Best Buy appears to have some stock of defective Space Above and Beyond boxed sets. We purchased one on Saturday along with the Firefly set. ($20 off if you bought both) Anyway, we watched the pilot epsiode of Space... no problem. On the second episode (same DVD) all of a sudden the DVD started hiccuping, and freezing. Took the DVD out, and there were small dots in a swath across the DVD itself. Clearly a defect in the DVD itself, not an accidental scratch.
Yesterday Steve returned the set to Best Buy. They exchanged it. He examined the DVDs in that set on the premises and saw the same dot pattern on 1st disc. Their own DVD system was down, so they said, well go home and try it and bring it back if it doesn't work. He was kind of ticked but did as they requested. Again it glitched in the 2nd episode. Took it back *again*. This time he insisted on opening sets until finding one without defective DVDs. There were some good ones. Don't know how big of a problem it will be nationwide, or if it was just an isolated lot.
Either way if you do buy the boxed set, make sure you keep the receipt until you *know* the episodes are viewable.
AJ
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
I didn't know that was out. Off to Best Buy.
But I'll be careful.
Thanks for the heads up and the warning, AJ.
Posted by Boris (Member # 6935) on :
*screams loudly* Oh my gosh!!! WOOHOO! I didn't know it was out either.
Posted by Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged (Member # 7476) on :
Oh...My...Gosh....Space Above and Beyond has a boxset? I can't believe it....I'm soooo happy...You don't know how long I've been waiting for this to happen. For the longest I never thought it would come true.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Now we need the rest of the series cancelled too soon by Fox.
Starting with Brisco County, Jr.
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
you'll have to look but if you buy two box sets together you get $20 off at the register. I believe it is detailed more explicitly online but the offer still applies at brick and mortar stores.
aJ
Posted by Lupus (Member # 6516) on :
I had that problem with Buffy Boxed sets from Buy.com. I had 2 seasons that were bad and one of the seasons had to go back twice to get a good one. That was one of the reasons that I changed from buy.com to amazon.com
I did have a problem with the Back to the Future trilogy from Best Buy...but after replacing it once it was fine. That is one good thing about a brick and mortar store, it is much easier to replace defective DVDs.
Posted by Human (Member # 2985) on :
This isn't necessarily a defect--but if you look at the episode selection screen for the disks, I believe, up in the upper right hand corner of the screen; among the images of fighter jets and such is a space station. The space station is very obviously Babylon 5, which is odd--'cause they're not remotely related.
Posted by naledge (Member # 392) on :
Yep,
Had the same problem with my boxed set. I still need to take it back and exchange for a better one, but not before I watch my favorite episode "The Angriest Angel"
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