What Causes Unattended DVDs to Crack?
12-12-09, 11:57 PM
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What Causes Unattended DVDs to Crack?
I've had season 3 of Friends for 3 years now, and have only taken the discs out of their box to watch once or twice, max, and I always use care when removing the discs from the spindle. Today I went to take out disc 2 to watch the Christmas episode on it, only to find that there was a crack at the center, moving upward, but it had not yet reached the data portion yet (the crack was stopped *just* before that. I have not lent this DVD out to anyone, nor have I let anyone in my house take it to watch. This is the first time anything like this has happened to me, so does anyone know how this disc could have gotten cracked?
12-13-09, 11:09 AM
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Re: What Causes Unattended DVDs to Crack?
It was probably cracked to begin with, just not visible, and needed that one last bit of vibration to fully form.
12-13-09, 01:36 PM
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Re: What Causes Unattended DVDs to Crack?
I just pulled out my copy of the Hellboy dvd to put it in a case with the copy of Hellboy II I got from Walmart on Black Friday, and noticed that disc 1 of Hellboy had a small crack coming outward from the center hub. I dont remember it ebing there before, but I did lend out the movie to my cousin. I usually check the discs when I get them back though.
12-13-09, 06:20 PM
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Re: What Causes Unattended DVDs to Crack?
Some cases hold discs in deathgrips and either put too much stress on the disc during removal/replacing, and either cause cracks to form, or make pre-existing cracks larger.
I will occasionally buy a new DVD that has a thin crack in it; those get exchanged immediately.
I will occasionally buy a new DVD that has a thin crack in it; those get exchanged immediately.
12-13-09, 07:17 PM
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Re: What Causes Unattended DVDs to Crack?
Thanks for all your responses! I'm definitely replacing my season 3 set. Although it still plays fine, it's only a matter of time before the crack gets bigger and stretches to the data portion of the disc.
12-13-09, 10:26 PM
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Re: What Causes Unattended DVDs to Crack?
The only cases that have given me trouble with cracking the centre hub are the Amaray brand cases (they have the "yin-yang" shaped button) with the 2disc flap.
The hub on the flap portion of the case is really tight and has caused minor cracking in the disc hub on a couple of my titles.
The hub on the flap portion of the case is really tight and has caused minor cracking in the disc hub on a couple of my titles.
