Moulin Rouge - Do I have a bad disc? (1 Viewer)

[Jeremy Anderson]

We sat down to watch Moulin Rouge tonight on the Panny RV-31, and 4 times during the movie, the screen pixelated and the sound dropped out. The shortest length of time it did this was 4 seconds, but at the climax of the movie (during Come What May) the screen pixelated so that Ewan McGregor's face was split horizontally into 3 sections, and this lasted for a full 10 seconds before it started playing again... but when it starts playing again, the counter is 30 seconds further along (meaning I missed 30 seconds of that final song). The disc was clean and doesn't appear to be damaged in any way... and it does it in the same 4 places every time.

Is anyone else experiencing anything like this (especially on this player or other Panasonics), or did I just get a bum disc?

 

[Sean Conklin]

I think you got a bad disc, I just got "Ever After" and could not access any of the menu features, everytime I tried to select something from the menu it would just freeze up. I exchanged it and everything is ok, some discs are just defective.

 

[Owen Allaway]

I got a defective disc, too. Some short pixelation during Chapter 21 on mine (played on an Xbox). Cleaning didn't help, but there were no skipping or sound problems, so it wasn't a huge problem. Annoyingly, though, I'm off to the airport in a few hours and so I can't exchange it until next year.

 

[John Stone]

My second disk is defective. The DVD was properly seated on the hub when I opened it, but when I removed the disc and examined it I found dozens and dozens of scratches. The only other time that has happened to me was with Get Carter.

 

[Jeremy Anderson]

Well, mine doesn't appear to have any visible scratches or defects... but it sure as hell is annoying to miss 30-second chunks of the movie like that.

Despite the defective disc, I really didn't like the movie anyway and will probably never watch it again, so I'm hoping I can talk the B&M I bought it from into letting me exchange it for something else.

 

[Derek Miner]

The DVD was properly seated on the hub when I opened it, but when I removed the disc and examined it I found dozens and dozens of scratches. The only other time that has happened to me was with Get Carter.

The first copy of Moulin Rouge I picked up had a disc loose in the package that was pretty badly scratched. I immediately went back in and got a new one. Strangely enough, I saw just what you did on my second copy. Both discs were secure in the hubs (EXTREMELY so) but when I inspected the two discs, there were small sets of marks on each one. I played the movie all the way through, and I watched some of the special features on disc two, and I haven't had a problem yet, thankfully.

 

[Sean Conklin]

I too have a small but noticeable scratch on Disc 1, and both were seated properly, however the disc plays flawlessly.

I think the people who package these were not very careful with their handling.

 

[Gary_E]

Disc one in my copy was loose as well but played perfectly in my Tosh 5109.

-Gary