There’s something to be said for early adopters though, in this case, it would be hard to peg down. Take your pick of brave, too much expendable income or silly gadget lover. Whatever the case is, some are starting to question their early Blu-Ray purchases as some discs are beginning to (literally) show spots and become unreadable.

That isn’t to say this problem is widespread, far from it. As Engadget points out for every 100 discs sold there is bound to be at least one bad disc which leads to that one person having a very bad experience, encouraging them to lash out in the form of a blog entry or forum post.

It’s not yet known if this is the fault of the Blu-Ray laser in certain players or just the case of a bad disc that slipped through quality control. The posts on this topic can be found over at the AVS Forum which has now spread to 8 pages long.

So far the only title that seems to have succumbed to this so-called “rotting” is The Prestige. For the time being it would be a wise idea to keep an eye on your new next-gen DVD (HD-DVD or Blu-Ray) purchases.

If you notice this happening to your Blu-Ray or HD-DVD collection, take them back to the store where you got them and demand a replacement, speak to a manager if you have to. Whatever you do, don’t post more negative comments on a forum unless the store refuses to resolve it.

It seems that next generation means more content and a much sharper picture but it does not mean we will have anything as robust or long lasting as a CD from this point out.

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Entry was posted on Sunday, June 17th, 2007 at 9:02 am under Technology.

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