Blu-ray Glitch List - Titles you might want to avoid. (2 Viewers)

[Ben J Loews]

Just thought that I would post a problem I am having with Casino which I sourced from the US.

I have a UK Sony S360 player, which plays many discs fine (about 10 films so far). So I ordered Casino, it arrived brand new from amazon.com put it in the player, began playing, all seemed fine. Then I skipped ahead a few chapters, I get to around halfway through the film and the player locks up. It begins to experience problems around chapter 8. The end chapters appear to be fine also, the problem appears to be around the middle of the film.

Have played the disc in a Playstation 3 and it is fine, chapter skips, plays through the middle ok.

So I can only assume its an incompatibility with the disc and machine.

Hope this helps.

Ben.

 

Fascinating. I wouldn't have bought it if I'd read this, so I guess I'm glad I hadn't read it, because its so lush on blu.

Originally Posted by bob kaplan /img/forum/go_quote.gif
http://www.hometheaterforum.com/forum/thread/283347/htf-blu-ray-review-pinocchio-70th-anniversary-platinum-edition/60
Ben, i am not too sure if i have done the cut/paste thing correctly....but if i have you might start with this info.
hope it works.
bob

 

Originally Posted by TravisR /img/forum/go_quote.gif
If it's the scene that I'm thinking about, that's a deliberate edit. I forget the specifics but I think one of the characters said something disparaging about Pizza Hut so they cut that exchange out. I don't know if it was cut in the theaters or just on video but it's apparently been that way for years.

I hope you're right, Travis, because I have a sneaking suspicion 1) there's evidence of digital glitching when it skips (glitching may not be the right word, but perhaps you know what I mean.) And 2) I've only ever seen this on home video, and I've seen the end of that scene before. They jumped over the part where the family come to the resolution that they can't decide whether its a supernatural presence or they're just high, so they go to ask the neighbours.
UPDATE: Just watching Poltergeist again and can confirm that its definitely odd. It cuts the mother off mid sentence. She's talking about how it feels to get pulled by the poltergeist across the floor of the kitchen, then, mid-sentence, it flashes a bit strangely and cuts to them knocking on the neighbour's door. The time code doesn't skip, it just proceeds normally.
Again, this is probably not the right forum for this, but I just wanted to make sure it wasn't a general issue with the release.

 

[Worth]

Just watching Poltergeist again and can confirm that its definitely odd. It cuts the mother off mid sentence. She's talking about how it feels to get pulled by the poltergeist across the floor of the kitchen, then, mid-sentence, it flashes a bit strangely and cuts to them knocking on the neighbour's door. The time code doesn't skip, it just proceeds normally.

Again, this is probably not the right forum for this, but I just wanted to make sure it wasn't a general issue with the release.

I can't remember whether or not it was in the theatrical release, but that odd edit has been in every video version of the film: http://www.dvdsavant.com/s20jc4polter.html

 

Thankyou so much, Worth. I think I should put a disclaimer at the top of my original post to note that the issue is definitely not a blu-ray specific problem. I can't believe I don't remember noticing this last time I saw it. I probably did notice it, I just saw it so long ago.

 

[kemcha]

Does the original post in this topic get updated? I'm wondering because Best Buy has the Pirates Blu-rays on sale and I don't know how to tell which BR's are defective and which BR's aren't.

 

[cineMANIAC]

Originally Posted by Rolando /img/forum/go_quote.gif
WHOA! I just bought the fugitive, good thing I saw this before I un-wrapped it.
back it goes!

This must be why it is only $10 at BB - I had it in my hands but thought it was cheap for a reason and put it back. Anyway, does anyone know if the the following Blu-rays have any problems:
The 2006 Black Hawk Down
A Fifth Element BD that was marked "old version" on the receipt(!)
Resident Evil (or any Sony Blu that retails for $15)
I try not to buy any early blu-rays for fear they may not be up to snuff but sometimes I just can't resist the non sticker-shock prices
Gone In 60 Seconds (from around 2007)

 

[Jesse Blacklow]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Luisito34
must be why it is only $10 at BB - I had it in my hands but thought it was cheap for a reason and put it back. Anyway, does anyone know if the the following Blu-rays have any problems:

The 2006 Black Hawk Down
A Fifth Element BD that was marked "old version" on the receipt(!)
Resident Evil (or any Sony Blu that retails for $15)

I try not to buy any early blu-rays for fear they may not be up to snuff but sometimes I just can't resist the non sticker-shock prices
Gone In 60 Seconds (from around 2007)

The only one that I can recall having problems is the Fifth Element. The "old version" had a very poor transfer compared to the current SKU (think original Gangs of New York Blu-ray versus the remastered Blu-ray).

