DVDs manufactured by Warner Bros between 2006 and 2008 suffer a rotting defect

A manufacturing defect warned in films on DVD formed manufactured by Warner Bros between 2006 and 2008 It results in an irreparable phenomenon known as laser rot, whereby they stop working independently of the platform on which they are reproduced.

Laser rot or ‘disc rot’ It is a natural phenomenon that is damaging the layers that configure this physical format over time, despite the fact that the discs are stored in the right way. This wear cannot be stopped or eradicated with any cleaning or treatment method.

This is how Joblo Chris Bumbray’s editor explains, who explained that he had this problem by visualizing two classic film films, ‘Passage for Marseille’ and ‘Through the Pacific’, presumably manufactured a few decades ago.

While initially I thought the error was due to the visualization support -in this case, a Blu-ray player He warned after they were the DVDs that were using those who had that fault.

“It turns out that virtually all Warner Bros DVD discs manufactured between 2006 and 2008 have succumbed to the dreaded laser rot,” said this user in the commented blog, where he has specified that this “was a frequent problem” with the laser discs (LD) In the 80s and 90s -How that initially this process was known as’ laser rot’-, but not with DVDs.

This means that, according to Bumbray’s checks, this problem mainly affects lots of classic films, included in the Warner Archive Collection, launched by Warner Pros in the mid -2000s, as well as several television series.

This user has resorted to a video posted by the specialized YouTube channel of Retroblasting to point out that the only solution to save the films of this problem is to take them to platforms such as Plex. He also pointed out that, for the moment, Blu-ray records have not been affected.