Yes it was infact a DVD-R shown in the example photo so I was mistaken on that part, but yet it remains irrelevant. (What I was discussing was the 'Scratch Resistant' solution TDK created in this particular case)
What intrigues me the most about this discussion is the amount of people who are ready to defend something that will eventually cause them problems. (Remember, I'm on your side!) Large companies that produce media such as this (For the most part) look out for one thing, which is to produce a cheap product to sell at a huge markup! (Adding a minor layered protection to cover the publics concerns as well as their pockets) If someone stands behind a product blindly accepting whatever they're told, that means the company is more likely to take advantage of the position they have over you. (Which will result in a cheaper product) If this next format does not have a proper scratch protection device, then we're just going to go through this thing all over again during the next format war.
Look at the list of products we've had to endure these past few decades!
- Records (The birth of scratches and skipping)
- Laser Disks (Do I even have to comment)
- CDs (Scratch Problems)
- DVDs (Scratch Problems)
- Blu-rays/HD-DVD (You guessed it ... scratch problems!)
Can you honestly say that things have gotten better over the years? I still see the same problems with the new formats that I saw with something that was released 100 years ago! (Think people think)
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