Final-Fan said:
windbane said:
I...uh...rented a game and tried to sandpaper it. It played flawlessly. You can scratch the outer surface but you almost have to shave the outside coating off to change how it plays. Tossing it around and leaving it out should have no effect. Finger prints also will have no effect. If something like that or dirt gets on it, you can wipe it off with anything because it won't scratch. It really is awesome.
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Wow. I know they were tougher but that's ridiculous. I suppose it's the fact that it has a stronger read laser? (Total guess people) |
Nah, I mean maybe the reader is stronger too, but it's that the original Blu-ray had the data closer than DVDs to the ouside of the disc, meaning scratches actually had more of an effect. It had something to do with how the disc was built differently. The data was more vunerable. To counter that, a protective coating as mandated to protect the disc. All Blu-ray discs made now have this default protective coating that's resistance to sand paper, much less scratches.
That's really my favorite part of Blu-ray. For the record, HD-DVD discs were built the same as DVDs and scratched just as easily. Anyone who has rented a movie knows how unreliable scratched discs can be...especially back in PS2 days because I think it was only a 2x reader.
