Blu Ray Rot
06-01-22, 04:15 PM
#26
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Re: Blu Ray Rot
The defective Lionsgate blurays released in america which went bad, were manufactured at cmca/deluxe in the mid-late 2000s.
Before Sony DADC Terre Haute closed down their cd/dvd/bluray disc manufacturing lines in late 2017, IFPI QW** was one of the more reliable cd/dvd/bluray disc manufacturing facilities in america.
06-02-22, 11:54 AM
#27
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Re: Blu Ray Rot
The second last "nail in the coffin" for cd/dvd/bluray/4Kbluray optics discs, will likely be once Technicolor Mexico (IFPI KK**) and one or both of the european Sony (IFPI 94**) and/or BMG (IFPI 07**) large disc pressing plants are closed down.
Once those ^ three pressing plants are closed, what is left over will be Japanese plants and some smaller disc pressing plants with questionable quality control practicies (ie. China, Taiwan, etc ...). These Japan disc manufacturing plants still around are (purportedly):
IFPI 40** -> JVC Kenwood Victor (Yokosuka, Japan)
IFPI 45** -> Sony DADC (Shizuoka, Japan)
https://www.nippon.com/en/behind/l10359/
IFPI 44** -> Memory-Tech (Tsukuba, Japan)
Memory-Tech appears to be only cd/dvd, but not bluray.
https://www.discogs.com/label/63066-Memory-Tech
https://www.memory-tech.co.jp/en/en_package
IFPI HH** and IFPI QK** -> Panasonic / AVC ?
So far the only widely released discs I have found with IFPI HH** or IFPI QK** are Nintendo Wii discs.
I haven't purchased enough Japanese manufactured discs to determine how good or bad they are in terms of quality control.
Once those ^ three pressing plants are closed, what is left over will be Japanese plants and some smaller disc pressing plants with questionable quality control practicies (ie. China, Taiwan, etc ...). These Japan disc manufacturing plants still around are (purportedly):
IFPI 40** -> JVC Kenwood Victor (Yokosuka, Japan)
IFPI 45** -> Sony DADC (Shizuoka, Japan)
https://www.nippon.com/en/behind/l10359/
IFPI 44** -> Memory-Tech (Tsukuba, Japan)
Memory-Tech appears to be only cd/dvd, but not bluray.
https://www.discogs.com/label/63066-Memory-Tech
https://www.memory-tech.co.jp/en/en_package
IFPI HH** and IFPI QK** -> Panasonic / AVC ?
So far the only widely released discs I have found with IFPI HH** or IFPI QK** are Nintendo Wii discs.
I haven't purchased enough Japanese manufactured discs to determine how good or bad they are in terms of quality control.
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06-02-22, 10:25 PM
#29
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Re: Blu Ray Rot
Blu! Ro! No go! Blu! Ro! No go!
Blu! Ro! No go! Blu! Ro! No go!
They're rotting in the cardboard!
They're chipping in the center!
The coating is eroding!
The Blu-ray rot!
The glue has got them peeling!
The case has got them skipping!
The coating is corroding!
The Blu-ray rot!
Blu! Ro! No go!
No Back to the Future!
Alien! Antholo-no!
Hitchcock set, you won't see, no!
The pressing plants were terrible!
In USA and Mexico!
To one they took a wrecking ball!
The Blu-ray rot!
Hope it's not from Warner!
Lion's Gate's a goner!
Criterion wore bronzer!
The Blu-ray rot!
Blu! Ro! No go!
Basic Instinct bad now!
American Psycho no!
Universal Horror is a horror show!
Die-cut is a disgrace!
Scratch the disc and deface!
Get 'em in a keepcase!
The Blu-ray rot!
Player's in "no disc" mode!
Out of print and won't load!
Check the IFPI code!
The Blu-ray rot!
Blu! Ro! No go! Blu! Ro! No go!
Blu! Ro! No go! Blu! Ro! NO GO!
youtube.com/watch?v=EF-WSml4F-w
Blu! Ro! No go! Blu! Ro! No go!
They're rotting in the cardboard!
