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Code Geass LE Set

Have you contacted the folks you bought it from? It'd probably be faster to try the retailer route than the publisher route.

They won't let you exchange a defective product for the same product? Somehow, I doubt that... just go tell 'em the discs don't work and you need a new one. (Assuming they do say no, you can probably complain your way up the ladder and get a freebie gift card out of it or something.)

For those with the errors on disc 2 I can shed some light on what is wrong. (I am a professional Digital Designer and have experience with some DVD authoring) It seems the second volume uses ArCoS encoding which creates DELIBERATE bad sectors (bad areas) on the DVD so as to prevent piracy. Supposedly, the discs have coding that tells the DVD player to skip those bad sectors. However, the problem is that ArCoS encodes are very buggy and will often result in the DVD player skipping to other sections of a movie or show. Examples: the DUNE special edition. skips roughly 5 minutes of the film, Shoot Em Up; doesn't skip anything but often displays the message 'skipping bad sector, or skipping damaged area' and Code Geass vol 2 skips from 1hr 33 min and 14 seconds to 1:34:30. Bottom Line. Companies need to find a secure way to stop piracy rather than buggy methods that create poor quality products. I can only hope someone from Bandai reads this and is smart enough to realize that things need to change. (I've experienced this with 2 funi releases so far and 1 geneon release in the past as well)

Technical stuff

Everyone who wanted to watch Code Geass through illegal methods has already done so and most could care less about these DVDs. Or they might be content to stick with the Adult Swim version, if they happen to follow it. Those few that want to buy the DVDs, like me, want to support a legal release (even if that includes paying for international shipping, like in my case, which isn't exactly making me smile).

But that's how they intend to thank us for supporting the legal release of a series?

Stullz wrote:

Technical stuff

Hmmm, if this is right then won't all disks have the problem? And seeing as how nobody has responded to Evelas' request to report good disks, I am inclined to believe Stullz.

nightjuan wrote:

Everyone who wanted to watch Code Geass through illegal methods has already done so and most could care less about these DVDs. Or they might be content to stick with the Adult Swim version, if they happen to follow it. Those few that want to buy the DVDs, like me, want to support a legal release (even if that includes paying for international shipping, like in my case, which isn't exactly making me smile). But that's how they intend to thank us for supporting the legal release of a series?

What annoys me are unskippable previews or ads at the beginning of disks. Funimation: We know you own the world. We already support you. We know how to find out what you will be releasing in the future. Stick with the paper inserts.

This error does seem to be effecting the whole batch. I exchanged my disc at Best Buy yesterday, and it still skips and freezes up in the exact same spots on all 5 players I've tested.