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Posted by Bertha on 01/07/07 16:48
On Sat, 06 Jan 2007 22:01:56 -0500, Spehro Pefhany
<speffSNIP@interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> defied the laws of time and space to say:
> The disks are made of polycarbonate and are unlikely to break. The
> jewel cases are made of "crystal" polystyrene and are very easy to
> break. Izod impact strength of PC is about 4:1 better then GPPS,
> technically speaking. I get expensive DVDs mailed in simple cardboard
> mailers (no case, just a paper sleeve) often, and none has arrived
> broken. Stacking two or more disks without jewel cases increases the
> odds even further.
True--Netflix just sends disks in a paper sleeve and so far none has ever
arrived damaged. At a guess I'd think they're safer that way than they
would be in a jewel case, as there's nothing else in the sleeve to scratch
them.
-Bertha
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