I recently bought a set of the French Star Wars LD's and was excited to see them arrive last night. They were sold as second hand but were brand new and never been played. They were even in the original shrink wrap ... and they were also quite badly warped.
Geez, I'm gutted :(
Does anyone know of a way or even if it is possible to flatten heavily warped discs, or do I just chuck 'em in the bin and get another set?
Many thanks guys.
If television is chewing gum for the mind, then the prequels are the worlds first visual laxative.
AFAIK warped discs can be flattened by laying on a flat surface and applying weight; badly warped discs may need to be left in this state for months or the warp will return!
I would advise you to search for this problem in alt.video.laserdisc, probably some useful info in posts there.
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Feck, that's a good site! Can't think how I missed that one. Thanks for that URL Moth3r.
FYI, I also found this atricle from Bob Nillan on the subject of curing LD warpage from around 1992ish: http://www.access-one.com/rjn/laser/legacy/ld13.txt
This all seems pretty good advice, and it all seems to boil down to: heat the discs a bit and press the buggers flat again by sandwhiching them between a couple of sheets of glass and stack something heavy on top.
This sounds pretty straight forward, but to be honest I'm a bit concerned about using any amount of heat on my LD's to cure the warpage seeing as how LD's are made in different factories with different glues etc. That's why I thought it best to ask if anyone had successfully cured any of the Star Wars LD's or others produced by MPO.
Has anyone had to do this to their own LD's and would care to comment on how successful the fix was please?
Thanks again guys.
If television is chewing gum for the mind, then the prequels are the worlds first visual laxative.
Feck, that's a good site! Can't think how I missed that one. Thanks for that URL Moth3r.
FYI, I also found this atricle from Bob Nillan on the subject of curing LD warpage from around 1992ish: http://www.access-one.com/rjn/laser/legacy/ld13.txt
This all seems pretty good advice, and it all seems to boil down to: heat the discs a bit and press the buggers flat again by sandwhiching them between a couple of sheets of glass and stack something heavy on top.
Thanks for that- I haven't been able to find that site since they changed servers a while back.
I was going to suggest the 'heat' solution. Let us know how it works!
Long story short; it's not possible for me to try the heat method at the moment, so I'm trying to straighten them cold first. If that doesn't work I'll try heating them etc. They've been under glass since last Saturday, so I'll let you know how I got on in a week or two.
If television is chewing gum for the mind, then the prequels are the worlds first visual laxative.