 

[mattCR]

Originally Posted by Keith I /forum/thread/281144/blu-ray-glitch-list-titles-you-might-want-to-avoid/60#post_3591610
I just got Dollhouse today and for all three discs, my Oppo BDP-83 cannot get to the Main Menu. It can play all the warnings and the Fox Blu-ray logo, but it just freezes from that point. My Oppo has the latest firmware update. I've contacted both Oppo and Fox. I don't want to return it to the online retailer I purchased it from just yet. Has anyone else experienced problems with this BD with the Oppo or any player?
I hope Fox contacts me back quickly like they did for RickER.
Thanks,
Keith

Also using the Oppo, mine play fine. Maybe something they fixed later on.

 

[JediFonger]

great list, thanks for keeping it updated =)

 

[Inspector Hammer!]

Anyone else have something odd happen with The Monster Squad BD?
In the scene when Sean and the guys first take Rudy to the clubhouse Sean's sister starts to come up through the trapdoor and the exchange goes like this...
"Mom says you have to let me in or else it's prescription."
"That's discrimination, jerkoid, prescriptions drugs which your on if you think..."
Right there on the BD it freezes for a couple of seconds and then resumes to the spot it would have been at if it had ran smoothly. I played it back twice and it did it each time at the same spot, I took the disc out to examine it and it's absolutely pristine.
Anyone else?

 

[anime-fan]

Anyone know what the glitch was on the Pirates of the Carribean: Curse of the Black Pearl BR? I just purchased it from Best Buy and I'd like to know what the glitch is.

 

[dpippel]

Originally Posted by anime-fan /img/forum/go_quote.gif">
Anyone know what the glitch was on the Pirates of the Carribean: Curse of the Black Pearl BR? I just purchased it from Best Buy and I'd like to know what the glitch is.

There was a framing issue with some scenes, in particular the fight between Will and Jack in the blacksmith's shop. From what I understand the defect was corrected a while ago and current store stock should be OK. If you Google it you'll find time references out there to check against your copy. Disney has a replacement program for the defective disc that's still active:

 

[anime-fan]

Somebody needs to add the Dirty Harry/Magnum BR 2-pack. The Magnum Force Blu-ray, after watching it, is the worse release I have ever seen.

Problems:

1. The first 1/3 of the movie is blurry, out of focus. Poor video transfer.
2. There is a yellow line that runs down the middle of the video, about midway through the first 1/3 of the movie.

Has anyone noticed these problems with Magnum Force?

 

[Brandon Conway]

Problems with film elements don't seem to me to be the same as glitches with a disc. What you describe is a film in need of further restoration efforts, not a new transfer.

 

[anime-fan]

As I said, this needs to be added since it's a problem with the video transfer. Just like the Pirates of the Carribean framing issues.

 

[Brandon Conway]

A transfer problem would be excessive EE, DNR, or digital manipulation / corruption of the encode. If film elements are in less than ideal shape it's an issue at the core of the film itself, and nothing in the home video department can be done to "correct" it. It would be like blaming Sony Pictures Home Entertainment for using still photos instead of including the lost footage in Lost Horizon.

 

[anime-fan]

Well, I exchanged the Dirty Harry/Magnum Force BR title for a different copy, so, I hope it was just an odd, bad copy.

 

[Norm]

I noticed a sound glitch in War of The Worlds. When Cruise & his son are arguing during the Tank battle scene their voices are full of static sound.

 

[Jeff Robertson]

I did the test on two different players with my copy and both played back smoothly. No pausing.

Originally Posted by Inspector Hammer!
Anyone else have something odd happen with The Monster Squad BD?
In the scene when Sean and the guys first take Rudy to the clubhouse Sean's sister starts to come up through the trapdoor and the exchange goes like this...
"Mom says you have to let me in or else it's prescription."
"That's discrimination, jerkoid, prescriptions drugs which your on if you think..."
Right there on the BD it freezes for a couple of seconds and then resumes to the spot it would have been at if it had ran smoothly. I played it back twice and it did it each time at the same spot, I took the disc out to examine it and it's absolutely pristine.
Anyone else?