?

[FungManHin]

I updated the spreadsheet, removing duplicate entries. I was overly thinking it and the focus should be just a single list of titles that we easily identify as being defective.

While seeing who's discs are affected is nice as it gives an idea of actual counts, it probably is not/may not be necessary for the core purpose of this list.

I can reinstate those columns if we want them as I have a backup of that version. What do you guys think?