Boiling Scratched DVDs

[Trekker4747]

Yeah, you'll want to boil them for about ten minutes, then I like to serve 'em over a bed of penne and put a nice white wine sauce overtop. Quite good.

Man you're a rube.

Everyone knows you have RED wine with CDs!

 

[Geckothan]

Ain't it funny how new technology isn't always best? I remember those days as well. I like that DVDs and CDs hold more data and take up less space; however, I've read that minor scratches in the top coating will cause the metallic portion to oxidize and destroy the disc.

The data layer on DVDs is protected on both sides by pretty thick plastic, you'd need a pretty deep scratch on the label side of a DVD to damage it. On CDs however, there's practically nothing between the label and the data layer and all it takes is a light scratch to ruin it. It makes me frustrated seeing careless people leave their CDs out of cases and put them LABEL SIDE DOWN because they don't want to scratch them...