Well, that is not the reason why I chose HD DVD as my next generation of media for movies at home. But appearently Blue-ray owners have ran in to a huge problem: The Blue-ray disc coating (the protecting surface) has started rottening on versions of “The Prestige”. Why only this one movie? Have they tested a new coating? Appearently disc-rot isn’t something new, and also 3 early HD DVD titles have suffered from the same problem.

I was thinking of buying this great movie on HD DVD, so my question is: Does that print also have the same problem? Probably not, and here is why: I remember Blue-ray discs are being differently than DVD/HD DVD because of how sensitive they are in comparison. They were originally supposed to be distributed in cartridges, but an anti-scratch coating was implemented just before release. Other Blue-ray titles with this problem, are My Stranger Than Fiction, Departed and Gone in 60 seconds. Lets see what Sony answers the mob returning their discs to the shops!

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