Blu-ray disc coatings starting to rot?


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Blu-ray disc coatings starting to rot?

Posted Jun 16th 2007 6:11PM by Conrad Quilty-Harper

Filed under: Home Entertainment

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A thread over at the AVS Forums has highlighted a potential problem with the coating of Blu-ray discs, described by many as "disc rot" due to the mould-like spots that have made several owner's Blu-ray discs unplayable. The five page thread has reports from dozens of forum members, many of them discovering spots which can't be rubbed off on Blu-ray versions of "The Prestige." It's impossible to judge how widespread the problem is from a single forum thread, although it's not unheard of to see a product recall after a problem is discovered by users on a forum. It's also worth noting that for every user that has reported the spots, there's one or more people with discs that have no problem. If you've encountered the same issue, your best policy is to try and get a refund / replacement disc from the place where you originally bought it from. If enough people are reporting a problem, then retailers will be a much stronger voice than a bunch of consumers sounding off in the echo chamber that is "the internet."

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Is their product will fail to gain public trust and market again? (like in the beta, it was superior, but VHS conquered the top).

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Holy crap, this will tarnish Blu-ray's reputation heavily if it becomes a large problem. Even if they get it fixed, it'll probably turn out to be a stigma on the name.

Can't say I'd be unhappy with that happening... :shiftyninja:

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If this turns out to be a real 'problem' not a user-caused one, i think we've just found a winner of the next-gen optical disc battle; HD-DVD ( Imo ofc. )

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I dunno if it's the same problem, but i've had similar problems with lots of DVDs.

I usually use one of those "scratch repair kits" to get rid of them.

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I dunno if it's the same problem, but i've had similar problems with lots of DVDs.

I usually use one of those "scratch repair kits" to get rid of them.

Sony Defence Force FIRE!

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Lol, I can't see this being a big problem. Well, even if it is, it probably won't affect sales.

Even if it doesn't affect a huge number of people, if the media makes a big enough deal about it you can bet that Blu-ray will fall.

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Is the article not just about The Prestige?? All my Blu Rays are fine atm anyways!

It still means that there's the potential for this to happen on any other Blu-ray disc out there. Until we get a statement from Sony we really have no clue what's causing it and whether or not it's bound to happen again.

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Personally, I don't want Sony to win the next gen video format war. However, be it Blu-Ray or HD DVD, someone needs to become the standard and the other die off.

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i thought it was a well known fact that Blu-Ray discs have a coating to stop that happening? seems to me a batch either has a faulty coating/not enough/non existant one.

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They only mentioned one movie. Perhaps it might just be one company trying to cut corners? The format hasn't bent over just yet. Also why must everyone considering Sony when talking about Blu Ray, they are just one of many supporters. Everyone seems to think Sony is the one in charge.

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Lol, I can't see this being a big problem. Well, even if it is, it probably won't affect sales.

A Best Before date on a disc is something that will affect sales if it doesn't get fixed x.x

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Does Sony own Blu Ray format?

Sony developed it. But I'm not sure if they exclusively own it, though. :blink:

The guys up there beat me to it... I guess they are right. :p

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