On Jun 2, 2009, at 6:47 AM, James E. Therrault wrote:
> Yet another factor is just plain ol' dirt. > > Often, cleaning a rented DVD will fix that. A friend who uses Netflix > regularly cleans 'em before use and this practice has prevented a > lot of > aggravation on his part. In the case cited, I was the first renter of the flawed DVD. To "clean" rented DVDs, I generally use a special spectacle-cleaning cloth (often supplied with quality prescription eyewear) which has the beneficial property of removing even fingerprints from the disk's surface. Again, in the instant case of "Land of the Pharoahs", the disk was mis-authored, and contained two 9-minute skips, one of which was recoverable as there was at least one complete chapter which followed the skip (in fact, there were about 20 complete chapters) and one of which was not recoverable as there was no complete chapter which followed the skip (i.e., the skip occurred in the very last chapter). After enough negative reports on a specific copy, Netflix may put the media through a polishing machine in an attempt to remove scratches. This process is successful in some cases, but not in others. In more than on case the damaged media is unsalvageable, and should it be the only copy in Netflix' library, then the title would be withdrawn until it is reissued by the publisher. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
