Blu-ray scratch protection coating is so cool!

[Chiyo_chichi]

You know? Of all the features BD has, you don't hear about it that much imo. But I really love it.

When I bought dvds, I used to hate whenever I got scratches on em'...even light ones that would not affect the playing of the flick. But with the special coating on BDs its like literally impossible to unintentionally scratch em' up.



...lol

[Mr.White]

Originally Posted by Chiyo_chichi

You know? Of all the features BD has, you don't hear about it that much imo. But I really love it.

When I bought dvds, I used to hate whenever I got scratches on em'...even light ones that would not affect the playing of the flick. But with the special coating on BDs its like literally impossible to unintentionally scratch em' up.



...lol

Yep, that coating is a big plus w/Blu-ray, no cracked hubs either!

[Batman1980]

LOL no cracked hubs yet but plenty of holes in cases and broken locks, not to mention those horrible eco cases. I do like the coating, I doubt I'll ever have playback issues with a blu-ray.

[Rob J in WNY]

Yes, it's a polymer coating less than a tenth of a millimeter thick. "Durabis" is the trade name given by TDK for its version of the coating, but other manufacturers, such as Panasonic and Sony also make their own hardcoat.

And yes, it's very tough!

[Johnny Vinyl]

That's true for the most part, but don't kid yourself into thinking they are indestructible. My used copy of The Wrestler had a few marks and skipped, hung and froze several times. I cleaned it and tried again. Same thing. Good I bought it at BBV, so they replaced it for another.

John

[NMJack]

Amen. A much needed upgrade over DVD and HD DVD. It still amazes me that the Netflix BD's look so great. Rental DVDs, OTOH, often look like someone's kid used it for air hockey (I'm sure that has actually happened at least once....)

[KENTA]

I lately noticed plenty of tiny scratches on brand new blu-ray discs. Bonnie and Clyde was so horribly scratched when I held it into the light that I was wondering how that movie could still play without a frame skip. Notice that I take extremely good care of my discs, yet some of them show tiny scratches when being held into the light.

[Grif32]

Biggest reason I got rid of netflix was because I kept getting BD's that wouldnt play due to scratches. Real pain in the arse. So I just canceled since they raised their prices as well.

Oh well I might rejoin here soon. Hopefully it has gotten better..

Never had one DVD skip from them but 4 blu's then just gave up. Sad part not one of my HD DVD's icluding combo's every had a problem.

Now I just buy all my Blu's

[CrazyOvaBlu]

Your 100% right.

I take great care of my things.
So now nothing should ever happen to them!

[syncguy]

Originally Posted by KENTA

I lately noticed plenty of tiny scratches on brand new blu-ray discs. Bonnie and Clyde was so horribly scratched when I held it into the light that I was wondering how that movie could still play without a frame skip. Notice that I take extremely good care of my discs, yet some of them show tiny scratches when being held into the light.

Strange. Was the case sealed when you purchased. Some shops open blu-rays which I don't like.

[KENTA]

Originally Posted by syncguy

Strange. Was the case sealed when you purchased. Some shops open blu-rays which I don't like.

I only order my bds from amazon.com and that kinda shocked me lately. Out of 5 movies from last month, 2 had scratches on them which couldn't be whiped away. They play fine however but I was still wondering how something like this could happen to sealed blu-ray discs.