Cleaning a movie dvd

[Allodoxaphobia]

There is nothing wrong with the small TV monitor, or the connections as
it plays other movie dvd's fine. As in my OP, I was playing a dvd, not
using a VCR tape recorded copy or anything else.

After washing, the movie looks the same, from the opening credits screen.
the movie is alternately light and darker. The initial 20th Cen. Fox
video and no copy screens are perfectly stable, only every movie screen
is a problem.

This is the usual commercial dvd, "20th Cent Studio Classics, etc. ".

But the film quality sure looks just as you described.

A comment on above?

Sure. It's a pirated movie. The "initial 20th Cen. Fox video and no
copy screens are perfectly stable" because _that_ section of video can
be copied from _any_ valid DVD (ergo: Good quality) -- then the pirated
contents are spliced on past that (ispso facto: Crappy quality.)

IIRC, way back in your OP you memtioned you bought it at either a yard
sale or flea market -- the favored outlet for pirated material in
countries where pirated and counterfeit items are more at risk in store
front slaes.

 

[ms]

Sure. It's a pirated movie. The "initial 20th Cen. Fox video and no
copy screens are perfectly stable" because _that_ section of video can
be copied from _any_ valid DVD (ergo: Good quality) -- then the
pirated contents are spliced on past that (ispso facto: Crappy
quality.)

IIRC, way back in your OP you memtioned you bought it at either a yard
sale or flea market -- the favored outlet for pirated material in
countries where pirated and counterfeit items are more at risk in
store front slaes.

I live in Oregon, a quiet sales location, not Hong Kong.
The package had several Fox sales brochures included, so I think it is
original. Very likely the garage sale seller bought it new at a local dept
store, etc. I know there are sales where thousands of copies are sold- that
wasn't this case, I usually see just 5-10 dvd's they are done watching.
So it is seems unlikely IMO this dvd is pirated. Just defective as PeterD
indicated. Still a first in my experience that they make a commercial dvd
this way.

ms

 

[bz]

I live in Oregon, a quiet sales location, not Hong Kong.
The package had several Fox sales brochures included, so I think it is
original. Very likely the garage sale seller bought it new at a local
dept store, etc. I know there are sales where thousands of copies are
sold- that wasn't this case, I usually see just 5-10 dvd's they are
done watching. So it is seems unlikely IMO this dvd is pirated. Just
defective as PeterD indicated. Still a first in my experience that they
make a commercial dvd this way.

ms

It might play fine on a DVD player with a built in screen, or one that puts
out video directly, instead of ch3 / ch4 RF.





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[ms]

"The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit" is a virtually forgotten film, most
memorable for a scene in which Bernard Herrmann shows what a brilliant
composer he was. In a few seconds, the music reveals everything going
through Gregory Peck's mind.

The question is... Who would _want_ to pirate "The Man in the Gray
Flannel Suit"?

A good movie, The original dvd package and Fox sales inserts make it likely
as normal local purchase.

ms

 

[Adrian C]

It might play fine on a DVD player with a built in screen, or one that puts
out video directly, instead of ch3 / ch4 RF.

Try playing it back on a PC?