Posted by Mike S. on 12/26/88 11:29

In article <7LWdnUmLcsC8G9HeRVn-gw@comcast.com>,
One-Shot Scot <SonOf@Bitch.com> wrote:
>"Film Buff" <Fred_C@Dobbs.MTN> wrote in message
>news:bhuok158ljh4jc8ps90ui5ltlv0sctsqvl@4ax.com...
>> "One last note today... we've noticed a strange thing here at The
>> Bits. In going back to a lot of our very early Universal DVD releases
>> (released in 1997 and 1998), we've discovered that many of those discs
>> have simply stopped working in our DVD players. We don't know if the
>> discs' bonding layers have gone bad, or if they're simply not
>> compatible with newer players, or what. Affected so far are our
>> original copies of the special collector's editions of Apollo 13,
>> Psycho, Vertigo and others. We recommend that you check the older
>> Universal titles in your own collections for similar problems. Let us
>> know if you're encountering this as well."
>
>
>Has anyone encountered DVD rot yet? Some of us have, and the rest don't
>believe that there is such a thing. Having this problem mentioned in the
>Digital Bits adds validity to my experience.
>
>Oh great! More disk rot news from Universal. I think that _Apollo 13_ and
>... what was that Jody Foster piece of crap? ... oh yeah, _Contact_, were
>among the early Universal rotters.

My copies of Contact and Apollo 13 play fine ... after reading this thread
I went back and checked. My rotted copy of Devil's Advocate has been
unplayable for several years now.

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