PS3 scratching discs?

[crazybat_07]

Hi everyone. I was just wondering since i'm a new ps3 owner and have barely started buying blu-rays, do the discs get damaged or scratched up whenever you insert them or pull them out, like in normal loading and unloading of the disc?? Thanks.

[EvolutionCherry]

No. I've had my PS3 for months and my discs are still scratch-free.

[ps3andlovinit]

Originally Posted by crazybat_07

Hi everyone. I was just wondering since i'm a new ps3 owner and have barely started buying blu-rays, do the discs get damaged or scratched up whenever you insert them or pull them out, like in normal loading and unloading of the disc?? Thanks.

No quite the opposite actually .. much more durable than DVD's or CD's on that front..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray_Disc
Hard-coating technology

Because the Blu-ray Disc data layer is closer to the surface of the disc, compared to the DVD standard, it was at first more vulnerable to scratches. The first discs were housed in cartridges for protection. Advances in polymer technology eventually made the cartridges unnecessary.[39]


TDK was the first company to develop a working scratch protection coating for Blu-ray Discs. It was named Durabis. In addition, both Sony and Panasonic's replication methods include proprietary hard-coat technologies. Sony's rewritable media are sprayed with a scratch-resistant and antistatic coating. Verbatim's recordable and rewritable Blu-ray Disc discs use their own proprietary hard-coat technology called ScratchGuard.

[ack_bak]

Originally Posted by crazybat_07

Hi everyone. I was just wondering since i'm a new ps3 owner and have barely started buying blu-rays, do the discs get damaged or scratched up whenever you insert them or pull them out, like in normal loading and unloading of the disc?? Thanks.

No. I own over 100 BD discs and my PS3 has never scratched any of them.

[PS3 Blu-Ray]

Originally Posted by crazybat_07

Hi everyone. I was just wondering since i'm a new ps3 owner and have barely started buying blu-rays, do the discs get damaged or scratched up whenever you insert them or pull them out, like in normal loading and unloading of the disc?? Thanks.

your thinking of the wrong console, the 360 does stuff like that, just youtube, and see the damage the 360 can do, especially when standing it up. I haven't any scratches on games or bd's on ps3.

[Zaphod]

Agreed with all the OP, have watched hundreds of movies, (Blu-ray and the more susceptible to scratching, DVD's) and not one has ever been scratched by my PS3...

[love4blu]

Well apart from the fact that BDs can't get scratched easily, the PS3 doesn't hurt them at all.
In fact, the more you play your movies in the PS3, the better they become

[crazybat_07]

Originally Posted by PS3 Blu-Ray

your thinking of the wrong console, the 360 does stuff like that, just youtube, and see the damage the 360 can do, especially when standing it up. I haven't any scratches on games or bd's on ps3.

well, i played 1 of my ps3 games for a while already on it, and it and it has 2 small marks on it...........

[love4blu]

Originally Posted by crazybat_07

well, i played 1 of my ps3 games for a while already on it, and it and it has 2 small marks on it...........

O.K., are you sure the marks weren't there before?

You can put a DVD/CD in (probably a cheap one you got for a present and you don't really like ) to put it to the test.

If you get marks, there might be a problem with the drive, although I have never heard such an issue... (My PS3 drive stopped working on Friday, but still my BDs were intact!)

[Sonny]

As said above stated the crabpbox3sh!**y is known for killing dvd's ya I know sad pretty sad huh...next gen my 'ace'

[Mr. Cinema]

This is the precise reason why I don't use the PS3 anymore. I tried out 5, yes, count 'em, 5, different PS3s and all of them would leave some sort of markings on the bottom of the disc. Not scratches per se, but something that would show up under light. They would wipe off, but it bothered me enough to switch to a standalone. I HATE SLOT LOADING DEVICES.

There's a thread in the HD Digest forum where a couple of other people have similar issues. I'm surprised more have not noticed these markings.

[BlackLightShark009]

Originally Posted by Mr. Cinema

This is the precise reason why I don't use the PS3 anymore. I tried out 5, yes, count 'em, 5, different PS3s and all of them would leave some sort of markings on the bottom of the disc. Not scratches per se, but something that would show up under light. They would wipe off, but it bothered me enough to switch to a standalone. I HATE SLOT LOADING DEVICES.

There's a thread in the HD Digest forum where a couple of other people have similar issues. I'm surprised more have not noticed these markings.

I've looked at mine under the light and not seen any marks. All my discs still look like they've never left the case.

[player2006911]

Originally Posted by Mr. Cinema

This is the precise reason why I don't use the PS3 anymore. I tried out 5, yes, count 'em, 5, different PS3s and all of them would leave some sort of markings on the bottom of the disc. Not scratches per se, but something that would show up under light. They would wipe off, but it bothered me enough to switch to a standalone. I HATE SLOT LOADING DEVICES.

There's a thread in the HD Digest forum where a couple of other people have similar issues. I'm surprised more have not noticed these markings.

I think those smudges are called fingerprints. I KEED I KEED!

[BlackLightShark009]

Originally Posted by crazybat_07

well, i played 1 of my ps3 games for a while already on it, and it and it has 2 small marks on it...........

Maybe when you put them in the case they rubbed the part that sticks through the center of the disc. I've put cds and dvds in my ps3 and they come out fine too. So i don't know how you got the marks unless someone else has removed your games.

[Entertainment72]

Had my 60gb PS3 since day one.. all of my discs, games and movies are in pristine condition..

[Rabidhunter]

I've had no problems of that sort either. At any rate, I'm not too worried about little marks on my disks, if they wipe off, they wipe off.

[Clark Kent]

I had to stop playing cds in my launch unit 60 GB PS3 because it was leaving light scratches on them. It has never scratched a BD or dvd though.

[MOONPHASE]

got one of the 1st 60GB PS3's and it does not scratch any disc

[Daredevil666]

I'm bumping this old thread, my old 40GB model just started tonight scratching all my discs. It's a straight line across all the discs, and when I reinsert the disc, even without playing it, then eject, the same line is now again across all the surface, but not at the same place (as the disc is never ejected in the same position due to spinning).
This started when playing Casino Royale bonus, the content had problems, and the disc which was pristine before came out completly scratched, in addition to the above mentioned line.
Is my PS3 dead ?