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I haven't had that yet. I do fear it though, but I had already had tapes degrade in quality. So I guess it is an okay trade off. How long did you own the DVD before the rot kicked in? :?
Steve is a whore for VHS, but he is just trying to keep his roots.
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I thought he was kidding about that rot thing. Never heard of it before. What happens?
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It already had dvd rot when I bought it, that what happens when you pay 3$ for a brand new bootleg HK movie DVD. I bought 12, one had dvd rot, another one doesnt read well and 2 have major audio sync problems
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It means it won't play anymore. I'm pretty sure the media on the disk gets some sort of mold or something. :? :? :?
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What is DVD rot? Can somebody please explain.
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DVD rot is when the glue that holds both layers start rotting, you can see white patches on the DVD when it happens, the companies refuse to say that its a problem but it is. Doesnt happen to often though, keep your dvds in a dry and cool place and you wont have a problem
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Actually I think it is when the media loses it's stick. I think it has something to do with the adhesive they use. :mrgreen:
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The movie still plays but it doesnt read well, the picture breaks up and audio skips, havent tested it out on my DVD rom so far, I bet it will work fine on it, it always does.
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I need to go buy a DVD rom. I also need to buy a new computer to go along with it.
I still haven't been able to watch all of that glorious stuff you gave me. My com sucks too much, but I went to Darks house today, and watched Wolf's Rain. Very good. I also watched the first two episodes of X with him. Very good. :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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Hey, how'd you see Wolf's Rain? I though it wasn't out on any DVD's yet.
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Hehe, I'm now mastering the art of ripping DVDs of my HKs. Encoding Mahoromatic right now but it takes forever on my computer.
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I saw it do to this lovely individual right here. He sent it too me on cd. The quality was amazing.
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I've got up to episode 4 now, I think the fansubs are at 6 now and so is the show in Japan. These fansubbers are fast these days, they can release an episode a day or two after it was aired in Japan.
The Macross Zero episode I sent you has incredible quality, perfect DVD rip.
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Maybe I'll see it over at Darks house. My com can't play em. My processor is too slow.
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Hmm, how fast is your computer, I used to watch fansubs on my 300 celeron without too much of a problem.
Make sure you install the XVID codecs and ffdshow if you watch the Macross episode, and use BS pplayer. It will look great, trust me. I encoded it to SVCD, meaning it loss a bit of quality and watched it on my TV, my brother thought it was a dvd.
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