I'm sure, all who are reading already had a previous encounter with DVDs.
They used to get scratched most of the time, and they would become unplayable after that. You all know that was a headache.

Now that High Definition has arrived. Do you think you would go with HD DVD, which also meant having the same old headache of scratched discs! Especially if you were buying a title that you already owned on DVD or stick with Blu-Ray which had the extra coating layer.

The consumer has become aware of such technologies, and he wouldn't invest in a storage medium that would give him the same headache due to his past experience.

Wouldn't you agree?

I really like the scratch protection on Blu-ray, but don't you think you're putting too much emphasis on this? What exactly has been happening to your DVDs that thare are getting scratched "most of the time"? Don't you just take them out of the case, watch them, and put them back?

CD's were just as susceptible to scratches as DVDs... then DVD became the most quickly adopted media format in history - so the scratches apparently weren't that much of a problem.

...Wouldn't you agree?
No, I have many CD's from the early 80's without a single scratch. It's all in how you care for your investment.

I really like the scratch protection on Blu-ray, but don't you think you're putting too much emphasis on this? What exactly has been happening to your DVDs that thare are getting scratched "most of the time"? Don't you just take them out of the case, watch them, and put them back?

CD's were just as susceptible to scratches as DVDs... then DVD became the most quickly adopted media format in history - so the scratches apparently weren't that much of a problem.

A few years back DVD players has more a problem with scratched rental discs. Improved error correction helped fix the problem.

I'm sure, all who are reading already had a previous encounter with DVDs.
They used to get scratched most of the time, and they would become unplayable after that. You all know that was a headache.

Now that High Definition has arrived. Do you think you would go with HD DVD, which also meant having the same old headache of scratched discs! Especially if you were buying a title that you already owned on DVD or stick with Blu-Ray which had the extra coating layer.

The consumer has become aware of such technologies, and he wouldn't invest in a storage medium that would give him the same headache due to his past experience.

Wouldn't you agree?

No - I do not agree. I take care of my cd's and dvd's and do not have playback problems with them as a result. Of course I don't give them to 5 year olds to play with, nor do I leave them on car dashboards - that's what backup copies are for.

Of course the obvious answer is yes it's very good that they are scratch resistant.

However, everyone on this forum is going to say that they're the most responsible person alive who would never allow their CD's, DVD's, or BD's to get scratched and therefore this is completely unnesessary.

I have single-sided (1X) MCA DiscoVision test pressings from 1976-77 that have been played a lot, even played recently, and are still unscratched. The very first CD I ever bought, Billy Joel: The Nylon Curtain, bought in June of 1983 (for $25!) is still unscratched - although it does have a bubble in the surface from defective manufacturing! None of my 7000+ DVD's and DVD-R's have scratches in them - not even the very first ones I bought in June of 1997.

I don't handle them especially carefully either - and I practice "Hot-Discing" - leaving discs in the player and then stacking them, without cases, on top of the player as I play new titles. Hot-discing drives my partner crazy! Everytime he wants to watch a film he opens a DVD case - where's the disc? - oh, it's up on that shelf in that stack of bare discs...

Scratches just arn't a problem.