They're chipping in the center!
The coating is eroding!
The Blu-ray rot!
The glue has got them peeling!
The case has got them skipping!
The coating is corroding!
The Blu-ray rot!
Blu! Ro! No go!
No Back to the Future!
Alien! Antholo-no!
Hitchcock set, you won't see, no!
The pressing plants were terrible!
In USA and Mexico!
To one they took a wrecking ball!
The Blu-ray rot!
Hope it's not from Warner!
Lion's Gate's a goner!
Criterion wore bronzer!
The Blu-ray rot!
Blu! Ro! No go!
Basic Instinct bad now!
American Psycho no!
Universal Horror is a horror show!
Die-cut is a disgrace!
Scratch the disc and deface!
Get 'em in a keepcase!
The Blu-ray rot!
Player's in "no disc" mode!
Out of print and won't load!
Check the IFPI code!
The Blu-ray rot!
Blu! Ro! No go! Blu! Ro! No go!
Blu! Ro! No go! Blu! Ro! NO GO!
youtube.com/watch?v=EF-WSml4F-w
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06-02-22, 10:35 PM
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Re: Blu Ray Rot
Once those ^ three pressing plants are closed, what is left over will be Japanese plants and some smaller disc pressing plants with questionable quality control practicies (ie. China, Taiwan, etc ...). These Japan disc manufacturing plants still around are (purportedly):
06-03-22, 06:16 AM
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Re: Blu Ray Rot
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I KID!
I KID!!!!!!
PS: You're totally right, though. I had been thinking physical media was dead in the water when the rise of streaming started but seems 4k, at least for the moment, has kept some things afloat but there is no longer a shop in my city that sells it. I am left to Amazon.
The recent episode of South Park called The Streaming Wars was a funny commentary on this (kinda').
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06-05-22, 10:44 AM
#32
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Re: Blu Ray Rot
There is a long history of pressed optical disc manufacturing plants opening and closing down since the late 1970s. The hardcore folks who seem to document a lot of this information, hang out at discogs.
06-05-22, 10:57 AM
#33
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Re: Blu Ray Rot
This may sound really stupid, but I'll mention it anyways.
One semi-reliable indicator I watch to track which smaller disc manufacturing plants are reliable / unreliable, is to see which plants are used by the smaller independent record companies.
In practice, I've found that smaller independent record companies will contract out their cd/dvd/bluray disc manufacturing to less reliable plants (or lower costs). This pattern has been so consistent in various musical niches of interest to me, that I simply do not trust the dvd / bluray disc quality control of such releases. The few dvd (or bluray) releases I am willing to purchase from such indie record companies, is if I can figure out that the disc is a single-sided single-layer disc (ie. 5 gigabytes or less for dvd, or 25 gigabytes or less for bluray).
Too many bad experiences with single-sided two-layer dvd discs (ie. 4.25 to 8.5 gigabytes) released by indie record companies.
One semi-reliable indicator I watch to track which smaller disc manufacturing plants are reliable / unreliable, is to see which plants are used by the smaller independent record companies.
In practice, I've found that smaller independent record companies will contract out their cd/dvd/bluray disc manufacturing to less reliable plants (or lower costs). This pattern has been so consistent in various musical niches of interest to me, that I simply do not trust the dvd / bluray disc quality control of such releases. The few dvd (or bluray) releases I am willing to purchase from such indie record companies, is if I can figure out that the disc is a single-sided single-layer disc (ie. 5 gigabytes or less for dvd, or 25 gigabytes or less for bluray).
Too many bad experiences with single-sided two-layer dvd discs (ie. 4.25 to 8.5 gigabytes) released by indie record companies.
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06-06-22, 12:48 PM
#34
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Re: Blu Ray Rot
This may sound really stupid, but I'll mention it anyways.
One semi-reliable indicator I watch to track which smaller disc manufacturing plants are reliable / unreliable, is to see which plants are used by the smaller independent record companies.
