Do you still collect DVD, Blu-ray, 4K?

[hbquikcomjamesl]

Older players did that. Current ones don't.

I remember a video DVD-R machine that was as bulky as a rack-mount server, and ten times as ornery. And eventually it just quit outright. So I wasn't entirely surprised by the behavior of this obviously-first-generation BD player. It's just that at the moment, I have bigger concerns.

One thing I do collect (I hadn't really thought of it until now) is a very specific series of children's novels originally created by pioneering book packager Edward Stratemeyer: The Bobbsey Twins. I have the entire series, including the original versions of the volumes that changed the most in the "purple" edition that ran from the 1960s to the 1980s. And also including at least one literally crumbling wartime title that was printed on the most God-awful paper you could imagine, and then never reprinted in later editions. I should probably only handle it with a pair of editor's gloves.

 

[Admiral Jean-Luc Picard]

Just a quick question about the poll, why isn't there an option for 'no' just to sort of gauge how many don't collect physical media. Apologies if I've just asked a stupid question.

It's not a stupid question, it's a great question, and the answer is... I didn't think of it as I typed up poll choices.

 

[kirk55555]

I collect DVD & Blu Ray, especially of stuff I really like and don't want to be taken away or have to hunt for online.

 

[Forbin]

Here's a ridiculous coincidence, considering the conversation - I'm watching F-Troop during breakfast in the morning, and some of the disks in my DVD set have gone bad.
Oh well - a new set is still available for only $30.

 

[Admiral Jean-Luc Picard]

Here's a ridiculous coincidence, considering the conversation - I'm watching F-Troop during breakfast in the morning, and some of the disks in my DVD set have gone bad.
Oh well - a new set is still available for only $30.

Production defect, damaged, or disc rot? This happens very rarely for me, a disc going bad or getting damaged. Thankfully, I can usually buy a newer release. It gets a little frustrating if the film or series only saw a DVD release that is now discontinued.

I don't know what I will do if my "Surface" 4-disc DVD set gets damaged. I've had it for 12 years, and it was one of the last shows I watched with my mom before she passed.

 

[Starkers]

I bought my B5 boxset years ago. I've only watched it all the way through once (who has the time!) but it was all fine, with the exception of a single episode "Comes the Inquisitor" by the time I got to the end of season 2 it was too late to take it back.

I have had other discs that seemed cranky but were suddenly fine when I upgraded my player

 

[Alexander Corrino]

When a DVD no longer plays properly (skipping, freezing, not playing at all) it can help to polish it with a soft piece of cloth and some window cleaner. This trick has helped me on more than one occasion.

 

[Starkers]

Yeah I remember doing this back in the day, modern discs seem better so I can't remember the last time I tried this.

 

[Forbin]

I buffed it on my sweatshirt, but that didn't help . The replacement set is here (yay Amazon next-day!), but it's a cheap set without graphics or disc labels, in a crappy case. I think I'll just replace the bad disks in my original set, and keep the new set aside just in case.

 

[Firebird]

There are certain runs of discs manufactured by Warner Home Video from 2006-2008 that are known to be bad. The factory (since closed) used defective glue in the manufacturing process, so all these DVDs fail at the layer change, usually around the mid-point of the movie.

No amount of buffing will fix that.

 

[Forbin]

There are certain runs of discs manufactured by Warner Home Video from 2006-2008 that are known to be bad. The factory (since closed) used defective glue in the manufacturing process, so all these DVDs fail at the layer change, usually around the mid-point of the movie.

No amount of buffing will fix that.

That tracks with the F-Troop disks - If there are 5 eps on a disk, the problems start halfway thru the third ep.

 

[Rowdy Roddy McDowall]

There are certain runs of discs manufactured by Warner Home Video from 2006-2008 that are known to be bad. The factory (since closed) used defective glue in the manufacturing process, so all these DVDs fail at the layer change, usually around the mid-point of the movie.

No amount of buffing will fix that.

I don't suppose we'll get refunds as we've long ago disposed of our receipts. I have had this occur a LOT due to high-volume previous-purchasing, and 8 times out of ten it was a Warners.

Worst of all, they were deluxe Warners box sets or other notable WB movies. I had to buy THE DEPARTED three times, and the third time was on BluRay. Over half of my eight-disc SUPERMAN set self-destructed while leaving residual gunk. Now I finally understand why.

But I also experienced uncooperative BluRays for 2021's DUNE, ANNABELLE COMES HOME and DOCTOR SLEEP. Has anybody else suffered similar injustices?

 

[Firebird]

I don't suppose we'll get refunds as we've long ago disposed of our receipts. I have had this occur a LOT due to high-volume previous-purchasing, and 8 times out of ten it was a Warners.

Worst of all, they were deluxe Warners box sets or other notable WB movies. I had to buy THE DEPARTED three times, and the third time was on BluRay. Over half of my eight-disc SUPERMAN set self-destructed while leaving residual gunk. Now I finally understand why.

But I also experienced uncooperative BluRays for 2021's DUNE, ANNABELLE COMES HOME and DOCTOR SLEEP. Has anybody else suffered similar injustices?

WHV used to have a very robust disc replacement program. A while back, I was actually able to get a disc for The Sea of Grass replaced that was in a Tracy/Hepburn box set that I bought used and didn’t have the receipt for either. Not sure if that’s still in place, especially since the Zaslav era of terrible business decisions.

One good thing is that Warner has been re-releasing a lot of these discs thru their Warner Archive service, which corrects the defective manufacturing. There’s a chance you might find many of the movies there.

 

[Rowdy Roddy McDowall]

And somehow I forgot to mention that my BLADE RUNNER FINAL CUT four-disc set jammed at all four midpoints. While I did also watch a perfectly intact FINAL CUT single-disc BluRay, I've never lost an entire boxed set on the same night. Multiple expletives deleted.

 

[Moviefan2k4]

Regarding 4K discs released by WB, I only have two at the moment, and they're both box sets: The Matrix Trilogy and the The Dark Knight films. While I haven't watched the latter yet, the first Matrix entry initially froze toward the end, but that turned out to be a problem with my player settings. Once that was fixed, I didn't have any more issues.

 

[kirk55555]

I feel really lucky, I've literally never had a DVD or Blu Ray that I bought new fail on me. One or two used Ebay/Amazon purchased DVDs maybe, but thats a risk you take with used purchases.

 

[Starkers]

Oh hell, absolutely. I lost count of the number of VHS tapes I had to return back in the day! DVDs will always be superior!

 

[cardinal biggles]

Still collecting. Primarily Blu-ray, though I did pick up the 4K/BR for Oppenheimer, as well as the Criterion Collection release of WALL-E (it only comes that way, no separate BR-only release).

 

[Tosk]

And somehow I forgot to mention that my BLADE RUNNER FINAL CUT four-disc set jammed at all four midpoints. While I did also watch a perfectly intact FINAL CUT single-disc BluRay, I've never lost an entire boxed set on the same night. Multiple expletives deleted.

I had two copies of the five-disc DVD set, nine of the ten discs are now coasters.

 

[Rowdy Roddy McDowall]

I had two copies of the five-disc DVD set, nine of the ten discs are now coasters.

Bahstadz.

Warners should provide their 2006-9 gluey-disc collection with shorter, honest titles, such as WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRG and HARP with Paul Newman.