Netflix Cracked Blu-rays

[MidnightSensi]

I've been with NetFlix for a while now, but recently I've been getting a lot of cracked and damaged disks. At first it was annoying but understandable, and they send out a new one quickly, but now it seems like every Blu-Ray I get from them is absolutely beat beyond submission. If it isn't cracked, it at least has lots of scratches and finger prints.

Anyone else having this problem?

 

[jostenmeat]

I've been with NetFlix for a while now, but recently I've been getting a lot of cracked and damaged disks. At first it was annoying but understandable, and they send out a new one quickly, but now it seems like every Blu-Ray I get from them is absolutely beat beyond submission. If it isn't cracked, it at least has lots of scratches and finger prints.

Anyone else having this problem?

No, but I only get two a month. Also, close to half of my rentals from Netflix are artsy fartsy foreign movies and/or docs, etc, which probably get limited usage. That's not because I don't enjoy manly action block busters, but that I had already bought a lot of those.

 

[Lordoftherings]

I think that physical renting is on his last stretch.
This will be soon thing of the past.

That's just my opinion, in the world we now live in.

 

[j_garcia]

I have yet to get a bad disc from them.

 

[njedpx3]

I have yet to get a bad disc from them.

Like OP, I have used Netflix for some time and have seen an increase in bad, dirty, and damaged DVDs. Maybe a cost cutting move, not replacing as often. I have also received at least two(2) with copyright violation, that never would play.

I have also notice delivery time in a lot of cases seems to have increased 1 business day.

LOTR is a little behind in his analysis. NETFLIX instant play through X-box gold direct to TV will keep NetFlix alive. They just recently signed a deal to stream to PS3. Diversification is the answer; I thought Blockbuster would be out of business by now; but so far they have adapted.

Later,

Forest Man

 

[MidnightSensi]

Like OP, I have used Netflix for some time and have seen an increase in bad, dirty, and damaged DVDs. Maybe a cost cutting move, not replacing as often. I have also received at least two(2) with copyright violation, that never would play.

I have also notice delivery time in a lot of cases seems to have increased 1 business day.

LOTR is a little behind in his analysis. NETFLIX instant play through X-box gold direct to TV will keep NetFlix alive. They just recently signed a deal to stream to PS3. Diversification is the answer; I thought Blockbuster would be out of business by now; but so far they have adapted.

Later,

Forest Man

I think LOTR is saying that shipping media through the mail will eventually die, not necessarily NetFlix.

I sure hope so, anyways, because I'm about done with these bum discs. I don't even want to put them in my player they have gotten so bad. Then it looks like people put Windex and stuff on them to get them clean when they won't play, and screw them up even more in the process.

 

[GlocksRock]

go with blockbuster instead of netflix if you are having lots of issues.

 

[Matt34]

The Wrestler so far has been the only disc I've gotten from them that was damaged to the point it would't play.

 

[j_garcia]

I get 2-3 discs a week and I rent almost exclusively BDs. I have gotten a few with fingerprints and 1 or 2 with scratches, but none that would not play. They were saying earlier in the year that they were considering changing the packaging due to damaged BDs, but that doesn't seem to have happened so far. My delivery times have remained at 1 day.

 

[Lordoftherings]

LOTR is a little behind in his analysis. NETFLIX instant play through X-box gold direct to TV will keep NetFlix alive. They just recently signed a deal to stream to PS3. Diversification is the answer; I thought Blockbuster would be out of business by now; but so far they have adapted.

Later,

Forest Man

I was referring exclusively about the physical disc's aspect itself.
I agree with you about streaming; that will certainly keep Netflix alive for a while, until the competition becomes much more fierce.

Tourlour,
Bob

 

[Lordoftherings]

I think LOTR is saying that shipping media through the mail will eventually die, not necessarily NetFlix.

I sure hope so, anyways, because I'm about done with these bum discs. I don't even want to put them in my player they have gotten so bad. Then it looks like people put Windex and stuff on them to get them clean when they won't play, and screw them up even more in the process.

That was exactly what I meant.

And I fully agree with your second paragraph.

 

[cravenkay]

I think that physical renting is on his last stretch.
This will be soon thing of the past.

That's just my opinion, in the world we now live in.

wait till the USA catches up with the rest of the world and rewires completely with fiber optics then we will stream bluray.

 

[Lordoftherings]

wait till the USA catches up with the rest of the world and rewires completely with fiber optics then we will stream bluray.

That's exactly what I meant.

* Mmm... Deja vu...

 

[just-some-guy]

i have gotten a few cracked ones. 2 that just would not play. a few with bad scratches. but mostly they are fine. i check them asap. if any flaw, i call and have em sent a replacement.

 

[Adam]

I've only been getting blu-rays for the past four months, but they have all been in excellent condition. I've gotten two (I think) damaged DVDs that wouldn't play in the three years that I've had the service. DVDs are normally scratched up (unless I get them close to their release), but they've always played. I figured that the blu-rays were in better shape because fewer people rent them right now.

 

[j_garcia]

BDs have an additional coating on them that is more scratch resistant than DVDs. I agree that less people rent them too, and then another factor is, of course, which movies you are renting. If you rent something like Transformers that is popular so a LOT of people have rented it, it is much more likely to be scratched than Art House or less common stuff.

 

[MidnightSensi]

Another cracked Blu-Ray came in today.

I wonder if its a problem with the mail sorting system here?

 

[mperfct]

My understanding of the situation is that the anti-scratch coating on the BRD makes them more likely to get cracked. I had a few discs with Netflix that I had problems with, and both of those looked nearly new. I also have a Pioneer bdp-51fd and it's pretty sensitive to scratches/cracks.

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

I must have gotten 200+ BDs from Netflix and I've only gotten maybe 1 bad discs.

I am extremely happy with my Netflix.

 

[krzywica]

The Wrestler so far has been the only disc I've gotten from them that was damaged to the point it would't play.

Thats because it was rented by all those beefy roid induced hulkomaniacs before it got to you. It probably got hit with a folding chair.