Godfuckingdammit

[sigma7]

Okay, y'all need to just kick me in the face next time I think I can rent a movie that's older than six weeks at Hastings because apparently they're rented out as fondue plates or mudguards or head mirrors during aspiration procedures of infected bodily organs, because even after a run-through "the buffer" ten minutes into The Search for Spock the DVD has merrily skipped ahead an additional twenty minutes. So now I've got a coupon for two amazing dollars off rental of any other movie that's going to leap ahead in the plot at random intervals like a twelve-year-old and the security camera footage of a Gap changing booth. Ghhh. Netflix, you say?

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[robing.livejournal.com]

Sorry. That definitely sucks. The last several movies we rented (which was admittedly a few years back now) were like that. I also bought a couple of used DVDs with the same problem. They were "no return, as is" so I haven't done that for a while, either.
I'm not going to kick you in the face, though.

[sigma7.livejournal.com]

Funny thing is I expected from the used DVDs I bought there and all of them were pristine. Hmph. If they'd had it used -- or at all -- I would've bought it. Now seriously contemplating getting a Blu-Ray drive for the great TV computer upgrade next week and plonking down for the hi-def trilogy.

And I lent Wrath of Khan to my favorite faculty member with the instruction that if she didn't like it, she could kick me in the face. She also passed, negotiating lunch instead (and she enjoyed it anyhow). Suddenly nobody wants to kick me in the face. When did this happen? (But always good to see you 'round these parts.)

[blemt.livejournal.com]

Depending on the scratch depth, you can fix that. Get some plain Colgate. The white stuff. Pop a little on your finger, buff into the scratch. Let dry, then wipe off with an optical cloth of some sort.

When I worked at Blockbuster, this is how we fixed disks. Works on about 80 percent of em.

[sigma7.livejournal.com]

When I rented The Motionless Picture, I actually gave it the whole of my DVD-fixing knowledge and it was still unmoved. I was going to mention it when checking Spock out today but, unprovoked, the Harry-Knowles-esque guy popped it out, sent it through the buffer and deemed it greatly improved when he gave it to me -- and the sad thing is, he's probably right.

It was a valiant attempt and good gesture, if for naught.

[missmiah.livejournal.com]

Have you tried Digital Shelf?

[sigma7.livejournal.com]

Not yet. Were they still by Gumby's? I almost became resigned to all of my favorite shops in Aggieville to just wander from storefront to storefront when I wasn't paying attention, like some demented game of Red Light, Green Light sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce.

[missmiah.livejournal.com]

I think they still have a shop next to Gumby's, and one in Candlewood. At the very least, the gossip train has not told me that they've moved or closed a location.

[aardy.livejournal.com]

This is why my library regularly runs our CDs & DVDs through a disc cleaner that buffs away all but the most serious scratches, and reports any of those so that the discs can be tossed & replaced.

(Also, one of the reasons my library won't be getting any Blu-ray movies any time soon is that Blu-ray discs are apparently more fragile than DVDs and are apt to get destroyed by the cleaner--this, according to the company that makes the machine.)

[sigma7.livejournal.com]

Blu-ray discs are apparently more fragile than DVDs

Oh. Tremendous. Rethinking the great TV upgrade plan already.

[aardy.livejournal.com]

The plastic coating is harder so it's harder to scratch in the first place, but once scratched at all, it's a b***h to fix, because the data layer is so much shallower--so buffing is more likely to break into the data layer, and when that happens, getting 10-minute skips would be good news.

Given that some people who rent/borrow movies seem to make a habit of going out of their way to scratch them, chances are high that someone will have already run over the one you want with a car that has winter chains on, "accidentally" taken an orbital sander to it, etc.

[spankingfemme.livejournal.com]

Aw :/ That sucks

[roseneko.livejournal.com]

Lovin' the Netflix, myself. I don't think I've ever had a bad DVD from them, unlike Blockbuster and the various used DVD retailers I've patronized in the past. (Although Colin Farrell does have a hilarious expression at the point where my copy of In Bruges freezes up.)

[sigma7.livejournal.com]

My favorite co-worker's had to send a few back, including one disc of The Mary Tyler Moore Show that wouldn't play, so I flipped it over to look at it and it was broken -- not cracked, broken all the way through, from center to radius, like a spoke. And insert the classic MythBusters line, "Well, there's your problem...."

[roseneko.livejournal.com]

Damn, that sucks. I must just be lucky, I guess, or the Tacoma center is particularly good about checking them. :)

[autobotsrollout.livejournal.com]

See, what you need to do is live in a city with a large Chinatown where you can get pirated DVDs for like, four bucks a pop. Rentals? What are these "rentals" you speak of?

[erica-roo.livejournal.com]

*snicker*, until I got to the end of your post, my comment was going to be: "One word: Netflix." Plus, they have older movies on demand that you can watch on your pc any time you want.

Yes, sometimes I've had problems with their DVDs, but if you report the issue, they'll ship you another copy straight away.