Hopefully this wont effect game softwares. These people should maintain the cleanest enviroment in manufacturing and replicating disks. This happening to new disks is utterly embarrassing!

Blu-ray Has Got the Pox




By Mark Fleischmann June 19, 2007 - Whatever the HD DVD people are doing with their voodoo dolls, it seems to be working. Blu-ray is enduring its first defective-product scandal, with discs breaking out in spots.

Multiple reports have surfaced in the AVScience Forum-click to see unedited pictures-with most centering on The Prestige. The imperfections are variously described as blotches, specks, or spots. And the problem is severe enough to prevent some discs from playing.
Several readers reported checking their discs. Some found blemishes, others did not.

The initial poster said the disc surface felt smooth when he ran his fingertip over it. That might mean the outer protective coating is intact and the rot lies deeper down. Is the problem with the metallized layer which reflects light back to the laser? At this point, we can only speculate.

The story is drawing skeptical reactions in the somewhat more partisan forum at Blu-ray.com, where some readers attribute the news to FUD (the sowing of fear, uncertainty, and doubt). These rot reports began on the very day that Blockbuster announced it would stock Blu-ray in most stores to the exclusion of HD DVD.

Optical-disc rot is nothing new. The laserdisc format endured its own "laser rot" scandal in the 1980s. There have also been sporadic reports of rotting DVDs.

as long as its playing then should be okay kua

that is not the only picture posted. The case have been reported by numerous forummers at AVS forum. its now in its 11 pages in the discussion. if you have Prestige - wont hurt to check it out
one more pic:



http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread....t=857067&page=1

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Added on June 23, 2007, 12:27 pm

12 people with Prestige rot, 2 - stranger than fiction, 1 each for Gone is 60 second and The Departed.


a sony insider in the forum has offered replacement disk if the rotting involve any Sony titles. Even Sony is acknowledging the problem

This post has been edited by g5sim: Jun 23 2007, 12:27 PM

talking about magic