I recently came across a thread on Shout! Factory's website concerning creamy splotches on certain dvds, specifically on the season 1 set of Hazel. I purchased this set in August 2006 and also noticed this on my set. In the intervening years the discs have played flawlessly on a wide range of dvd and blu-ray players. Doing a little research, I learned that the laser picks up the encoded information from deep within the disc, past the slightly clouded outer layer. I believe that unless there is something that obstructs the beam's reading of this layer, such as a deep scratch or dark smudge, the discs in question should play fine. I hope this clears up some concerns I have read as regard to the playability of these discs.

After reading this thread and a similar one on another forum, I looked at the backs of all my season 2 discs last night and every one of them is perfectly clear with no smudges or cloudy spots. Actually, the only DVDs where I noticed a large amount of cloudy spots was on one of the seasons of "I Dream of Jeannie". However, these smudges did not affect the playing of the episodes at all.

After reading this thread and a similar one on another forum, I looked at the backs of all my season 2 discs last night and every one of them is perfectly clear with no smudges or cloudy spots. Actually, the only DVDs where I noticed a large amount of cloudy spots was on one of the seasons of "I Dream of Jeannie". However, these smudges did not affect the playing of the episodes at all.
I think these spots are a peculiarity of Sony discs. On one of the posts I saw it was theorized that this was due to the cooling process of the plastic involved. I have "Jeannie" as well and have no spots on these discs, which are about two years old. My "Bewitched" first season set from 2005 has very minor spotting. Hearing from you and knowing how mine play I don't think we have anything to worry about.