This is why I rip discs as soon as I get them. I also like going to the thrift store and purchasing discs there. I’d say about 60% I’m able to rip, the rest have varying levels of failure.
Wouldn’t have thought the failure rate would be as high as 60%.
I’ve had failure rates as high of new BD discs, even.
The US BD pressing plant shut down a while ago and the new ones are very hit or miss, I’ve gotten several that were heavily scratched or otherwise unreadable – brand new in sealed case, from the only NA factory.
You’d be surprised. I purchased new, unreadable discs on a semi-regular basis.
Prolly mostly from scratches. I always check the disk before buying.
Some people are brutal to their disks.
I’ve had a few prior to that degrade as well. Definitely rip your discs. DVDs and BluRays. I had one BluRay get its encryption key revoked and couldn’t play it anymore… luckily I was able to rescue it by ripping it in an older BR-ROM drive.
Luckily my collection is practically all Blu-ray at this point. I’ll be sad if any of them decay in their case. Most of my movies I don’t believe have a UHD release and I doubt they will