In practice, I've found that smaller independent record companies will contract out their cd/dvd/bluray disc manufacturing to less reliable plants (or lower costs). This pattern has been so consistent in various musical niches of interest to me, that I simply do not trust the dvd / bluray disc quality control of such releases. The few dvd (or bluray) releases I am willing to purchase from such indie record companies, is if I can figure out that the disc is a single-sided single-layer disc (ie. 5 gigabytes or less for dvd, or 25 gigabytes or less for bluray).
Too many bad experiences with single-sided two-layer dvd discs (ie. 4.25 to 8.5 gigabytes) released by indie record companies.
One semi-reliable indicator I watch to track which smaller disc manufacturing plants are reliable / unreliable, is to see which plants are used by the smaller independent record companies.
In practice, I've found that smaller independent record companies will contract out their cd/dvd/bluray disc manufacturing to less reliable plants (or lower costs). This pattern has been so consistent in various musical niches of interest to me, that I simply do not trust the dvd / bluray disc quality control of such releases. The few dvd (or bluray) releases I am willing to purchase from such indie record companies, is if I can figure out that the disc is a single-sided single-layer disc (ie. 5 gigabytes or less for dvd, or 25 gigabytes or less for bluray).
Too many bad experiences with single-sided two-layer dvd discs (ie. 4.25 to 8.5 gigabytes) released by indie record companies.
06-09-22, 08:50 AM
#35
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Re: Blu Ray Rot
I use to think this was the case for stuff manufactured in Germany. Over the years I came to the realization that this "belief" is completely erroneous.
In practice, this might still be the case for stuff manufactured in the former West Germany.
In contrast, this is not always the case for stuff manufactured in the former East Germany. The states of Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Thuringia, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt. It variedly wildly from excellent to outright garbage. The former East German states did not go to West German standards.
06-10-22, 02:40 PM
#36
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Re: Blu Ray Rot
I guess there is probably a master list of known issues somewhere.
06-12-22, 09:38 AM
#37
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Re: Blu Ray Rot
06-24-22, 05:14 AM
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Re: Blu Ray Rot
Spotted this post in the DVD Rot thread that referenced a BR. For those that have this disc might be worth checking your copy.
2 more for the recycle bin:American Gothic - The Complete Series (2005) - discs 1 and 2 are starting to rot, still playable but you have to skip through big sections of certain episodes. and a blu-ray: Operation Endgame from Anchor Bay... completely bronzed and it has a lot of those little cloudly white dots.
01-19-23, 05:59 AM
#40
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Re: Blu Ray Rot
So, I've found that Blu-rays that were pressed at Technicolor Camarillo, California, between about 2006-2009 with a Mould SID code of IFPI 2TB4, have an extremely high failure rate. I have yet to find a 2TB4 disc in my collection that hasn't failed. The Camarillo plant shut down in late 2008 or early 2009 probably, and I've found defective 2TB4 Blu-rays with street dates from Sept. 2006 through Jan. 2009. So I think that means that every Blu-ray that was ever pressed at that plant using the 2TB4 mould is suspect.
In my collection, I've found that it's mostly Paramount discs. I've identified the following potentially problematic discs, either from my own collection or from multiple user reports per title over several forums:
Clear and Present Danger
Cloverfield
Face/Off
Flags of Our Fathers (Disc 1 only)
The Hunt for Red October (first issue only - red cover)
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
Patriot Games
Sleepy Hollow
The Sum of All Fears
The Untouchables
Zodiac (Disc 2 only)
2007 DTS-HD Master Audio Presentation Disc
DTS Blu-ray Demonstration Disc 14
There are probably more. If you're checking your discs for defects, make sure you have a first issue disc from 2006-2009. Many of these titles have been reissued later over the years. The Mould SID code should be IFPI 2TB4. Large print runs or repressings may have been pressed on multiple moulds or at different plants. The Mould SID is etched into the inner-most ring of the disc on the label side. (If the SID code you find is "IFPI L***", you're looking at the Mastering SID (the wrong code), not the Mould SID.) "TECHNICOLOR/CA" should also be etched into the ring, on the opposite end of the circle from the Mould SID code.
