Q about cleaning Blu-rays...

[stetsonaw]

I bought one of those "disc cleaners" the Skip Dr Automax, and it pretty much killed my copy of 'i, robot', i think. are you not supposed to use liquid cleaners on blu-rays?

Thanks, sorry for the n00b question, but i'm kinda shocked the disc went from freezing at 1:26:00 to not even showing up on the XMB of my PS3 from one cleaning.

[AliceT]

Well, you should never use one of those skip Dr's on a BD. The skip/game/dvd doctors literally grind away a layer of the DVD. When you do it on a BD, you are grinding away the protective coating. Also, BD's because the data is packed closer, are much more sensitive to damage, hence the protective coating. If there was a freezing problem, it was most likely not scratch related, as the protective coating is pretty damn good. I'd say that disc would make a great frisbee right now.

[stetsonaw]

yeah, i talked to amazon before the cleaning, they told me to attempt to clean it (didn't specify a way), and if that doesn't work to send it back via RMA, since i've only had it for a week. thanks though.

[Carlsberg19]

Skip Doctor, if anything i think that scratches ure disks even more, i remember when i has Jurassic Park on DVD a few years ago and it was slightly scratched so i used skip doctor, afterwards the disc wouldnt even play

[Pelican170]

Originally Posted by Carlsberg19

Skip Doctor, if anything i think that scratches ure disks even more, i remember when i has Jurassic Park on DVD a few years ago and it was slightly scratched so i used skip doctor, afterwards the disc wouldnt even play

Sounds like you didnt do it correctly, they do in fact work. I used to work at a game store and would purposely destroy disks and fix them to see if they worked, and they in fact do if done correctly. (of course depending on how badly it is beaten up). But, i wouldnt do it on a BD disk..

[Carlsberg19]

no no, i used it correctly, it leaved a terrible amount of radial lines on the disc and my dvd player simply would not play it

[BLUCanadian]

the idea behind "repairing" a disc is that you are smothing out the protective coating.
If there is a scratch on the protective coating then it may effect the ability of the laser to read certain parts of the disc.
I used to work at a video store where we would clean discs.
Ideally, a rotor type machine should be used that will remove a small amount of the protective coating by simply "sanding" down the entire disc and thus, eliminating the flaw in the coating and allowing the disc to be read properly.
I have no idea how those other products would be able to do this
If a scratch goes through the protective coating, the disc is permanently damaged

[WriteSimply]

All you need is a damp microfiber cloth meant for cleaning LCD screens. If that doesn't fix the problem, then it's inherent in the disc or the player.


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