Posted by Steve in Herts on 02/18/07 10:24

On 17 Feb 2007 17:11:26 -0800, "anthony"
<anthonyjhcnospam@netscape.net> wrote:

>A friend just loaned me a copy of the Guerilla two-disc edition of
>Istvan Szabo's 'Taking Sides' -- the dramatised doco about conductor
>Wilhelm Furtwangler on trial after the 2nd World War for alleged Nazi
>sympathies.
>This was sent to her here in Australia by a friend in the UK who
>purchased it as a present; supposedly brand-new from a Virgin retail
>outlet. My friend had not played it; mine was supposedly the first-
>ever play of the disc.
>I found the first disc covered with surface abrasions, and with even a
>circular scratch going right around the disc. The second disc was even
>more abraded, but without the ruinous circular scratch.
>The first disc halted mid-play, but I was able to copy the major VOBs
>from it and watch it that way....
>I'm curious -- is this a problem with Virgin stores? Do they store
>blank DVDs with sheets of sandpaper in-between them?

The scratches can be polished out using mild cutting polish. I have
done this successfully withm many DVDs.

Steve

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