DVDs that don't work or have gone bad

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DrP0rn0 Senior Member 1836 Posts 5/04	Posted - Dec 28 2006 : 6:08PM I have at least 4 if not 5 or 6 DVDs that either arrived DOA (one from Private in a box set), arrived with technical issues, or have, over a period of months, developed problems. The problem discs usually have areas that can no longer be played, or freeze and pixelate VERY badly making them essentially unwatchable. I just tried to get to the special features section of Rocco Ravishes Prague #3 so I could see the extra footage of Sabina (Sabine Mallory) taking Nacho in her ass. I bought this DVD pretty much for this footage alone. No dice. DVD player can't even access that part of the menu any more. Another disc I have has a scene that starts fine and part way through, the audio is interrupted with full blast white noise (static) pulsing on and off. Makes it unwatchable as well. Finally, my copy of Lewd Conduct #4 would no longer spin up a few months ago. Not at all in any player. I noticed what seemed to be subtle warping, so I tried bending the disc a little. Still didn't work. So I bent it further. You can see where this is going can't you? After about round 5 of this, the disc snapped cleanly into two pieces in my startled hands. Oops. I'm guessing Diabolic Video is not interested in giving me a working disc. Any suggestions on what to do with all of these broken, non working, and technically challenged DVDs? Thanks, Dr. P Edited by - drp0rn0 on Dec 28 2006 [Link]
Luvvy Duvvy Deactivated User 228 Posts 5/04	Posted - Dec 28 2006 : 6:11PM yup same here, 2 faulty titles :-( Best to make backup of any newly purchased DVD-Video title, seems adult DVD pressings are more likely to fail [Link]
seriouspervert Member 114 Posts 7/06	Posted - Dec 28 2006 : 6:26PM i got a f****d up copy of big titty white girls( gianna's scene) and big booty revenge ( lauren phoenix/ luscious lopez scene). dvd's ain't perfect man. [Link]
Ultrasiet2 Wam Bam! Clan Monique, Ultra, Jesse - bustin' suckas down under! 1433 Posts 12/04	Posted - Dec 28 2006 : 6:32PM A LOT of early Evil Angel discs have played up on me over the years. It's generally disc-specific rather than a batch issue. I also had problems with discs from different suppliers, suggesting it's an authoring issue rather than the way a supplier stores the product or what have you. Haven't had any problems at all with post-2001 EA discs or ones from just about any other company. [Link]
Bill All-Star Member 5334 Posts 6/00	Posted - Dec 28 2006 : 7:56PM Evil Angel had problems with discs manufactured by one replicator. If you have problems with old Evil Angel discs, contact Tricia Devereaux. She will arrange for an exchange for you (although with AEE coming up shortly, don't expect an immediate reply from her. She's currently swamped with work). [Link]

Flash Golden Age Classic 11018 Posts 5/01	Posted - Dec 28 2006 : 11:45PM I haven't had any discs that originally worked go bad, I've had DVD players that have quit playing them but when thrown in a newer player they still play fine. Might work for you. [Link]
Luvvy Duvvy Deactivated User 228 Posts 5/04	Posted - Dec 29 2006 : 4:17AM Flash wrote: I haven't had any discs that originally worked go bad, I've had DVD players that have quit playing them but when thrown in a newer player they still play fine. Might work for you. Click to expand Nope, cannot rip them either. [Link]
Ultrasiet2 Wam Bam! Clan Monique, Ultra, Jesse - bustin' suckas down under! 1433 Posts 12/04	Posted - Dec 29 2006 : 5:03AM Luvvy Duvvy wrote: Flash wrote: I haven't had any discs that originally worked go bad, I've had DVD players that have quit playing them but when thrown in a newer player they still play fine. Might work for you. Click to expand Nope, cannot rip them either. Click to expand Yes, I've noticed this too. This would be easier if the discs were made out of paper. Something to do with less shearing resistance. [Link]
Rumpled Foreskin Member 310 Posts 5/05	Posted - Dec 29 2006 : 6:34PM As people learned 20 years ago at the dawn of the CD age: DVDs make nifty beer coasters. And the "art" on porn DVDs makes for a good conversation starter. [Link]
Ramsey Senior Member Trina Michaels fan 10332 Posts 10/02	Posted - Dec 29 2006 : 6:39PM I can't play Buttman's Toy Stories anymore :-( [Link]
duffy Deactivated User 208 Posts 4/06	Posted - Dec 29 2006 : 7:04PM I transfer all my DVDs to vhs tape. [Link]
