Can One Scratch Ruin a Blu-ray Disc?

[WickyWoo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5jEbZt6AIQ

The hardcoat should stand up to any kind of normal abuse, even the average blockbuster customer who stores their discs on coarse grit sandpaper when not in use

[Beery]

Originally Posted by Elandyll

Now one would wonder - why resurrect a thread that died in January 08?

Well, when I found I got two discs in the space of two days that had this problem I went searching to see if others had the same problems. I found this thread, so instead of starting a new thread I figured it was better to post to a thread that was already here on the same subject.

I always think it's better to post to an existing thread, otherwise - if I didn't bother finding a relevant thread before posting a new one - I could find that there could be ten other threads on the same issue. It's REALLY annoying when that happens.

[Beery]

Originally Posted by WickyWoo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5jEbZt6AIQ

The hardcoat should stand up to any kind of normal abuse, even the average blockbuster customer who stores their discs on coarse grit sandpaper when not in use

Then how do you explain that I've had to return two discs in two days? Heck, The Mad Men disc had a fairly large gouge in it that was noticeable upon opening the package. I hadn't even touched it.

[Beta Man]

I scratched the living hell out of my copy of Spiderman 3 that came with one of my PS3's, and it still plays.

[Beery]

If you make scratches radially the disc should work fine - the laser can usually read through a lot of such scratches. It's scratches that run parallel to the disc edge that can cause the disc to fail. Unfortunately, the way discs are stored tends to increase the likelihood of this kind of scratch, because discs will turn on the axis during shipping and storage and if there's grit in there between the disc surface and the box then it could scratch the disc. It happened to me.

Personally I'm beginning to wish that they'd kept the old method - with the Blu-Ray disc inside a protective cassette.

[WickyWoo]

Unfortunately, the way discs are stored tends to increase the likelihood of this kind of scratch, because discs will turn on the axis during shipping and storage and if there's grit in there between the disc surface and the box then it could scratch the disc. It happened to me.

Nothing but the hub area actually touches any surface, it would have to be a very large piece of grit to be damaged while shipping

More likely they were damaged during manufacture and missed by QC

[Bobby Henderson]

The only time I have encountered any problems with Blu-ray discs has been with rental discs from video stores.

On two occasions I've had to return discs because of scratches that caused the disc not to load in my PS3.

A few other times rental discs haven't loaded because of finger prints (or Lord only knows what) smudged onto the playing surface. In all of those cases I've been able to carefully wipe away the gunk using the same kind of microfiber cloth I use to wipe dust off my HDTV screen.

So far, my luck has been better with renting Blu-ray discs than DVD. Over the years I've had to return rental DVDs more frequently. One theory why: Blu-ray is still a relatively high end item. It costs more to rent Blu-ray discs. The folks who pay the premium are more likely to handle those rental discs with care.

Every BD I've purchased so far hasn't had any scratches or other issues like that.

[haushausman]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5jEb...eature=related

YouTube Scratch Test

Your salesman is a moron. The only way to really kill a Blu-ray is crack it. All the Netflix BDs that I got and didn't work all had tiny little stress cracks on them. Probably stepped on or something during transit.

Check out the link above, you'll be impressed.

[GOL!]

Originally Posted by TATE4US

I had a salesman at a local eletronics store tell me if you get any scratches on the Blu-ray disk it is usless. Does anyone know anything about this?

in short... you have nothing to worry about. The discs will sustain much more harm than a dvd. The salesperson is spreading FUD....

[Blu-ray Fanatic]

Last week, I received a scratched BD movie (The Water Horse) from Blockbuster Total Access without knowing it was scratched. I tried playing it but it wouldn't load. So I was getting frustrated and wondering if my PS3 is causing problems but when I looked closely on the outer edge of the disc there was a very small scratch. I guess thats all it takes to mess up a BD.

[Mikeblu]

well because I trust sony I tried it myself, I attacked Casino Royale with a screwdriver and.............everything works fine

[jkwest]

The only good thing about resurrecting this thread is for remembering GoldenRedux...RIP, my friend..

[KingRadicalPhil]

Time to pull out my wood sander

[WickyWoo]

I wonder if those scratches are actually cracks. Blu-rays ARE less flexible due to the hardcoat

[jw]

i dunno, after somebody mentioned it, those newer Paramount releases dont look like they have added protection, not sure why

[Canada]

That is a very ambiguous question, I guess it all depends on you definition of what a scratch is.

[DragonSarc]

donno if any one is renting blu thru mail like netflix or blockbuster but I never had any experience about the BLus not playing and i have a blockbuster account all i rent now is blu and if you inspect the disc it has hella scratches and still plays..............................

[wight]

Hey guys.

I just bought Assassin's Creed, and I just discovered a scratch about 1 cm long.
To give you and example of what it looks like, it sort of looks like a hair is on the disk (but it's a scratch).
Should I return it and get a new disk? Will it affect the playback at all?
Seems to be working fine at the moment, I'm just worried it won't work when I get further into the game.

[WriteSimply]

Originally Posted by wight

Hey guys.

Your call.

Since it was scratched out of the box, then it's not your fault and you have a legitimate reason to be grumpy about it.


fuad

[Canada]

Originally Posted by wight

Hey guys.

I just bought Assassin's Creed, and I just discovered a scratch about 1 cm long.
To give you and example of what it looks like, it sort of looks like a hair is on the disk (but it's a scratch).
Should I return it and get a new disk? Will it affect the playback at all?
Seems to be working fine at the moment, I'm just worried it won't work when I get further into the game.

take it back at your first possible convienence, the disk still playing is beside the point, the disk should be emaculate out of the box.