Although digital media have surpassed physical media in popularity, there are still plenty of reasons for film lovers and TV fans to hold and even buy DVDs. With physical media, owners are sure that they can always play their favorite titles, as long as they take care of their discs. Although digital copies are sometimes thrown abruptly from viewers, physical media owners do not have to worry about a company that ruined their Friday evening film plans. At least that's what We thought.
It appears that if you contain DVD collection titles that are distributed by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, The Home Movie Distribution Arm from Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), one day you can open the box to find a DVD -Rot case.
Recently Chris Bumbray, editor -in -chief of Filmnieuws and assessment site Joblo, detailed what a harrowing experience would be for every film collector. He said he recently tried to play his Passage to Marseille DVD, but “After about an hour the disk simply stopped working.” He said, “The same happened” with About the Pacific Ocean. Bumbray bought a new DVD player, but still couldn't be Desperate journey Disc. The latter case was mainly alarming because, just like many classic films and shows, the title is not available as a digital copy.
DVDs must, if well taken care of, take 30 years to 100 years. It turned out that the problems that Bumbray had had not due to a DVD player or bad DVD maintenance. In a statement to Joblo on Tuesday, WBD shared widespread complaints about DVDs that were made between 2006 and 2008. The statement said:
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment is aware of possible problems that influence selected DVD titles that were made between 2006 – 2008, and the company has actively collaborated with consumers to replace defective drives.
Where possible, the defective disks have been replaced by the same title. However, since some of the affected titles are no longer in pressure or the rights have expired, consumers have offered an exchange for a title of the same value.
Consumers with a affected product can contact the customer support team at [email protected].
Collectors have known this problem for years
It is useful that WBD has recently given some clarity about this situation, but the statement to Joblo seems to be the first time that the company has publicly recognized the disk problems. This is despite the fact that DVD collectors complain for years that the disc rot of early starting concerns for years, including via YouTube and online forums.