I think the problems can also develop over a really long time. For example, when I first heard a few years ago that Flags of Our Fathers could be problematic, I checked my copy, and it was fine. Today, it is unplayable. When I first found in 2020 that my Face/Off disc had problems, it would still play the first 2/3 of the movie before freezing. By the time I got around to replacing it in 2022, it was no longer readable at all.
In my collection, I've found that it's mostly Paramount discs. I've identified the following potentially problematic discs, either from my own collection or from multiple user reports per title over several forums:
Clear and Present Danger
Cloverfield
Face/Off
Flags of Our Fathers (Disc 1 only)
The Hunt for Red October (first issue only - red cover)
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
Patriot Games
Sleepy Hollow
The Sum of All Fears
The Untouchables
Zodiac (Disc 2 only)
2007 DTS-HD Master Audio Presentation Disc
DTS Blu-ray Demonstration Disc 14
There are probably more. If you're checking your discs for defects, make sure you have a first issue disc from 2006-2009. Many of these titles have been reissued later over the years. The Mould SID code should be IFPI 2TB4. Large print runs or repressings may have been pressed on multiple moulds or at different plants. The Mould SID is etched into the inner-most ring of the disc on the label side. (If the SID code you find is "IFPI L***", you're looking at the Mastering SID (the wrong code), not the Mould SID.) "TECHNICOLOR/CA" should also be etched into the ring, on the opposite end of the circle from the Mould SID code.
I think the problems can also develop over a really long time. For example, when I first heard a few years ago that Flags of Our Fathers could be problematic, I checked my copy, and it was fine. Today, it is unplayable. When I first found in 2020 that my Face/Off disc had problems, it would still play the first 2/3 of the movie before freezing. By the time I got around to replacing it in 2022, it was no longer readable at all.
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01-19-23, 05:02 PM
#42
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Re: Blu Ray Rot
It looks like Sleepy Hollow had at least a couple different pressings in the time period in question. While my personal copy was not pressed at Technicolor, I've found enough reports of defects that it seems that at least some batches were probably pressed on 2TB4, so I've added it to the list.
01-19-23, 05:49 PM
#43
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Re: Blu Ray Rot
I checked my copy of Sleepy Hollow. Mine had a different mould number IFPI KK0A I think. I probably have an affected Clear and Present Danger disc. Still have to find Zodiac as well.
Here's a disc that I had go rotten on me , and it's fairly new: Twins. It's the Shout Factory release from 2020. Started skipping in the part where the Twins visit the university and the lab. It's like around 65 mins in (sorry only a rough estimate).
Here's a disc that I had go rotten on me , and it's fairly new: Twins. It's the Shout Factory release from 2020. Started skipping in the part where the Twins visit the university and the lab. It's like around 65 mins in (sorry only a rough estimate).
01-20-23, 03:52 AM
#45
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Re: Blu Ray Rot
If you want to check your Paramount collection for defective 2TB4 discs, I've created a list of Paramount releases from 2006-early 2009. The list up above are the only ones I know are confirmed to have 2TB4 pressings, but any of these Paramount releases could potentially have been pressed on 2TB4 during that period. If you check your collection and find a 2TB4 pressing, whether rotted or not, please post here, and I'll add it to the list.
A couple things to keep in mind. In my collection I've seen pressings on other moulds in the same facility, specifically, 2TB2 and 2TB8. These discs have been fine. It appears to be the 2TB4 mould only that is creating extremely high defect rates. Also, keep in mind that different discs in multi-disc sets are usually pressed on different moulds. For example, the Zodiac release, where only Disc 2 was pressed on 2TB4, and Disc 1 was pressed on something else.
A couple things to keep in mind. In my collection I've seen pressings on other moulds in the same facility, specifically, 2TB2 and 2TB8. These discs have been fine. It appears to be the 2TB4 mould only that is creating extremely high defect rates. Also, keep in mind that different discs in multi-disc sets are usually pressed on different moulds. For example, the Zodiac release, where only Disc 2 was pressed on 2TB4, and Disc 1 was pressed on something else.