DrP0rn0 Senior Member 1836 Posts 5/04	Posted - Dec 29 2006 : 8:01PM Flash wrote: I haven't had any discs that originally worked go bad, I've had DVD players that have quit playing them but when thrown in a newer player they still play fine. Might work for you. Click to expand Three of my discs started off fine, but now have major issues. One had a few scratches (nothing major) and eventually wouldn't work at all. The others were brand new, and still look brand new. They have both developed problems playing certain sections. My guess is that they both have what some people call "DVD Rot". This is when the glue connecting the two layers together (on dual layer discs) starts to go bad and makes it hard for the laser to read layer #2. You can see this as milky looking areas on the top side of the disc. It's usually only apparent in certain lighting. "Bad" glue is what I've heard causes this. Anyway, I guess the general idea here is that I need to contact each publisher separately to get replacements on these discs. Kinda sucks, as I have bad disks from 4 different houses. Oh well... Dr. P [Link]
Bedlam Member 21 Posts 11/03	Posted - Dec 30 2006 : 6:24AM just all my Evil Angel Discs. phew! good job I didn't have that many. Even went as far as to post them off to EA without any luck. It has put my off buying some of the earlier discs - like The Voyeur editions which I really wanted, infact I haven't bought any EA stuff since, there's so much out there anyway for me to spend my hard earned cash on :) [Link]
Pocketcomb_Pimp Deactivated User 1921 Posts 7/03	Posted - Dec 30 2006 : 1:04PM There was a heated exchange a year or more ago. PXP had a slough of titles that were acting up and Jewel quickly tried to throw the debate back to EA. If I remember, Tricia was quick to step up and say that the issue was with the duplicator and that PXP's issues most likely stem from the fact that they were using the same company that EA was when there issue arised. That said, I have had issues from J&M, Gentlemen's DVD and almost anything in the Screw My Wife Series. Once a DVD played, they continue to play for me, but I would say that close to 10 percent of what I have scene have been unplayable in some form. [Link]
IdahoArapaho Member 77 Posts 2/06	Posted - Dec 30 2006 : 1:44PM The second disc in my copy of Jenna Haze Darkside takes forever to load. The second half of the movie will eventually play, but I can't access the any of the special features. [Link]

Bill All-Star Member 5334 Posts 6/00	Posted - Dec 30 2006 : 2:43PM Pocketcomb_Pimp wrote: There was a heated exchange a year or more ago. PXP had a slough of titles that were acting up and Jewel quickly tried to throw the debate back to EA. If I remember, Tricia was quick to step up and say that the issue was with the duplicator and that PXP's issues most likely stem from the fact that they were using the same company that EA was when there issue arised. Click to expand That one was a different issue. In 2004, the author that PXP & RLD used for all of their titles and other companies used on a percentage of their titles had a problem where the software and hardware that they were using were incompatible. This problem caused a color shift problem. This problem looked like a rear projection TV with the guns out of alignment. It created red or bluer "halo's" around dark objects in front of a white background. This problem was not noticeable to everyone. While it was very clear while watching a DVD on my PC and on my big screen TV, which had a top of the line DVD player attached to it, it wasn't nearly as apparent on the other TV's & DVD players in my house. We (a few ADT'ers) kept insisting that the problem was due to authoring, but PXP didn't think so. When Tricia Devereaux realized that one of their upcoming DVD's had been authored by the same company that PXP/RLD were using, she sent me a copy and asked me to check to see if I found the same problem, which I did. She contacted the authoring company about the problem and within the week they determined that it was a hardware/software incompatibility problem and fixed the problem. Here's the long thread that discussed this problem. [Link]
Luvvy Duvvy Deactivated User 228 Posts 5/04	Posted - Dec 30 2006 : 6:30PM Ultrasiet2 wrote: Luvvy Duvvy wrote: Flash wrote: I haven't had any discs that originally worked go bad, I've had DVD players that have quit playing them but when thrown in a newer player they still play fine. Might work for you. Click to expand Nope, cannot rip them either. Click to expand Yes, I've noticed this too. This would be easier if the discs were made out of paper. Something to do with less shearing resistance. Click to expand Sarcastic or being serious? [Link]
DrP0rn0 Senior Member 1836 Posts 5/04	Posted - Dec 31 2006 : 1:05PM Sarcastic or being serious? Click to expand I certain he was being sarcastic. However, you made a good point. If you can't "rip" the DVD (read it with a DVD-ROM drive onto a hard drive), then that's like using a different DVD player and not being able to play it. I have two DVD players and a computer with a DVD drive. None of these can play the sections (or entire discs) that I have problems with. So, it's not a player issue. Dr. P [Link]
