Disney now replacing faulty Pirates Blu-ray discs
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Jim Todd @ Dec 18th 2007 10:31AM
So how long until someone hijacks this thread as they did the OOTP thread, claiming that these faulty discs are a clear sign that blu-ray is finished, an inferior platform, etc.? (Starts stopwatch)
TrentD @ Dec 18th 2007 1:47PM
Come on Jim, you've become jaded!
This wasn't a failure of the format, it's a failure of whoever did the transfer/framing.
Eddie @ Dec 18th 2007 11:00AM
Waiting for BBG to say Disney is obviously going to switch sides because they're sabotaging Blu.
What's that? A hypocrite you say? No, not BBG!
mbockenstedt @ Dec 18th 2007 11:00AM
I've heard it was with the first one, not the second. The link below is the AVS Forum, it shows a few examples of the framing issues for those interested. On a side note, I'm very pleased that Disney is willing to replace the defective copies. Excellent Customer Service move on their part.
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=898666
ryan @ Dec 18th 2007 11:21AM
I don't know which Pirates was bad but kudos to Disney for fixing it.
Jekee @ Dec 18th 2007 11:30AM
The topic of the article should read pirates one not pirates 2.
FYI,
After you call them they tell you that you need to send an email with following information to disneyinfo@disneyhelp.com
Name, Phone Number, Full Address, and Disk UPC.
You can call the number but this is the automated message that comes up first.
zargon @ Dec 18th 2007 12:45PM
Good for them, too bad it took so long after the first initial reports.
Anyone remember just how bad some DVD releases were in the early years. Non-anamorphic and just some pure crap transfers. The original Tombstone comes to mind since I liked the movie and watched it a lot. It looked alright on my 27" non-HD set, but once I got my 55" HD set, I couldn't watch it anymore. That 55" set made a lot of my DVDs unwatchable, I welcome HDM with open arms due to that.
andy @ Dec 18th 2007 4:04PM
The american persident widescreen DVD has a 25" diagonal on my 50" pdp. It's letterboxed AND pillarboxed. pure crap.
Kevin Murphy @ Dec 18th 2007 12:51PM
I am pretty sure that engineers in both camps want your failed disc, along with a system description and a description of the failure. Both HD and Blu are wildly evolving systems, and you can only test so much before it hits the "field."
While reports on message boards can help, there is nothing like a documented example with the media involved.
TrentD @ Dec 18th 2007 1:46PM
This wasn't a failure of the format, just a careless transfer that wasn't framed correctly.
The discs worked perfectly while playing the movie, people's heads were just cut off in some scenes.
Andy @ Dec 18th 2007 1:14PM
more crap that doesn't work.
Glynnjamin @ Dec 18th 2007 1:15PM
Pirates 2 and Pirates 3 discs are bad too...but no one has bought them yet - no recall needed.
JimC @ Dec 18th 2007 1:33PM
"Pirates 2 and Pirates 3 discs are bad too...but no one has bought them yet - no recall needed."
Huh?
TJ @ Dec 18th 2007 1:15PM
I sent in my email for disc replacement. Anyone have an ETA on when I get my corrected version?
Canary_jules @ Dec 18th 2007 2:47PM
What's the UPC? Is it the isbn over the top of the barcode on my disc? Also, I take it this scheme is open to those like me who live abroad (in the UK for me) who bought from Amazon.com and had it shipped out?
Evan @ Dec 18th 2007 3:13PM
Seems like Blu-Ray and HD DVD are having some QA problems with recent titles.
andy @ Dec 18th 2007 4:09PM
This is a totally different problem than the other problems.
This is an authoring problem which means the fault is in house at disney. They should have done better. That's just lazy.
The other problems were with replication facilities that are generally contract producers. They improperly assembled the box sets (hddvd in bluray) and had bad clean room/press room habits that allowed blu ray discs and HDDVD's to become corrupted and/or have layering issues. They probably didn't realize there was a problem until consumers got the discs in hand with respect to the layer/dirt/dust problem.
Sean L @ Dec 18th 2007 4:36PM
Wonder how long before we start to see all kinds of POTC Blu Ray disks on Ebay, people trying to make a buck on people who don't know about the framing issue..
ericdj @ Dec 18th 2007 6:13PM
You dont get any new packaging I hear so people wont buy them used most likely.
rg23 @ Dec 18th 2007 9:53PM
Darnit! My replacement Bourne Ultimatum HD DVD from Amazon still crashes just before the movie starts. Does anyone else have a problem playing Bourne on A30 and your Bourne is from Amazon.com? Balls of Fury did not have a problem at all and they're both from Universal Studios.
Anyway, I hope the new Pirates work with the people who were having problems.