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« on: May 09, 2008, 08:00:58 PM »

I don't know about you, but I'm obsessive when it comes to making sure all of my DVD's remain in flawless condition.
If I spot so much as the tiniest hair or bit of dust on a disc, I use a special cloth to gently wipe it away.
You can go through my entire collection and not find a hint of a mark on any of my discs.

Unfortunately, a lot of people don't seem to care about their discs.   Question
I rented "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead" the other night from a Redbox vending machine and was shocked to see the condition of the disc.
It had tons of scratches, smudges and fingerprints all over it!
Do people not care because the disc isn't theirs?
Don't they realize that with all those smudges and scratches, it is likely to skip like crazy?
What did they do to the disc to let it get that way?

I boggles my mind.

I have friends who treat their DVD's and CD's like crap.
They'll take a disc out of their player and toss it on top of their dusty entertainment center.
Or even worse, they'll just throw it on the floor!

I've actually gotten up out of my seat, picked up my friend's DVD and put it back in its case.
At $10-$20 a pop, DVD's are too damn expensive to be treated so badly.

How about you?
Do you take great care to keep your discs in top condition?
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« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2008, 08:29:31 PM »

I'm good with my CD/DVDs but not great.  Still, I've seldom have had a DVD or CD that ended up skipping.  I get a lot of audio and visual stuff from the local library and it blows my mind the amount of sh*tty copies they have. 
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« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2008, 09:32:28 PM »

I've never cleaned a disk except to fix a video game that's not loading right.  However, I never leave a disc that contains valued material just lying out.  It either stays in the game system or CD player, (never DVDs though, I wont run that risk) or I put it back in the box it belongs in.  I'm kind of obsessive about that, it really bugs me when I open a CD case and the CD inside wouldn't even be from the right musical genre.  Imagine opening up a Guns n' Roses case and finding Garth Brooks or worse Fergie (may God have mercy on anybody who would DARE make that mistake).
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« Reply #3 on: May 09, 2008, 11:42:15 PM »

I'm fairly good about taking care of them. I'll only handle them in certain ways and gently blow on them before putting them in the player. Occasionally I will wipe one, but they never seem to get too bad. Of course, I don't leave them lying around like I've seen others do. They are either being played or they are in their respective cases.
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« Reply #4 on: May 09, 2008, 11:53:38 PM »

I have a simple rule around my house, if it's not in the player it's in the case. So there all in great shape.
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« Reply #5 on: May 10, 2008, 06:46:54 AM »

I have a simple rule around my house, if it's not in the player it's in the case. So there all in great shape.

This has worked best for me.  That and "daddy and mommy touch the DVDs" - three and five year olds are not who you want handling them.
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« Reply #6 on: May 10, 2008, 07:31:24 AM »

I buy almost all my DVDs used, but most are in very good condition.  Some have a lot of surface scratches.  I always clean them up with my disc cleaner spray and a soft cloth, it doesn't remove scratches of course but it gets rid of dust and fingerprints.  They play perfectly.   Oddly enough, I've only had two disks that wouldn't play correctly, one was brand new and the other was used but in perfect condition.  Amazing how many scratches they can have on them without effecting how they play.  I bought a season of a TV show, and one of the disks came loose during shipping.  It was absolutely covered in scratches.  But played just fine.  On the other hand, one good piece of dust stuck to the disk can cause it to freeze up or skip, but that's why I always inspect and clean them first.

I'd never dream of letting a disk sit out, they're either in the player or in the case.  it bugs me to let the disk tray on the player open for more than a few seconds.  If the disk case has a lot of stickers or adhesive left over from the security seals, it gets replaced with a new one.
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« Reply #7 on: May 10, 2008, 10:07:10 PM »

I forgot to mention, I always handle my DVDs and Cds with my forefinger in the middle and my thumb on the edge, never left a mark.

And Jack the reason for your disk confusion is because they have information spread out on them between certain pooints, if a scratch just hit one piece of information nothing bad should happen, however, if it went through a whole section, then you have some skippage and a barely noticeable scratch.

I would've had a picture but I can't seem to get the whole proper file size thing going.
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