Gord Lacey is asking people to please report their defective DVD-18s of TV shows
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Gord Lacey is asking people to please report their defective DVD-18s of TV shows
Gord Lacey is asking people to please report their defective DVD-18s of TV shows for a story that he is writing:
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=4351
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=4351
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A lot of people, including me, have had pixelating, freezing, and skipping on Universal TV shows on DVD-18s.
http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htfo...95#post2832895
Gord Lacey
Here's a quick update:
I've received 231 emails (and more coming in all the time). Of those, 150 are for Universal titles, 18 are for Fox, 9 are for ADV Films, 11 are for MGM, 30 are for Warner, 4 are for Alliance Atlantis Home Entertainment, and 9 are for other companies.
Gord
Gord Lacey
Here's a quick update:
I've received 231 emails (and more coming in all the time). Of those, 150 are for Universal titles, 18 are for Fox, 9 are for ADV Films, 11 are for MGM, 30 are for Warner, 4 are for Alliance Atlantis Home Entertainment, and 9 are for other companies.
Gord
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Quantum Leap season 3 won't even play in 3 of the 4 players I own. Locks up the machines. The fourth player will read the disc fine, but while watching it will randomly freeze for up to and sometimes longer than a minute before restarting. Then sometimes when it freezes, it will skip when it restarts. Sometimes jump back 5 minutes, forward 10, etc.
Garbage. I have yet to watch more than the first 4 episodes. It is such a pain in the ass.
Thanks for the link. I submitted the above info.
Garbage. I have yet to watch more than the first 4 episodes. It is such a pain in the ass.
Thanks for the link. I submitted the above info.
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Originally Posted by Michael Corvin
Quantum Leap season 3 won't even play in 3 of the 4 players I own. Locks up the machines. The fourth player will read the disc fine, but while watching it will randomly freeze for up to and sometimes longer than a minute before restarting. Then sometimes when it freezes, it will skip when it restarts. Sometimes jump back 5 minutes, forward 10, etc.
Garbage. I have yet to watch more than the first 4 episodes. It is such a pain in the ass.
Thanks for the link. I submitted the above info.
Garbage. I have yet to watch more than the first 4 episodes. It is such a pain in the ass.
Thanks for the link. I submitted the above info.
Thanks for submitting your information.
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I submitted my issues. I'm still trying to get a working Columbo Season 3 set. I'm on my fifth set now and this one plays the best of any I have had so far, but still has minor 1 second freezes on occasion. I figure this is the best I can do and I'm sticking with it for now.
I finally broke down and bought the Hammer Horror collection, but so far I haven't found any freeze ups on the first disc. I really hope I get a good set because Best Buy only had a single copy of it and I haven't found it anywhere else.
I finally broke down and bought the Hammer Horror collection, but so far I haven't found any freeze ups on the first disc. I really hope I get a good set because Best Buy only had a single copy of it and I haven't found it anywhere else.
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Originally Posted by Gord Lacey
Yikes, it's a bit freaky to see your name in a forum headline
Thanks for submitting the errors guys, I really appreciate it.
Gord
Thanks for submitting the errors guys, I really appreciate it.
Gord
I appreciate what you're doing.
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Almost all of Universal's "flipper" discs (TV or non-TV) have freezing problems with them. That's because Universal insists on cramming as much material as possible on as few discs as possible.
I've had probems on all season releases of SLIDERS, QUANTUM LEAP and MAGNUM PI. Also had problems with the recent MALLRATS release.
I've had probems on all season releases of SLIDERS, QUANTUM LEAP and MAGNUM PI. Also had problems with the recent MALLRATS release.
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Originally Posted by Shannon Nutt
Almost all of Universal's "flipper" discs (TV or non-TV) have freezing problems with them. That's because Universal insists on cramming as much material as possible on as few discs as possible.
I've had probems on all season releases of SLIDERS, QUANTUM LEAP and MAGNUM PI. Also had problems with the recent MALLRATS release.
I've had probems on all season releases of SLIDERS, QUANTUM LEAP and MAGNUM PI. Also had problems with the recent MALLRATS release.
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Originally Posted by Shannon Nutt
Almost all of Universal's "flipper" discs (TV or non-TV) have freezing problems with them. That's because Universal insists on cramming as much material as possible on as few discs as possible.
Gord
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Originally Posted by darkside
I finally broke down and bought the Hammer Horror collection, but so far I haven't found any freeze ups on the first disc. I really hope I get a good set because Best Buy only had a single copy of it and I haven't found it anywhere else.
BTW, I'm still only having issues with Universal DVD-18s made by Deluxe's Mexico plant. All my other Universal DVD-18s play back flawlessly. I have no problem with DVD-18s being used as long as they don't have manufacturing errors.
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the only problems I have ever had came from "nothern exposure season three" but I don't know the make/model of my DVD player so i wasn't able to submit my information to him directly, which saddens me because he provides me with sooo much information, I wish i could pay him back some how.
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AFAIK the Kolchak discs, while still from Deluxe, were made in Taiwan rather than Mexico and they seem to have caused way less problems than the Lugosi and Hammer sets.
Maybe Universal have finally decided to do something about the problem, which has been going on for way too long. It's been around for ages - just check the Amazon Reviews for things like the Munster, Abbott & Costello and Columbo discs.
Maybe Universal have finally decided to do something about the problem, which has been going on for way too long. It's been around for ages - just check the Amazon Reviews for things like the Munster, Abbott & Costello and Columbo discs.
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Originally Posted by Nebiroth
AFAIK the Kolchak discs, while still from Deluxe, were made in Taiwan rather than Mexico and they seem to have caused way less problems than the Lugosi and Hammer sets.
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I had problems with Buck Rogers in the 25th century. Actually several people have. I returned the set and the replacement worked well. I haven't played many of my other DVD-18s yet (BattleStar Galactica & Farscape).
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Originally Posted by vegasbaby
Why doesnt Gord narrow this down to Universal TV on DVD Flippers?
That's where the real trouble really lies.
That's where the real trouble really lies.
Gord
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Originally Posted by Gord Lacey
That may upset people at Universal. They may feel that I was unjustly targetting them. Asking people to report any problem with a DVD-18 results in data from all the studios, not just Universal. Consumers are having problems with other titles as well, not just stuff from Universal (ADV announced they're giving up DVD-18s because of consumer complaints).
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Magnum P.I. The Complete Thrid Season is now up for preorder at amazon. But the studio is listed as MCA Home Video, not Universal. I wonder if that's a mistake, or if they're having someone else make the DVDs. If they're having someone else make the DVDs, maybe that's because they are trying to fix the problem of the defects.
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Originally Posted by grundle
Magnum P.I. The Complete Thrid Season is now up for preorder at amazon. But the studio is listed as MCA Home Video, not Universal. I wonder if that's a mistake, or if they're having someone else make the DVDs. If they're having someone else make the DVDs, maybe that's because they are trying to fix the problem of the defects.