Is it possible to have DVD-R discs buffed?
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Is it possible to have DVD-R discs buffed?
I have a set of DVD-R's of an old television show. One of the discs has become scratched and will not play. A store nearby has a commercial disc polisher that I have used before for regular DVDs and CDs. Would buffing on this machine be able to fix a DVD-R, or would it destroy it completely? The disc is virtuallty irreplaceable so anything I can do to save it...
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If push comes to shove use IsoBuster it's great for getting data from busted dvds and cds! I had the same problem with a converted home video a while back.. managed to save and re burn it.
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What I'm really asking is this: Is the information on a DVD-R recorded on the top of the disc the way a regular DVD is? If this is the case, then I should be able to have it buffed without any problems. I'm just not very educated on how the technology works.
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Originally Posted by gfoots
What I'm really asking is this: Is the information on a DVD-R recorded on the top of the disc the way a regular DVD is? If this is the case, then I should be able to have it buffed without any problems. I'm just not very educated on how the technology works.
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you are talking about bootleg DVD's...you new to the planet?
Discussing bootlegs and/or the copying of commercial DVDs is prohibited. Discussing how to repair a damaged disc, DVD-R or otherwise, is not. You don't know if gfoots' discs are boots or not; he may have recorded a television show off-air for his own use, which is something all of us have done and is perfectly legal.
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Originally Posted by scott1598
you are talking about bootleg DVD's...you new to the planet?
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Originally Posted by scott1598
you are talking about bootleg DVD's...you new to the planet?
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There are places to have DVD's resurfaced. Try calling around to the used Game shops or used CD shops. I've had several DVDs resurfaced and they look new after they are done.
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There are places to have DVD's resurfaced. Try calling around to the used Game shops or used CD shops. I've had several DVDs resurfaced and they look new after they are done.
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Buffing should be fine. Some of you make it sound like a burner is a laser printer or something. A blank has the same plastic outside with a alterable dye/metal layer that is the actual storage area. As long as you don't buff it 500 times and wear all the way through the plastic, it should be fine and could possibly help your DVDp read it again.
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After running ISO buster for 9 hours and only getting 5% through the process, I took the disc to a local cd shop and had it buffed. It cost $5 (which was about 3 times higher than the last time I went there) and after two trips through the buffer, it plays as good as new. Just thought someone might want an update.
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Originally Posted by gfoots
After running ISO buster for 9 hours and only getting 5% through the process, I took the disc to a local cd shop and had it buffed. It cost $5 (which was about 3 times higher than the last time I went there) and after two trips through the buffer, it plays as good as new. Just thought someone might want an update.
Damn, $5 is high. I bitch because it is $2 here. I always stike a deal that I will buy something if they do it for a $1. Ours is at a used/traded media seller.