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Post by mightyjack on Jan 4, 2004 0:01:05 GMT -5
I checked out Spider Man from the library, only problem is disc 2 is unatchable. The picture stops and starts, theres a lot of bad pixilation. The tool, er I mean, person who had it before me messed it up. It looks like there are scratches and smuges on the playing side of the disc.
My ??, is there anyway to clean these safely so I can watch this thing, or did the Mr. Bungle who had this before me ruin it forever?
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Post by Ator on Jan 4, 2004 2:36:23 GMT -5
You can't really get rid of the scratches, but you can just get rid of the smudges by rubbing it out using your shirt or a towel.
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Post by BobJohnson on Jan 4, 2004 9:17:50 GMT -5
You can't really get rid of the scratches, but you can just get rid of the smudges by rubbing it out using your shirt or a towel. Actually you can. There are disc resurfacing sites on the web that take your disc and put it through a very precise grinder, I mean to the micrometer! It works, my futurama disc got a big scratch on it and www.auraltech.com fixed it. |
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Post by LordKaT on Jan 4, 2004 13:31:17 GMT -5
There are disc resurfacing sites on the web that take your disc and put it through a very precise grinder, I mean to the micrometer! There's a difference between resurfacing and surface grinding - resurfacing (in the true sense, not the marketing sense) actually removes the plastic bottom and replaces it with a new one, or, in other cases, fills in the scratches with a silicone like substance. --LordKaT |
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Post by BobJohnson on Jan 4, 2004 15:24:02 GMT -5
There's a difference between resurfacing and surface grinding - resurfacing (in the true sense, not the marketing sense) actually removes the plastic bottom and replaces it with a new one, or, in other cases, fills in the scratches with a silicone like substance. --LordKaT Resurfacing in the DVD sense can also mean using a grinder. What I am talking about is a grinder that grinds out the scratches, not filling in the scratch. I am not a so-called expert but when I looked around for these sites with this type of process, it was called "resurfacing". It's a consumer service. |
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Post by Phantom Engineer on Jan 4, 2004 16:28:33 GMT -5
This is all good information but the bottom line is I don't think he's going to go to that extent on a library disc.
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Post by BobJohnson on Jan 4, 2004 16:51:04 GMT -5
True  |
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Post by Ator on Jan 4, 2004 20:09:38 GMT -5
This is all good information but the bottom line is I don't think he's going to go to that extent on a library disc. LOL! |
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Post by mightyjack on Jan 4, 2004 23:51:29 GMT -5
I love the library, but uh, no. I'm not going that far to make it work. ;D
I couldn't get it to work even by cleaning it, a web search only took me to the products. But a friend at work said to clean from the center of the disc on out, and that worked (Even with that big scratch on the disc).
Yay! I get to see the extras! Thanks for the advice tho, if I ever damage my own copies I have a better idea of what options are available to me.
I also checked out "The Devils Backbone", gonna watch it tonight.
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