Australis13
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- Comment on Odd sticky residue on DVDs 1 week ago:
If memory serves, TOS, TNG and DS9 were initially released on DVD in hard plastic collector's cases (one per season) and spaced over a few years (don't remembering seeing VOY get this treatment). A few years later TNG, DS9 and VOY got a re-release in slimline DVD cases, with each season consisting of 4 packaged in a cardboard slipcase/box. Here in Australia, at least, each of the three series had limited-edition carry cases if you bought all 7 seasons together. There have been several other re-pressings since.
If your DVDs are all matching (e.g. from the same release run), then I'd be suspicious that it's the discs themselves or the cases (but you've said elsewhere it's not the cases, so...). Obviously it's an utter pain to back up that many discs -- 46 to 48 for each series, depending on which release you've got. If they're notably different pressings, though, then I'd think it less likely to be the discs themselves.
- Comment on Odd sticky residue on DVDs 2 weeks ago:
A few questions to help narrow it down:
- How are the discs stored? Are they random, or is there a physical grouping that is affected?
- Are they all from the same distributor or studio?
- Are they all about the same age?
My worst case thought is that this is the plastic coating protecting the recording layer starting to deteriorate.
- Comment on AMD changes rules, denies researcher $10,000 bounty after taking 124 days to patch security flaw 3 months ago:
This is how you create people like Nightmare Eclipse.
These people are going out of their way to responsibly disclose vulnerabilites to the bug bounty programs and being treated poorly as a result. Granted, AMD technically didn't have to pay since it was a MITM attack, but they could have at least handled the whole interaction better.
- Comment on Add Some New Discs To The Shelf! HDD's 4K UHD & Blu-ray Shopping Guide, July 22 2024 2 years ago:
There's some relevant commentary on the Jaws 3 release at blu-ray.com, particularly about its use of AI in upscaling (it's not pretty):
- Comment on Dust Off Your Shelves, These Blu-ray and 4K Discs are Now Worth Lots of Money 2 years ago:
Unless you happen to live in Australia, that's going to be a challenge...
- Comment on Dust Off Your Shelves, These Blu-ray and 4K Discs are Now Worth Lots of Money 2 years ago:
Yep. Especially if they're DVDs that have been superseded by Blurays, the DVDs are almost worthless, sadly. For example, I upgraded my Stargate Atlantis set to Bluray and want to rehome my DVDs, but they're barely worth $5 a season at this point (and that's assuming you can find a buyer). Usually I check with family and friends first to see if they want my hand-me-downs.
- Comment on ABC article alleges caucus concern over Fatima Payma being "guided by god". Smells of a character assassination to me. 2 years ago:
Yeah, I saw this article too and thought it was ridiculous.
- Comment on meow_irl 2 years ago:
Not necessarily. My cats love my office chair as well and sometimes I just grab another chair since I don't have the heart to disturb them.