Paramount Recalling ‘Saving Private Ryan’ Blu-ray
Since we just posted a Blu-ray review of the title (here), I figured it was my civil duty to announce that Paramount Home Entertainment will be issuing a recall of the Saving Private Ryan Sapphire Series Blu-ray disc. Special thanks to our writer Sean Ferguson for sending me the press release. All the information you need to act upon is provided in the press release below. The replacement product will be made available Tuesday, May 18th.
HOLLYWOOD, CA (May 12, 2010) – Paramount Home Entertainment today announced that it is recalling the Sapphire Series Blu-ray edition of Saving Private Ryan recently released in North America, the United Kingdom and the Benelux countries due to an audio synch error that occurred during Technicolor’s authoring process. Although Technicolor employs comprehensive quality control measures, in this instance the issue was not detected prior to replication.
“Technicolor has been a valuable partner to Paramount Home Entertainment, and both Paramount and Technicolor are committed to providing the highest quality product to consumers,” said Dennis Maguire, President, Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment Worldwide. “Our Sapphire Series was created to present our greatest films with the finest picture and sound quality available. Saving Private Ryan is a five time Academy Award® winning film including Best Director from one of America’s most acclaimed filmmakers so we are recalling this edition to ensure that every Blu-ray disc honors Steven Spielberg’s vision.”
Technicolor has set up the following toll-free numbers for consumers who have already purchased the Saving Private Ryan Sapphire Series Blu-ray, which provides details on how they can receive a replacement copy — US and Canada: 888-370-8621, UK: 08000-852-613. Consumers can also return the Blu-ray to the stores where they purchased the product to receive a replacement. Technicolor expects to have replacement discs available at retail no later than Tuesday, May 18.
Looks like I’ll be making a phone call. Thanks for the heads-up, guys.
I have to share this one…it was sent to me via email about a post on Amazon about SPR above…
DB,
Seems like some poeple, both in the UK & US are posting that their copies work. What I found interesting was this:
“The effect was blatantly obvious when viewing the film with a combination of a Panasonic DMP-BDT300 Blu-ray player and Denon AVR-3808 audio receiver connected via HDMI (with the audio stream sent through a separate HDMI cable from the video stream), but seemed to be less of an issue when the Denon was paired with a PlayStation 3, also connected via HDMI.”
tarek says:
Because the PS3 is fantastic. ^^
Rick Proska says:
tarek,
It’s because the PS3 was manufactured using alien technology
My copy is fine. It stays.