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According to some members over at the AVS forums there may be an issue of disk rot with certain Blu-ray disks.
The titles that that have been reported with the disk rot issue are The Departed, The Prestige and Stranger Than Fiction. The disk rot is easily visible as tiny specks on the disk. You can clean and wipe the disk, but the spots will remain. The disks affected by rot are unable to play at all.
We have not confirmed this issue, however, if this were to be true it could be a major blow to the format. Yes, this may be an isolated issue, but people tend to blow things out of proportion, so even though only a few disks may actually be affected some people may become reluctant to purchase Blu-ray disks. Could this spell doom for the Blu-ray format?
There is still some speculation as to whether or not this issue is legit, so if any of you guys have any of these titles on Blu-ray, drop us a line and let us know how your disk is doing.
Blu-ray disc rot on a few titles! [via avsforums]
5 Responses to “Rumor – Blu-ray titles affected by disk rot”
Nick June 17, 2007
I have The Departed and The Prestige and both blu-ray discs are pristine. I’ve had both movies since they were initially released on BD. I’ve heard just a little about this, so I wonder how people are storing these discs. Mine sit on the shelf with my other discs, but maybe these people stored them improperly (left them in a car on a hot day, who knows). I’ve never had this problem with any optical media I have.
NeutralRumblestiltzkin June 18, 2007
I also have The departed, and the prestige since they were released and mine are as new as the day I bought them. There are no problems at all with them. Sounds like the HDDVD camp is trying to cripple blu ray since they are being out sold by them.
Neutralgov sam October 23, 2007
i read about the rot issues just today and checked the discs prestige and the departed which i purchased from amazon on there release dates and the pretige did have rot i have not even watched it yet and when i initially got it in the mail (conditions unknown during shipping) it was mint when i got it and stored it on the bookshelf with all my other movie and there it sat untill today hearing of rot thinking sinse i never viewed it mine would be fine but i was wrong its just as those pictures of rot. the departed was fine but as of now ive not watched that either ive seen the dvd version so im in no hurry to see it again not even in hd
Neutraldarth telligence November 3, 2007
why did you buy the prestige and the departed when they were released and never watch them? are u just one of those idiots who wastes thousands on HD discs they never own so they can show off their collection to their much smaller sized amount of friends?
Neutraldarth telligence November 3, 2007
why did you buy the prestige and the departed when they were released and never watch them? are u just one of those idiots who wastes thousands on HD discs they never watch so they can show off their collection to their much smaller sized amount of friends?
Neutral