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Coating Promises Scratch-Proof CDs, DVDs, LCDs
13.7BillionYears writes "NewScientist reports that TDK has developed a transparent polymer for LCD screens and optical media that is impervious to general neglect and abuse. Quoth the reporter, 'In one of the most convincing technology demonstrations this reporter has witnessed, I was handed a CD, a wire-wool pan scourer and some permanent marker pens, and invited to scratch or mark the discs. Hard as I tried, I could not make a single mark on the disc with the scourer. And the ink simply wiped off.' The coating is apparently responsible for Blu-Ray's new caddy-less form factor."
But where am I going to get my coasters from then?
Indestructable AOL disks.. *Shivers*
I can take my CDs to the beach!
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Can they still be nuked??? Nothing's more entertaining than going to town with a crappy old microwave and a stack of AOL discs....
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You try spinning your building at 8000 RPM for the "spin application" process.
I would chew my own nuts off to get my hands on a Powerbook dipped in this shit
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Or something like that.
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I can see the fnords!
You have very stringent anti-scratch requirements. I salute you.
The world is everything that is the case
Why? Are all of your diamonds somehow coming in contact with your CD collection? Maybe "very very very very very scratch resistent" would better suit your stringent product definition requirements?
I want that coating on my pocket pc! Current screen was destroyed by my three year old using the original plastic stylus. I never imagined it was possible :(
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Withstand that, and then you may color me impressed.
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You try spinning your building at 8000 RPM for the "spin application" process.
There's a "screwing in a lightbulb" joke in there somewhere...
Remember, theres two sides to every coating.
Yeah wait until [RM]IAA gets wind of this. I bet one side of the story is how they'll lose so much money from the resale of already sold media. That side will stop the production of such products.
Kids are very discerning, they won't just break anything. It has to be important. Otherwise a large proportion of my collection could have been saved by keeping a stack of AOL's handy ;)
So does that mean that I can take that plastic cover off now?
Dude... They already did that back in the 80's.
See, there was this guy who looked a lot like David Hasselhoff, and he had this sweet camaro dipped in this stuff that made it impervious to any attack. I think the car's name was KITT or something. Anyway, they had many interesting adventures but while KITT was never scratched on the outside, they never could get Hasselhoff's perma-whitefro shedding out of the upholstry.
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wouldn't it be kinda hard to build a building out of bricks that were coated with a non-stick substance? after all, mortar is designed to stick bricks together....
just a though!
eric
What a stupid insight. I doubt I would fit in a lightbulb... much less my wife AND me.
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our fair-use right to make backups of CD/DVD?
Sorry, had to be said. ;-p
However, I do wondering how you can label the ones you burn yourself...
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Coating Promises Scratch-Proof CDs, DVDs, LCDs
What about laserdiscs?
I wonder if they'll finally take the "breakage" clause out of record contracts now that they're touting a new indestructable form factor. That became obsolete when we went from records to CD's anyway.
Accidental microwavings
;) :P )
Well, accidental? I always microwave them on purpose.
2 Year olds
Apply the coating to condoms.
Scratches from the other side of the disk
Apply the coating to the other side of the disk? (this answer is serious
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The big labels should just give up now. So called "scratch-proof" technology (DSM - digital scratch management) is doomed to failure.
For every anti-scratch system developed, there is an army of hackers and small children who can scratch it. Regardless of the DMCA (Digital Millenium Coating Act).
You might be thinking "don't artists have a RIGHT to keep their hard work from being scratched"? And I say, NO they don't! If they don't want their work being scratched, they should just keep it off the market, it's that simple.
If you're old enough, think back.. you scratched your LPs (records) all the time didn't you? Yet you still buy music. And think about DJs who scratch records ON PURPOSE.. it's an amazing art form which will die with these "scratch-proof" discs.
That's why I only support SCRATCHABLE discs. They're out there. Vote with your wallets (and your sharp objects).
What the big labels need to realize is: if you can see it, you can scratch it.
> From what I've seen, they're already do as much as they possibly can.
Accidental microwavings A little cheese on top and they're CDlicious.
new fangled polymer vs. ancient claymore sword.
I think the sword's going to make a scratch.
True, no protective coating can be considered proven for the home until you play baseball with it as the ball. And the bat is a 6 foot long sword. On fire.
So could there be a service that puts this stuff on your existing CD collection for you? Or for that matter just about anything? If this coating is as good as they make it sound, I want just about everything I own shellacked with it.
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can take more abuse than you would ever imagine when looking at them
But can they take that kind of abuse after I take my eyes off them?
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So I'm jump'n up and down screaming show me the money.
2 Year olds
When my son was 3 years old (1991), I saw a Fisher-Price CD player and thought "hey, these newfangled CDs are supposed to be indestructible, what a great idea for a Christmas present".
Christmas morning, first thing as we are oohing and aahing over the cd player, a glass of milk gets tipped into it. No problem, quickly cleaned it out and it still worked.
The kid grabs a cd and starts running across the room. He trips, falls, and breaks the cd in half.
If you want to find new failure modes, just give something to a toddler...
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You don't understand, they are actually making it easier for you. Really.
Just back up one song from the album, and a text file that says "more shit like this". Think of the space you save.
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