We haven't had much difficulty with scratched DVDs, but we do repackage
into a clear plastic case with a better hub - and one can hope university
professors mostly know how to handle media...
Brigid Duffy
Audio Visual/ITV Center
San Francisco State University
San Francisco CA 94132-4200
E-mail: bduffy@sfsu.edu
>>Probably 10-20% of the DVDs I rent from Blockbuster either won't boot or
>have significant instances of "skipping".
>>Unbelievable that the industry allowed this to happen. Were they trying to
>beef up the market for replacement purchases.
>
>Yes they were. It's also no accident that you can't fast-forward past the
>promotional junk and coming "attractions" at the beginning of DVDs.
>
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>Mike Tribby
>Senior Cataloger
>Quality Books Inc.
>The Best of America's Independent Presses
>
>mailto:mike.tribby@quality-books.com