Terminator 3 Blu-Ray Disks Have Encoding Defect

I don’t have a Blu-ray player, so obviously I haven’t run out and gotten the “Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines” Blu-Ray disk that was recently released by Warner Bros. Which might be a good thing, since online reports of an “encoding defect” with the disks have since been confirmed by Warner, who is now taking information from consumers in anticipation of a replacement program, although no such program has been instinuted as of yet.

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According to early reports, it would seem something went wrong while encoding the movie’s picture-in-picture “In Movie Experience” track. (As we’ve previously reported, ‘T3′ is the first Warner Blu-ray title to include an IME, although instead of utilizing the format’s newly released Profile 1.1 technology to power two concurrent streams of audio and video, Warner has stated that it planned to burn a PiP window onto a second high-def encode of the film itself, effectively matching the PiP experience without requiring Profile 1.1-compliant hardware.)

We spoke with a Warner rep late Thursday, who confirmed to us that the studio is aware of the ‘T3′ issue and is investigating its source, but said that they have no immediate plans to recall Blu-ray copies of the title currently on store shelves.

Instead, the studio has begun taking consumer information via its Customer Support hotline in anticipation of a future disc replacement program. To arrange for a replacement disc, you can contact Warner Home Video at 1-800-553-6937.

It’s a good thing I held off on the Blu-Ray disk player I’ve been having my eye on…