It's All Gone Pete Tong

Currently experiencing my first problem with Tesco's DVD rental scheme. New DVD arrived this morning and as I'm on holiday I thought I'd invest some serious time in watching it on the projector. Unfortunately the DVD had other ideas. Lock ups, skips and jumps marred the opening 10 minutes. Had a look at the surface but there were no obvious signs of scratches or dirt. Upon closer inspection I thought I could detect some defect below the plastic layer.

Tried to rip and burn it to a new disc using DVD Shrink but it came back with checksum errors, no go. Reported the fault on Tesco's website and requested a replacement. My account immediately showed that I had no discs at home and was awaiting allocation from their warehouse. Lesley posted the faulty DVD back this afternoon so should be with them tomorrow.

Big test as to how quick a new disc is sent out and whether it's the same film as the faulty one. Wait and see.

On a brighter note I noticed you can lower the cost of the subscription by paying in advance. My subscription is for 1 DVD at a time costing £7.97 per month, but by paying 3 months in advance at a cost of £18.91 the monthly cost averages out at just over £6.30.