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Aeon Flux (Ĉon Flux) (2005)
Arctic Tale (2007)
Babel (2006)
Beowulf (Director's Cut) (2007)
Black Rain (1989)
Black Snake Moan (2007)
Clear and Present Danger (1994)
Cloverfield (2008)
Coach Carter (2005)
Coming to America (Special Collector's Edition) (1988)
Days of Thunder (1990)
Dexter: The First Season (2006)
Drillbit Taylor (Extended Survival Edition) (2008)
The Duchess (2008)
Election (1999)
Event Horizon (1997)
Face/Off (Special Collector's Edition) (1997)
Failure to Launch (2006)
Flags of Our Fathers (2-Disc Special Edition) (2006)
Four Brothers (2005)
Freedom Writers (2007)
Friday the 13th (Uncut) (1980)
Ghost (1990)
The Godfather Collection (The Coppola Restoration | The Godfather / The Godfather: Part II / The Godfather: Part III) (1972-1990)
Hot Rod (2007)
The Hunt For Red October (1990)
Hustle & Flow (2005)
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Two-Disc Special Edition) (2008)
Into the Wild (2007)
Iron Man (Ultimate 2-Disc Edition) (2008)
The Italian Job (2003)
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)
Last Holiday (2006)
The Love Guru (2008)
The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
Mean Girls (2004)
A Mighty Heart (2007)
Mission: Impossible (Special Collector's Edition) (1996)
Mission: Impossible II (2000)
Mission: Impossible III (2-Disc Collector's Edition) (2006)
Nacho Libre (2006)
Next (2007)
Old School (Unrated) (2003)
Patriot Games (1992)
Payback (Straight Up: The Director's Cut | Special Collector's Edition) (1999)
Primal Fear (Hard Evidence Edition) (1996)
Reds (25th Anniversary Edition) (1981)
Sahara (2005)
Shine a Light (The Rolling Stones) (2008)
Shooter (2007)
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
South Park: The Complete Twelfth Season (2008)
The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)
Strange Wilderness (2008)
The Sum of All Fears (2002)
There Will Be Blood (2007)
Tommy Boy (Holy Schnike Edition) (1995)
Top Gun (1986)
Trading Places ("Looking Good, Feeling Good" Edition) (1983)
Transformers (Two-Disc Special Edition) (2007)
The Truman Show (1998)
U2: Rattle and Hum (1988)
The Untouchables (Special Collector's Edition) (1987)
The Warriors (Ultimate Director's Cut) (1979)
We Were Soldiers (2002)
Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling (2008)
World Trade Center (2-Disc Commemorative Edition) (2006)
Zodiac (2-Disc Director's Cut) (2007)
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01-20-23, 03:07 PM
#46
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Re: Blu Ray Rot
^Thanks for that. I only had Shooter and Four Brothers, neither of which were 2TB4 pressings.
I'm pretty sure I've also got The Truman Show, but seem to have misplaced it.
I'm pretty sure I've also got The Truman Show, but seem to have misplaced it.
01-20-23, 06:37 PM
#47
Re: Blu Ray Rot
Catch me if you can, The Dictator and Scrooged were more Paramount titles that failed on me. Work until about an hour into the show then freezes for like 20- 30 minutes and then watchable near the endings.
01-20-23, 07:20 PM
#48
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Re: Blu Ray Rot
As Above, So Below (a Universal Studios Home Entertainment release) started freezing up at the 46min. mark, had to finish the movie from its accompanying DVD.
01-23-23, 03:00 PM
#49
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Re: Blu Ray Rot
The Mould SID is etched into the inner-most ring of the disc on the label side. (If the SID code you find is "IFPI L***", you've found the Mastering SID, not the Mould SID.) "TECHNICOLOR/CA" should also be etched into the ring, on the opposite end of the circle from the Mould SID code.
01-23-23, 03:28 PM
#50
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Re: Blu Ray Rot
No, that means you're looking at the Mastering SID code, which is the wrong code. You need to find the Mould SID code, which is on the label side, at almost the very inner-most part of the ring. It's etched into the plastic, so it can be very difficult to see unless you get the light to catch the grooves at the right angle.