For those saying “just pirate it” some people like the option of physical media and have moral qualms about piracy. This is actually a good thing WB is doing. Just let people have their DVDs
Check your DVDs for disc rot — Warner Bros. says it’s replacing them
Submitted 1 day ago by Sunshine@lemmy.ca to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.theverge.com/news/626482/warner-bros-dvd-disc-rot-failure-2006-2008-replacement
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caboose2006@lemm.ee 5 hours ago
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 hours ago
If you own the physical DVD, fair use allows you to own a backup copy, so torrenting it in that case would not be unethical nor illegal.
Krompus@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
You’re allowed to make your own backup, but I’m pretty sure downloading somebody else’s backup is still illegal? First time I’ve seen someone suggest otherwise, would love more details about the actual laws.
EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 3 hours ago
Yeah, that is a very valid option! I don’t like it when people not into collecting do it, though. Because it makes zero logical sense for a digital copy to be tied to a physical thing, unless you like the sentimental value of said physical thing as well.
Lootboblin@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
I just checked one of my dvd shelf and two WB movies that should be in excellent condition were little bit sticky from both sides. This feels like a flashback to when Arturia’s hardware keys and knobs started to ”melt” after few years. Companies use cheapest plastics possible.
tehmics@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
Shockingly good news from a media corp. Paramount would just steal your discs and tell you to pound sand
CrazyLikeGollum@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
As would Sony and Disney. It is surprising that WB is doing this.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 11 hours ago
I think this is because WB used cheaper manufacturing and now they’re failing way before they should.
JoeDyrt@lemmy.ca 22 hours ago
It doesn’t matter. If the CD/DVD works, copy it immediately. If not, so sorry.
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
or just pirate it whenever.
Psythik@lemm.ee 18 hours ago
Yeah seriously; never understood why a certain sector of people obsess over backing up their personal media, when you can literally download a perfect copy straight from the internet with no effort on your part. Especially when it comes to widely-available media like popular Hollywood films or video games that sold well. Just grab a torrent and toss the disc.
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 hours ago
Buying musoc CD amd either ripping to flac or pirating flac after it (physically) arrived to keep it sealed.
Ulrich@feddit.org 20 hours ago
Right? Oh no, my disc rot, good thing I have 3 backups.
Tillman@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
Over the Top (dvd in photo) is an excellent movie.
exu@feditown.com 22 hours ago
I didn’t know DVDs are supposed to last 100 years. That’s definitely not the case with newer storage media, be it BluRay, hard disks or even worse SSDs.
doodledup@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
Modern Blurays should actually last longer than DVDs. Bluray M-Discs supposedly even last 1000 years. 100 years for DVDs is pretty optimistic. 20-50 years is more realistic.
Bgugi@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
Apparently there’s some huge drama in data hoarding communities about manufacturers switching between different recording technologies, and how everybody is worried that they aren’t going to last for 5-10-100-1000 years.
Comexs@lemmy.zip 22 hours ago
many of the discs produced by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (WBHE) between 2006 and 2008 are failing prematurely
he (Damn Fool Idealistic Crusader) says the most reliable way to look for playback problems — DVDs that won’t load at all, freeze while you’re watching the film, or have unplayable special features.
Crusader’s video description links to some Google Docs, one of which is a list he compiled showing what he believes are “known rotted DVD titles” he found reported online
I skimmed over the article to see if whether or not if they’re just gonna send you another DVD or if they’re gonna do it through other means. I couldn’t find anything.
SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 13 hours ago
I skimmed over the article to see if whether or not if they’re just gonna send you another DVD or if they’re gonna do it through other means. I couldn’t find anything.
???
It’s right in the quote in the article:
Where possible, the defective discs have been replaced with the same title. However, as some of the affected titles are no longer in print or the rights have expired, consumers have been offered an exchange for a title of like-value.
Consumers with affected product can contact the customer support team at whv@wbd.com.
Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 hours ago
TBF, the words “in print” are the only part of that text that hints to the format provided.
mox@lemmy.sdf.org 23 hours ago
How does one find the manufacturing date of the discs?
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
Cut it open and count the rings
stankmut@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
If you turn the disc over, you can actually count the rings without needing to cut into it! This lets you skip having to glue the disc back together after checking the age.
yessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 hours ago
If you have the dvd case, it’s in the back of it, at the bottom somewhere
mox@lemmy.sdf.org 22 hours ago
No, it is not. I just scrutinized half a dozen DVD cases with a magnifying glass. They had copyright dates, but not a single disc manufacturing date.
RxBrad@infosec.pub 6 minutes ago
I knew WB’s HD-DVDs (remember those?) were a timebomb. I didn’t realize regular DVDs were, too.