Having owned perhaps 2000 DVDs and Blu-rays since 1996, I’ve discovered perhaps 20 which have suffered the same fate as yours. There have undoubtedly been many more which I have not discovered. It seems to be fairly random regarding studio.
I observe more BD failure than DVD but that is most...
I absolutely love those Warner Night features! Even with a disc that's gone bad, and I've had many, unless the disc is completely unplayable, you can almost always save the special features before tossing it. It's almost always the somewhere in the main film where the disc fails - typically at...
I often do the same thing. Over the years I’ve owned perhaps a thousand discs, many times double, triple, or quadruple dipping. I’ve had a couple of dozen discs go bad. No doubt there are unknown others sitting in their cases. I have never had a single problem with iTunes.
I still buy the disks...
I'm also having problems with Film Noir Classic Collection Vol.4. On the Illegal/The Big Steal disc "The big Steal" will to play. This disc looks perfect. I can't see anything wrong with the surface. The reason for the failure seems to be related to the strange menu system on the double title...
Thanks! You're correct. The mould codes are KK: KK17, KK2G, KK3W, and KKBN. The master codes only remain on three of the seven discs. The rest have rotted away. They are L780, L779, LV76
I have a Universal Sturges set that is almost completely rotted. Factory code is IFPI L7780. This set was purchased in 2009. I've had a few other DVDs rot over the years, but I've tossed them without checking the codes. I wasn't aware of this thread (issue) until the other day. Although I've...