can someone give me a good answer - small scratch

[alvarez468]

I have a movie that has a scratch and it can only be seen. when u have a bright light and at a angle
is it ruined or something
some explanation would be great
its a small scratch BTW
it may sound silly but I'm OCD like that

[wormraper]

Originally Posted by alvarez468

I have a movie that has a scratch and it can only be seen. when u have a bright light and at a angle
is it ruined or something
some explanation would be great
its a small scratch BTW
it may sound silly but I'm OCD like that

play it and find out

[Almadacr]

Originally Posted by wormraper

play it and find out

[Neutron82]

seriously, if it works who cares

[mzupeman]

The 'play and it see if it works' answer is all well and good, but I really don't care for scratches. Why? On a Blu-ray, the technology has a much lower resistence to even the most minor scratches. Besides, Blu-ray discs are coated so they shouldn't be scratched unless the disc came loose in a case or you didn't take care of it. Why pay for a product that's advertised as being scratch resistent, only to get one with a scratch on it? Get what you paid for.

[alvarez468]

Originally Posted by mzupeman

The 'play and it see if it works' answer is all well and good, but I really don't care for scratches. Why? On a Blu-ray, the technology has a much lower resistence to even the most minor scratches. Besides, Blu-ray discs are coated so they shouldn't be scratched unless the disc came loose in a case or you didn't take care of it. Why pay for a product that's advertised as being scratch resistent, only to get one with a scratch on it? Get what you paid for.

to be honest I have no idea how it got it I'm the kind of person that once I'm done watching I put it back in its box but if it plays that means its fine?

[wormraper]

Originally Posted by alvarez468

to be honest I have no idea how it got it I'm the kind of person that once I'm done watching I put it back in its box but if it plays that means its fine?

correct. if it plays you're good. scratches happen on ANY media. especially faint tiny scratches, it can be from the disc lightly scraping across the disc try when it's loaded or any number of things. as long as they're no deep circular scratches you really shouldn't have a problem.

[Almadacr]

Originally Posted by mzupeman

The 'play and it see if it works' answer is all well and good, but I really don't care for scratches. Why? On a Blu-ray, the technology has a much lower resistence to even the most minor scratches. Besides, Blu-ray discs are coated so they shouldn't be scratched unless the disc came loose in a case or you didn't take care of it. Why pay for a product that's advertised as being scratch resistent, only to get one with a scratch on it? Get what you paid for.

Nice Avatar picture .

[alvarez468]

Originally Posted by wormraper

correct. if it plays you're good. scratches happen on ANY media. especially faint tiny scratches, it can be from the disc lightly scraping across the disc try when it's loaded or annumber of things. as long as they're no deep circular scratches you really shouldn't have a problem.

ok cool thx its just I hear things about data loss becuz on blu ray data is closer to the surface those things scare me

[willbfree]

Schoolmarm mode returns!:

Use a descriptive title for your threads.

"can someone give me a good answer" could be about absolutely anything.

[Clark Kent]

Blu-rays are tough even with scratches. It would have to be a deep gouge to really affect playback.

[Icemouth]

Originally Posted by mzupeman

The 'play and it see if it works' answer is all well and good, but I really don't care for scratches. Why? On a Blu-ray, the technology has a much lower resistence to even the most minor scratches. Besides, Blu-ray discs are coated so they shouldn't be scratched unless the disc came loose in a case or you didn't take care of it. Why pay for a product that's advertised as being scratch resistent, only to get one with a scratch on it? Get what you paid for.

Scratch resistant doesn't mean scratch proof bro, would you return a water resistant coat because you got a little wet?

[mzupeman]

Originally Posted by Icemouth

Scratch resistant doesn't mean scratch proof bro, would you return a water resistant coat because you got a little wet?

Hence why I used the word resistent and not proof.

Of course I know that Blu-ray discs are not indestructible. All I'm merely saying is, if the disc is scratched, why settle for that? The discs are made that way for a reason, too - The data layer is much closer to the outside of the disc than the data layer on a DVD is, since Blu-ray has so much more information on it. This is why even minor scrapes can affect playback.

As already said, you're probably fine and if the disc works, then you're in the clear. If this is a disc in your own collection and you either scraped it, or it's been scraped all along and had no idea, then no worries. If you just bought it and it came like that though, return it.

[mzupeman]

Originally Posted by Almadacr

Nice Avatar picture .

Oh, and thank you very much! LOVE that show!

[alvarez468]

I have a movie with a small light scratch that can only be scene under sunlight would that damage the playability or am I just ocd

[nelly_platinum]

Originally Posted by alvarez468

I have a movie with a small light scratch that can only be scene under sunlight would that damage the playability or am I just ocd

wont affect it...just ocd...i am also..ive bought used movies at BBV and if they have scratches i will return them for an exchange..i know its wrong thats the messed up part

[remake]

Scratched blu-rays?

[42041]

...play the disc and see? it's most likely fine.

[alvarez468]

tHx for the replys

[Petra_Kalbrain]

Scratches on top can affect playback. If you can see right through the disc entirely, THAT is when you'll have to worry.