Search Appliance Member 112 Posts 12/06	Posted - Dec 31 2006 : 1:28PM Are you quite sure there isn't a mysterious sticky substance that's somehow got onto the disk? [Link]
budtugley Senior Member One man's trash can be the next man's treasure. 1187 Posts 1/04	Posted - Dec 31 2006 : 5:16PM The optical lasers get dirty and don't work as well after awhile. Particularly if someone has inserted a disc that's been laying around and has a layer of dust or other crap on it. The dust and crud is attracted to the glass lens and the laser won't work as well. It's not hard to clean. There are commercial products for sale that cost $5 or so that use brushes to clean the lens. It's also a good idea to buy a can of canned air for another couple of bucks and spray the inside of the DVD mechanism once in awhile--particularly after problems develop like slow disc reading, freezing, or unrecognized discs you know are good. First, spray the DVD mechanism, wait a little while, insert the DVD lens cleaner and let it rip for a minute or two and then you're ready for action. Just about anything mechanical requires a little maintenance. Another important thing to remember about DVD discs is that they're read in a circular pattern. Always clean them with a soft cloth from the inside towards the outside and never circular. Clean them radially. It's OK to use a little distilled water if some foreign substance is on the optical side of the disc. Make sure the disc is dry before inserting into the DVD player. Your machine will work better. [Link]
DrP0rn0 Senior Member 1836 Posts 5/04	Posted - Dec 31 2006 : 6:18PM This all seems like reasonable advice, but I feel I have to respond: First my discs are all in the original DVD cases, so dust is very minimal. I have quite a number of DVDs (well over 300), both regular and porn, and these few are the only ones I have problems with. I've got two very different players that both do about the same thing with these discs. Obviously none of these factors influence the DOA disk I have from Private (won't spin up at all), nor does it influence the disk I have with the full blast audio static. On the subject of lens cleaners: I've been out of the business for quite some time, but the general consensus back then was lens cleaners were essentially useless. Every laser problem I've seen has either been a dead laser (rare) or an optical pickup that needed adjustment. This adjustment is done with an oscilloscope while observing the "eye pattern" it produces. Again, I've been away from this for a while, but I'd bet it still holds true. I hope this doesn't come across as overly harsh, but I feel slightly talked down to here, as if I don't know what I've got and that my equipment is the problem. I assure you it is not. Dr. P [Link]
Luvvy Duvvy Deactivated User 228 Posts 5/04	Posted - Dec 31 2006 : 6:21PM The discs are in perfect condition, no scratches. The discs are borfed. [Link]
Bill All-Star Member 5334 Posts 6/00	Posted - Dec 31 2006 : 6:39PM Ramsey wrote: I can't play Buttman's Toy Stories anymore :-( Click to expand That was one of the ones that I had a problem with. E-mail Tricia. [Link]
Ramsey Senior Member Trina Michaels fan 10332 Posts 10/02	Posted - Dec 31 2006 : 7:10PM That was one of the ones that I had a problem with. E-mail Tricia. Click to expand I hate to be a pain in their ass so I'm thinking of just buying a new copy. I hope it's the new batch with the right working discs. [Link]
HarryWild Member Make me believe 622 Posts 2/05	Posted - Jan 1 2007 : 5:49AM A couple of years ago; I return four DVDs to Excalibur and they only exchanged one of them. I contact this Virginia Beaver or something like that; and I never heard back from them. I learn from that incident to only return one at a time. I now don't even return defective ones; just throw them away and call it a lost! Saves money on the postage and possible grief that may happen in the return pocess. [Link]

shellshock91 Member Believe and you can Achieve 663 Posts 1/05	Posted - Jan 1 2007 : 1:01PM Just twice before, but that was over a year ago. "Two Shades above the rest", - The Secluded Paradyme. [Link]
Len Nicodemo Doctor of Pornography (Po.D.) On avatar hiatus 1224 Posts 2/06	Posted - Jan 2 2007 : 10:53AM I've had problems playing these titles: 4-way Whores Semen Sippers #4 Traffic Stopping Tits [Link]
tricia_devereaux Evil Angel DVD Patience is a virtue, but who wants to be virtuous? 4283 Posts 4/00	Posted - Jan 2 2007 : 4:58PM Bedlam - did you email me first to let me know you were sending DVDs? Everything that I have received of DVDs made before 2001 has been exchanged. [Link]