Paramount has announced today that they are recalling the very popular Saving Private Ryan Blu-ray, due to an unexpected audio glitch.
The movie sold 100,000 copies last week, and was the second-best selling Blu-ray for the week, behind Avatar, which continues to see strong sales.
The glitch occurs in Chapter 15 of the special edition Blu-ray, and Paramount blames the problem on a ... [ read the full article ]
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I'm always wondering..... does it really cost that much money to pay someone to view the master before duplicating it? I buy at least two buggy dvds a year, and that's because I don't buy many dvds.
Originally posted by patrick_: I'm always wondering..... does it really cost that much money to pay someone to view the master before duplicating it? I buy at least two buggy dvds a year, and that's because I don't buy many dvds.
No...they could go out on the street, pick a random person, and say, "Would you like to watch a movie? Popcorn is on us"
It also does not take much to test video games (just release a beta to the web and you will have 100,000 begging for a chance to test it for free)...but I don't think that they test most games...when I can go through a game 3 times, and encounter the same glitch with the same character in the same spot two of those three times, you know they didn't test very hard.
I have a solution to prevent the accidental purchase of defective DVDs...don't buy DVDs...this trick also works on BluRays and even games (at least PC, Wii, & 360 games, it is hard to pirate PS3 games if you don't have a bluray pressing plant).
Quote:I have a solution to prevent the accidental purchase of defective DVDs...don't buy DVDs...this trick also works on BluRays and even games (at least PC, Wii, & 360 games, it is hard to pirate PS3 games if you don't have a bluray pressing plant).
agreed.. this is what I have done for 8 years .. same applies for music and software.. avoid buying buggy broken crap by not buying it at all.
Originally posted by KillerBug: This edition might be worth money to collectors in a few years...if most everyone does the trade.
I doubt it - if the mistake was the printing/artwork on the disc or some cover artwork difference then yes but a defective disc becoming a collectors' item ? I don't think so - has never ever happened before. Who wants to collect something that doesn't work properly due to an audio glitch in mastering ?
Originally posted by KillerBug: This edition might be worth money to collectors in a few years...if most everyone does the trade.
I doubt it - if the mistake was the printing/artwork on the disc or some cover artwork difference then yes but a defective disc becoming a collectors' item ? I don't think so - has never ever happened before. Who wants to collect something that doesn't work properly due to an audio glitch in mastering ?
Agree... If it's a misprinted stamp that will worth something, not a defective movie disc! Of course, the case or disc art might be appealing to some collectors. However, from what i know, Private Ryan BD release is just normal as it can be (you know, there's no medal/map/bullet replicas, no canteens, no steelbook packing etc...)
Lucky me, i didn't buy the BD (the packing is not attractive enough, lol). I love the movie though.
