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Scratched movie software vs. music CDs

We all know that if we scratch a surface of CD most-likely it will play fine.
What if we scratch LD or DVD?
I've already had a bad experience receiving scratched LD bought on ebay and on the side where the scratch is I have locally shaded picture.
Is it because of the scratch?
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marakanetz OP
5,473 posts
 
...just the way you've described Sugar.. I've all of that: white dots, lines of a different colours running through the screen on one of the 4 parts of 4 Rooms movie.
sugarbrie
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How old is this Laserdisc. I've seen laser rot usually in the pre-digital "CX" coded laserdiscs, but that does not mean it is not that.
kthomas
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If you want first hand experience with scratched DVDs, get a membership to Netflix - almost every DVD they send me is scratched up something fierce. Almost all of them play flawlessly, so I think they can be pretty abused and still work fine. -Kirk
sugarbrie
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http://www.dvdasia.com/links/laser-rot.htm


http://www.totaldvd.com.au/biz/faq13.html


http://www.banjo.com/Articles/021096.htm


http://www.tcp.com/~doi/alan/webguide/postings/info.laserrot.html

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