Posted by Allan on 12/09/05 02:38

On 8 Dec 2005 07:53:29 -0800, "Goro" <evilninjax@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Found myself researching HD and ended up reading wikipedia's BluRay
>entry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray_disc), whch was quite
>interesting and contained some items that i wasn't (quite) aware of.
>
>Granted (Allan), that since there's product there's certainly room for
>change from the "facts" of now, but this is all still quite interesting
>and food fro thought.
>
>==
>
>the introduction of a clear polymer that gives Blu-ray discs
>unprecedented scratch resistance. The coating, developed by TDK
>Corporation under the name "Durabis," allows BDs to be cleaned safely
>with only a tissue-a procedure that can damage CDs, DVDs, and
>(presumably) HD DVDs, which are manufactured by the same process as
>these older optical media. Bare BDs with the coating are reportedly
>able to withstand attack by a screwdriver
>
>- I don't believe the screwdriver part. And i'm still wary of the
>notion of "scratch resistant" as it's in Sony's interest for the discs
>to be somewhat delicate. Still, it's an interesting statement if true.


I remember claims back in the day that you could drill through a CD
and it would still play..... Didn't seem to work for me... :o)







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