The cliffhanger water slide Just a comment about the cracks

The cliffhanger water slide Just a comment about the cracks: CDs read from the inside out the beginning is near the hole. If DVDs work the same I think they do then a crack near the outside edge might not matter if the movie isnt long enough to get out that far. Trouble is if the movie IS that long youll only have trouble near the end which is REALLY BAD! DVDs do write from the inside out, but DVD films are in multiple video files, which are not necessarily stored in write order, and most films are on dual layer, wherein there are two possible files near the cliffhanger water slide edge. I havent seen these cracks in Netflixs BluRay DVD, because I cannot get them to mail me any. So Ive added Blockbuster who will, although reluctantly. keepitsimpleengineer, March 01, 2008 I have had the same problem. Almost all of the blu-ray discs I get from Netflix are cracked near the edge. I now check every blu-ray disc before I attempt to play it, and Id estimate 3 of 5 arrive damaged. Glad to know others are having the same problem. Netflix will need to fix this very soon. Im 0/3 so far. I have not received a single blueray disk from Netflix that ISNT cracked EXACTLY like your picture. Ive rented 9 Blu Rays from Netflix and so far 5 of them have been unplayable. I also have noticed that if I mail the bad disk back to Netflix as soon as I report it, I sometimes get the SAME disk back from Netflix a few days confirmed by putting a mark on the disk before I send it to them. To help netflix with their problem, I now write in black magic marker on the playing surface side defective disk and put the month and year. That should keep things straight: We just started with Netflix soley for the BD option. Of the 15 disks sent to us 11 were cracked. I called today b/c our free trial was worthless as we spent all our time returning broken disks. The Rep claimed surprise about the issue and told me that it is a US Postal Service problem and that I should complain to them. Seems to me if 75% of what you send through the mail is damaged it has more to do with the cliffhanger water slide packaging than a rouge mailperson tossing BDs around. Wouldnt a better shipping package be cheaper than replacing thousands of broken BDs and lost customers? 4 of my first 6 Blu-ray movies from Netflix arrived with a seemingly identical crack on the outer edge of each disk. The damaged area is difficult to find. Like you, at first I thought it was my hardware PS Ive found that quite a few netflix subscribers online STILL have the same issue. I just got off the phone with netflix customer support. The representative claimed it was damaged during shipping and discounted me 25% off next months bill. Looking at this posting original date, this problem has continued for a full year. And honestly, by the netflix representives tone and reaction to my claims, i think her comment on damaged during shipping was BS. I have received two titles from Netflix. The Wild Bunch played fine, no problems whatsoever. The Last Waltz was a different story. At first, it wouldnt load at all, saying it was an incompatible region number.