what are DVDs for, anyway?

[oiran]

I'm wondering if I'm doing this wrong. I've been getting some really disgusting disks from Netflix, and I'm starting to wonder if I'm doing something aberrant by simply watching DVDs and being really pretty passive about the whole DVD experience. Based on the condition of the things I get in the mail, I'm not nearly as interactive with the DVDs as some of you (general, in a world sense, not just an LJ sense) seem to be.

[Poll #288390]

I am trying to watch Angel S1 disks and I have to repeatedly smear them with this nerdy audio/video goo that Mr. Glove has around so that I can get them to play at all. I'd say that at least three-quarters of the disks we get from Netflix have serious problems with crusted splooge of one sort or another, as well as deep gouges that seem to have been gnawed into them. People, if you don't like the movie, please don't take it out on the disk.

Comments

[paddyg.livejournal.com]

Wow, what bad luck. I've had only one really bad DVD from Netflix; I don't get the new releases, so maybe that's why. But boogers? Splooge? Teethmarks? What are people thinking?? As a last resort, you could try washing them gently with mild dish detergent and drying them carefully.

[velvetglove.livejournal.com]

Mostly what we've used Netflix for is to see Buffy, Firefly, and now Angel, with the occasional movie. At first, we didn't have problems, but the last few months have been pretty gross.

We've gotten to the point where we just wash everything when it arrives, and then we use various audio/video nerd solutions on the discs when they pixelate/lose sound/stop for no reason, etc. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.

I still really like the Netflix service, as I am terrible about returning things on time and I have spent the equivalent of the $20/month Netflix fee on late fees for an individual disc or tape from the local video store many times. Like, almost every time I would take something out. So, even with the splooge, it's a better option for us. But, still: gross.