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Posted by Rich on 03/23/06 21:33
On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 04:22:47 -0500, Steve
<jazzhunter@atcollectorAGAIN.org> wrote:
>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:
>>
>>>On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 17:42:52 -0500, Rich <none@none.com> Gave us:
>>>
>>>>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 ..
You get spoiled with the Trinity, Nukes in Space, etc, movies because
Kuran cleaned up the footage so well. I've even downloaded some stuff
about this subject off archive.org, but of course quality varies, but
the history is intact.
The people at the production co. said they'd replace it for me, so
all is well. A manufacturing flaw was their diagnosis, which of
course we knew.
-Rich
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