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Posted by Steve on 03/22/06 09:22
On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 16:34:05 -0500, Rich <none@none.com> wrote:
>On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 09:33:08 GMT, Roy L. Fuchs
><roylfuchs@urfargingicehole.org> wrote:
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>>On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 17:42:52 -0500, Rich <none@none.com> Gave us:
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>>>On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 18:37:57 -0500, "Irulan" <lrulan@comcast.net>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>"Rich" <none@none.com> wrote in message
>>>>news:b3sj121ecin3kkekkc44l7d7dansh5q10n@4ax.com...
>>>>> Well, after 8 years and no problems (900 discs or so owned, 1000
>>>>> rented) I finally had a DVD deteriorate on me. The movie was "Trinity
>>>>> and Beyond" The Atomic Bomb Movie. A terrific documentary on the
>>>>> development of the atomic and hydrogen bombs. Done by Peter Kuran.
>>>>> The DVD company is VCE so I emailed them to see if they'd be willing
>>>>> to replace it.
>>>>>
>>>>> The DVD surface appears to have something like a watermark on it.
>>>>> It looks subsurface to me.
>>>>> Here's a screen shot of what this looks like;
>>>>> http://www.pbase.com/andersonrm/image/57346298
>>>>
>>>>Looks like rot. Nothing you can do about it except to purchase a new dvd.
>>>>Hope it's still available.
>>>
>>>Just for fun, I email the company to see if they'd replace it.
>>>No answer yet.
>>>-Rich
>>
>> Very unlikely they will without them being able to examine the disc
>>first hand. If there is internal manufacturing related damage,
>>they'll likely honor your request, if you make it in a diplomatic
>>manner. If you have ANY scratches on the disc's read surface at all,
>>they will likely tell you to take better care of your disc library,
>>and alter your handling habits.
>
>I don't scratch my DVD discs, none is ever scratched,
>I don't stack them horizontally on each other, no other
>discs of 900 that I know of have gone bad and the shot on
>pbase.com (which if you can't see, then FIX the settings
>in your browser) is a screen shot.
>-Rich
I checked my copy of "Trinity ...The Atomic Bomb Movie" and it's fine,
but I have had about three or four DVDs go bad on me over the years,
of all different lables. Yes DVD-rot DOES exist, and unfortunately I
doubt after all this time that the distributor of that particular
movie would offer an exchange. It's still in print so you could try.
I will recommend other movies with a similar theme such as "The Atomic
Bomb Collection" ( which includes "Trinity.." and two others.) Also
the "America's Atomic Bomb Tests" series is great! :-)
... Steve ..
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