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Coating Promises Scratch-Proof CDs, DVDs, LCDs

Posted by timothy on from the data-retention dept.

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."

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  1. Coasters? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    But where am I going to get my coasters from then?

    1. Re:Coasters? by the_other_one · · Score: 5, Funny

      AOL

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  2. Uh-oh.. by Mechcommander · · Score: 5, Funny

    Indestructable AOL disks.. *Shivers*

    1. Re:Uh-oh.. by Carnildo · · Score: 4, Funny

      Indestructable AOL disks.. *Shivers*

      I've heard people have good results with the application of Tesla coils to the problem.

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    2. Re:Uh-oh.. by pHatidic · · Score: 4, Funny

      Mount Doom.

    3. Re:Uh-oh.. by LordLucless · · Score: 5, Funny

      Let me know how that turns out. Me, I'm rather suspicious of a roofing tile that comes with a hole in the middle.

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  3. Re:Hmm.... by danlor · · Score: 5, Funny

    You try spinning your building at 8000 RPM for the "spin application" process.

  4. Dude, I want that coating by geordieboy · · Score: 5, Funny

    I would chew my own nuts off to get my hands on a Powerbook dipped in this shit

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    1. Re:Dude, I want that coating by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      I think that says something about the Mac userbase...

    2. Re:Dude, I want that coating by ColaMan · · Score: 4, Funny

      Unix? Probably not even circumcised. Savages.

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  5. Re:I guess the real question is by NotQuiteReal · · Score: 4, Funny
    Fun to watch, but the smell - yuck.

    I don't know which is worse - AOL raw or cooked!

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  6. Re:*Yawn*... by geordieboy · · Score: 5, Funny

    You have very stringent anti-scratch requirements. I salute you.

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  7. Re:I guess the real question is by nomadic · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't know which is worse - AOL raw or cooked!

    The worst is installed.

  8. Re:Finally... by UWC · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can take my CDs to the beach!

    I can hear your CD player's various moving parts whimpering in fear.

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  9. Childproof? by sugarbabe · · Score: 4, Funny

    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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  10. Oh yeah? by HarveyBirdman · · Score: 4, Funny
    Can it stand up to the Samsonite gorilla???

    Withstand that, and then you may color me impressed.

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  11. Re:Hmm.... by shigelojoe · · Score: 5, Funny

    You try spinning your building at 8000 RPM for the "spin application" process.

    There's a "screwing in a lightbulb" joke in there somewhere...

  12. Re:You are not 1337 enough by Owndapan · · Score: 5, Funny
    Slight correction: Give your most valuable data CD / favourite music CD / utterly irreplaceable CD and equipment to said 2-year old, and they will find a way to wreak said death and/or destruction upon the CD.

    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 ;)

  13. Re:For cars too? by jxs2151 · · Score: 4, Funny
    ...Sony-Ericsson released a similar plastic coating for the screen of their new phones...

    So does that mean that I can take that plastic cover off now?

  14. Re:For cars too? by CajunArson · · Score: 4, Funny

    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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  15. slick bricks.... by ecalkin · · Score: 5, Funny

    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

  16. Re:Hmm.... by MyLongNickName · · Score: 5, Funny

    What a stupid insight. I doubt I would fit in a lightbulb... much less my wife AND me.

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  17. Re:For cars too? by System.out.println() · · Score: 4, Funny

    Accidental microwavings
    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 :P )

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  18. Re:For cars too? by stinkfoot · · Score: 5, Funny

    > From what I've seen, they're already do as much as they possibly can.

    ...like filling most of them with material that isn't worth backing up...

  19. Re:For cars too? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    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.

  20. Re:For cars too? by HyperCash · · Score: 4, Funny

    "My friends call me white trash because of it."

    Are you sure it doesn't have anything to do with the mulletsgalore.com website?

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  21. True story by pedestrian+crossing · · Score: 4, Funny

    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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