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"Jordan" wrote in message
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On Dec 28, 1:48 pm, "Shonk" wrote:

why are people so negative about blu-ray

Because Sony shouldn't be allowed to control the entire distribution
chain from the time a movie is made through it being sold to the
consumer.

Utter hogwash. Sony is the only studio producing movies? Even if they
were, what possible difference could it make? Would you be so concerned if
Warner had a storage media as well?


If your HD-DVDs are getting scratched then one of 2 things is
happening:

1) You're an ape and shouldn't be allowed to own optical media OR...

2) You're making a common mistake, placing a disc in the case and
spinning it on the spindle so the label is right side up. When you do
this any dust or debris trapped between the disc and the case
scratches it. It happens with any disc you'd do this with.

I have around 500 DVDs and a couple hundred disc based games and have
never had a problem. If all your discs are getting scratched except
the ones with an anti-scratch coating then you need to look at how
you're handling the discs.

Bully for you that you don't have problems with scratches. Others of us
actually have kids and accidents happen (I've had multiple DVDs ruined by
scratches). I've tought my kids how they are SUPPOSED to handle DVDs, that
doesn't mean they always do it, or that they don't leave them out of the
case, or they don't get put face down on the counter, etc. Heck my wife
still does this after yelling at her dozens of times so I can't expect much
more from my kids. I'm not always standing over their shoulder when they
handle them, so it's definitely a BENEFIT to have a more scratch resistant
media (just because YOU don't need that benefit, doesn't mean it's not a
benefit).