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Tezcatlipoca · 31-07-2005, 22:46

A while ago I found that one of my DVDs ("The Terminator", 2 disc Special Edition, MGM release) would no longer play.

Both discs appeared to have "dulled", & did not have the normal shiny DVD look to them. They also both seemed kind of...sticky... to touch.

They'd not been like that before & had always worked before. They hadn't ever been damaged AFAIK, & I hadn't ever leant them to someone else, so there's no way someone else could've ruined them somehow.

I've now noticed another...."The Silence of the Lambs", 2 disc Special Edition, MGM release.

Exact same problem. It will no longer play, yet it did used to before. Same "dullness" & "sticky"ness to both discs. Again, they worked last time I played them (some point last year IIRC), & haven't been leant to anyone else or used by anyone else. Never damaged AFAIK, never had anything spilled on them AFAIK.

I haven't noticed the same problem with any others.... just these two films.

Any ideas?

I've tried Googling, but to no avail.

Eneded up buying a new copy of the Terminator a while back, when I noticed that was screwed. I'll prob now have to get a new SotL too.

31-07-2005, 22:46	#1
Tezcatlipoca Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Cambridge Posts: 16,760	Retail DVD degradation? A while ago I found that one of my DVDs ("The Terminator", 2 disc Special Edition, MGM release) would no longer play. Both discs appeared to have "dulled", & did not have the normal shiny DVD look to them. They also both seemed kind of...sticky... to touch. They'd not been like that before & had always worked before. They hadn't ever been damaged AFAIK, & I hadn't ever leant them to someone else, so there's no way someone else could've ruined them somehow. I've now noticed another...."The Silence of the Lambs", 2 disc Special Edition, MGM release. Exact same problem. It will no longer play, yet it did used to before. Same "dullness" & "sticky"ness to both discs. Again, they worked last time I played them (some point last year IIRC), & haven't been leant to anyone else or used by anyone else. Never damaged AFAIK, never had anything spilled on them AFAIK. I haven't noticed the same problem with any others.... just these two films. Any ideas? I've tried Googling, but to no avail. Eneded up buying a new copy of the Terminator a while back, when I noticed that was screwed. I'll prob now have to get a new SotL too.