So has anyone actually tried scratching a blu ray?

[Chi TownzBoy05]

If so is it as good as said?

[zombie]

I know there are some out there that would try this but it sure as heck won't be me. I would never intentionally scratch a disc I own whether it be CD, DVD, HD DVD, or BD. No thanks.

[Chi TownzBoy05]

I understand that but does it use durabis as said?

[zombie]

From what I've read Durabis was not used on any of the launch titles. However a different hard coating is used which I had read at least one comment on another forum where an owner said it seemed sufficient.

[Chi TownzBoy05]

Cool thanks I was worried they will be just like dvds lol

[Psiweaver]

i think there supposed to be more durable though i haven't gotten my hands on one yet.

[aryntha]

What I have done is cleaned several BDs with a paper towel. This would leave hairline scratches on any CD or DVD; this didn't happen on the BD, and while cleaning it, the BD feels much "harder" and more "slippery".

Hard to describe, but I would definitely say that the hardcoat works.

[marzetta7]

Originally Posted by aryntha

What I have done is cleaned several BDs with a paper towel. This would leave hairline scratches on any CD or DVD; this didn't happen on the BD, and while cleaning it, the BD feels much "harder" and more "slippery".

Hard to describe, but I would definitely say that the hardcoat works.

Sweet, now go ahead and take a screwdriver to it...just playin!

[Psiweaver]

thats great news that they'll be more scratch resist especially since its going to be very hard to back them up in any way, so if they get scratched your out of luck.

[TooTallTom]

The steel wool test is bogus, I've performed my own durability test with some copper shielding, the same kind you find in coax, while the disc did get noticeably scratched, the same test performed on a red laser dvd left the disc in a preverbial ditch along the side of the road, the thing was mangled. Blu-ray discs do have a stronger coating but they are by no means impervious to wear and tear(or scratches), bottom line, take care of your discs!!!!!!!

[marzetta7]

Originally Posted by TooTallTom

The steel wool test is bogus, I've performed my own durability test with some copper shielding, the same kind you find in coax, while the disc did get noticeably scratched, the same test performed on a red laser dvd left the disc in a preverbial ditch along the side of the road, the thing was mangled. Blu-ray discs do have a stronger coating but they are by no means impervious to wear and tear(or scratches), bottom line, take care of your discs!!!!!!!

I'm confused. Did you use your copper shielding durability test on a Blu-ray disc or on a red laser DVD disc? How did you come to the conclusion that the steel wool test is bogus? Also, remember that current Blu-ray movies or discs don't have Durabis, other than those from TDK.

[Psiweaver]

most discs don't have the next generation coating on the discs so it'll be a little bit of time until you can really try the steel wool test.

[TooTallTom]

Originally Posted by marzetta7

I'm confused. Did you use your copper shielding durability test on a Blu-ray disc or on a red laser DVD disc? How did you come to the conclusion that the steel wool test is bogus? Also, remember that current Blu-ray movies or discs don't have Durabis, other than those from TDK.

Sorry for the misunderstanding, I used both TDK BD-r and a Red Laser DVD to perform the test, I should have been more clear about that, I'll perform another round of testing shortly when I performed it previously the amount of variability involved with the drives, software and media was too high to really be very conclusive. Visually, the BD-r was noticeably more resistant to the copper shielding than the Red Laser DVD.

[Psiweaver]

Well thats good news at least.

[TooTallTom]

Originally Posted by Psiweaver

Well thats good news at least.

Still wouldnt recommend throwing your discs around though...