Gizmo

No. See my post above. EVERYTHING was removed except the Commentary tracks. Some was re-purposed in the U-Control, but not all. I had both titles.

Mr. Cinema

Is that dual layers reference for the dvd or the BD?

In Iron Man related news, I just received an email from Tower.com about the recall and they have issued me a refund. Looks like I'll just wait and get it on Tuesday.

Gizmo

I'll dig up my press releases that came with my copies if you need to see them. I don't remember if they state BD50 either but the features were dropped because of space. They would not be able to fit on BD25 discs. Doomsday and Scorpion King 2 both said BD50 ...I think Universal is playing it safe and not announcing disc size anymore just in case they have to play a switch-a-roo.

As for Iron Man... (From HDD)

Here's the UPC's:
Defective: UPC: 097361385747
New "Fixed": UPC: 097361385709

fumanstan

Got the tower.com email as well. I'll probably just go and grab it in store on Tuesday from Target or something.

Dear Customer,

Please be advised that Iron Man (Blu-Ray) UPC/EAN: 097361385747 has been recalled by the manufacturer because it may not play on certain Blu-ray set top players due to differences in manufacturers' specs. We have issued a full refund for this item. The new release of the Iron Man (Blu-Ray) will be available on tower.com shortly.

Thank you for your understanding and we apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.
Tower.com Customer Service

Have a question? Need to check the status of your order? Please visit our online customer service center at http://www.tower.com/help/help_home.cfm

applesandrice

Ahh, yes -- probably for the DVD, but it's rather unclear. Could be a reference to both, or it could be they're just a bunch of nose-pickin' slack-daddies who forgot to list separate layer specs for the BD!

With regard to the whole BD25/BD50 debate/debacle, how many replication plants are there which can currently do both? Could the manufacturers even handle cranking out every title on a BD50? So if there's any kind of waiting list to get BD50 titles made, I can see where a studio might want to fast-track some releases by pooping them out on BD25s. I certainly don't like it, but I can see how a bunch of immoral, greedy, scum-sucking, dirtbag studio types might choose to do that . . .

Gizmo

Considering Paramount now has to scrap close to 100k BD50 discs..its gonna look a lot worse.

Mr. Cinema, can you update the OP with the UPC information? We're gonna get a ton of questions come Tuesday...or maybe someone should start a new thread warning about the possible delay?

Mr. Cinema

done

DthRdrX

Whats the deal with the scrapped discs Gizmo? I havn't had much time to post or read the forum lately.

Off Topic: I got a job offer a few months ago to work at Cinram! I knew I should have taken it.

Gizmo

Disc One is being recalled from all Iron Man BD sets. Why? Apparently issues loading on certain players (Sony and Samsung). Paramount has already sent some reviewers new discs, and all current ones (in retailers hands) are being shipped back to Paramount and being replaced. The Bad SKU and Good SKU are posted a few up as well as in the OP. As I said before, my copy worked just fine in my LG 200s and PS3...so it may just be a small sampling of people having the issue.

As for the bad discs..they will be destroyed. The Blu-ray hard coating does not allow them to be re-cycled in any way.

Supermallet

Disc 1 worked fine on my PS3. I'm not going to bother with a replacement.

asianxcore

Good for that. I'll have to jot those UPC's down to bring with me on the 30th.

SoSpacey

The PS3 was unaffected by this. Probably since everything gets tested at Sony on the PS3.

But what if in a couple of years you decide to buy a stand-alone?

applesandrice

In a couple of years, hopefully there'll be a higher level of consistency across the board in what the stand-alones can play.

Willh51

I have the same concern. Since I'm theoretically getting the recalled disc from Tower that shipped, should I just keep it since I have a PS3? I may get a new player later, but was this something where older players had trouble and new players were fine or might it just not play in anything else?

BuckNaked2k

Any idea if Columbia House will have the new discs ready for next week?

RockStrongo

I got the same email from tower.com. If mine plays fine on my panny player (Im in Boston for 2 weeks so cant check), im gonna keep my free copy.

Willh51

So you got the "full refund" e-mail, too...

Gizmo

I don't think Tower really "shipped" these though. Don't they typically give you tracking information days before they mail things out? (i.e. prep the item)

Willh51

I'm not sure, I've never ordered from them before...but we ordered Sarah Marshall on the same day (I think) and I still don't have it. If I just get that then I'll definitely know for sure. I am supposed to have four "shipped" things and none have tracking numbers, though.

ozzfan84

Does anyone know if the Target BD exclusive will suffer from this recall?

Mr. Cinema

I think what happened is the system issued the standard "shipped" email before they got their recall notice. Tower only gives tracking info if you pay for 2-day or next day service. I, like many on blu-ray.com, paid for 2-day service and not a single person received a tracking number. I'm 99.9% sure no one is going to receive the bad disc from them.

My Iron Man order was supposed to have been shipped on the 18th, same day as Forgetting Sarah Marshall. For FSM, I only paid for priority shipping and it arrived yesterday. They pulled the Iron Man orders in time.

Gizmo

Probably even worse since those are in exclusive cases.

Yavin

Hmm, that's the same thing I'm afraid of for the Future Shop and Best Buy exclusives in Canada

Gizmo

The only thing I can think of is Paramount sending each store just the discs and the clerks themselves open up each "exclusive" case and replace the disc, then re-shrinkwrap it back up. Ive done it before in the video game business...so it is possible.

Giles

but some per-snickety folk can spot re-shrinkwrapped items and go all apeshit - I've worked behind the counter at a book/cd store and some of them need to get less anal about this kind of stuff.