Son of a...!
 

Well, life's hectic right now so whatever spare time I get during the weekends I spend watching movies on DVD with the wife. Earlier last week, we had a viewing session which included all Terminator movies back-to-back, and just about 25 minutes into T3, the movie started freezing up.

Now, I thought it was an annoying speck of dust which was doing this, so I took it out, puffed on its surface once, and put the DVD back in. Same freezing as before. Took it out yet again, and turned on the lights (we usually watch our movies with lights dimmed in our bedroom), and checked it very carefully.

And what do I see? A long, very-thin crack which started from the central loop's edge, and stretched right into the middle of the DVD in a thin, straight line! :mad:

Naturally, I felt very angry at damaging my copy. Maybe I pulled it out a bit harder or something - I dunno how you all take your DVDs out of their cases, but I usually press the central spindle of the case gently and firmly, and it gives way, easing the DVD out - or maybe I pushed the disk back in more firmly than I should have, the last time I took it out for a watch.

That made me have a real alarming thought. I went through the rest of my DVDs and sure enough, 3 other disks have long, thin cracks stretching from the center to about one-third into the disk.

This is getting worrying, and annoying.

I notice that more with titles I rent. My DVDs are all mint apart from a few I've brought 2nd hand that have some surface scracthes none of them fuck up when I play them tho.

DVDs are pretty fragile

Well, at least it was only T3. :D

Amen to that. I wonder if there's some other way to keep my disks more protected.

I have noticed that different cases have different spindles at the centre to hold the disks. Some are easier and smoother, and some are slightly tougher and hard. The harder ones are the trouble-makers.

Oh well, maybe I ll shift those ones into other cases when I get some time.


and 3 others. One of them was RotLD 3, which I have a special fondness for.

Hopefully they're easily replaceable..... Anywho, The chick in ROTLD 3 is smokin' hot.

Copies are easy to get.

That's not the problem though. I am wondering which sort of DVD cases I should get to keep the disks more secure, and free from cracks. I am close to 2500 DVDs in my collection, and cracks is a worrying problem.

eck,

it is a worrying problem.

now i'm going to start having to go through mine and check for cracks.

hummm....that's annoying & frustrating.

My Battle Royale dvd case is so tough & hard that I wonder one day I may loss my temper & just simply crack it down!:mad: I really need to change it with a smoother one. As it's one of my few original dvds so the case is still very fresh and looks nice outside...so I still keeping it.

In the dvd case of In The Mouth of Madness there is a card listing the scene index. There is also a caution mentioning at the bottom of the card about how to take the dvd out from the box or whatever....believe me...first time when I opened the pack it made me quite nervous and I was thinking to call some 'experts' for it!:D

Anyways, this is a very common scenario here....with our local or Malaysian reprints. So we need to every time check the dvd first before buying it, even we can change it later also if we face any other problems with the disc after the purchase. But as it kills much time & patience so it's totally frustrating. I bought the Ichi The Killer dvd twice from 2 different shops and I figured out that the whole lot has been cracked!

considering all the movies I have - and the number of used copies i've bought (esp ex-rentals) - I've been really lucky.

only 1 movie i know of that wont play (dies half way through on any player) - and that's my copy of Dune - extended version.

Curious problem. Scratched up pretty bad?

nothing visible at all..

actally i did have another movie that wouldnt play on any DVD player
but it played on my PC - so i made a copy of it. i should try that with Dune

Its usually the reverse with my disks.

The players play em quite nicely, but some of em freeze up on my PC - PowerDVD, WinDVD, VLC Media, WMP - none for the better.

Ever have a disk which had a hairline crack like mine had? And did it play okay, or freeze up?

you should make back up discs of your dvd's as soon as you buy them, that way you use the copies and never have to mess with the originals again.

never had a cracked disc.

there are some cases that really are tough to get out though .. i'm really careful with those

Nah. I'm always incredibly careful with my discs. I generally push the middle bit and slowly pull it. If I feel I'm putting to much pressure on the outer edge of the disc as I pull it up, I press the middle more. Never cracked one.

I got a repair kit for dvds and cds.I got mine at walmart for like $10,its a clear liquid you paint on it.It fixed mine,you might give it a try!!!!:)

That's what I do too. I'm afraid if I press too hard I'll crack it though I never have). I also never put them anywhere besides the case when they are not in the DVD player.

It sounds like some Gremlins have got into your collection, it takes a bit to brake a cd or dvd, more thean removing it roughly.