Page 1 of Smallville (box set) picture problems - please help!

Anyone else out there got the R1 box set of Smallville yet? I know there are a lot of Lana (Kreuk) fans amongst the male contingency on this website.

Anyway, I imported this and have played each disc in the set and unfortunately they all have a line going across the top fifth of the screen where it `breaks` the picture making it impossible to watch.

Can anyone explain to me what this fault actually is???

I have a big array of R1 and R2 discs and have only ever encountered this problem ONCE before with an import on R1 of Brian Henson`s `Jack and the Beanstalk` so does anyone know why this happens? I hate the thought of posting them back.

Also, recently with my R2 purchases I have been getting a lot of discs that freeze once during the feature - is this to be expected on modern discs or should I get replacements?

Thanks for your help in advance,
Rachel

Take a read of this, Rachel, under `This Week`s New Releases`.

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