What's the best thing to do? I have read different things like:

-use brasso

-use toothpaste

-use dish soap


Any suggestions?

Hi mommy,

First off, clean it...won't help the scratches, but it may be all you have to do.
Microfiber cloth (no scratches), isopropyl alcohol...windex...nothing that will degrade plastics...no solvents like acetone.
Wipe like spokes on a wheel, not in a circular fashion.

If you still have trouble, say with scratches, I like Brasso myself. Don't glob it on.
The whole idea is that it's a mild abrasive (same idea with toothpaste, etc.,) and will work like a jeweler's rouge.

Hope this helps and good luck...

If it is only lightly scratched, the first thing I try is the Pledge method. Spray on a little Pledge wax and buff gently in to out (not round and round the disk). It works sometimes, but less than 50% of the time.

After that try a mild abrasive and try to polish it out....I use an extremely fine abrasive in a wax base meant for auto clear coats. I've also heard of people using Brasso.

Is it skipping while playing, or are you trying to make a backup?

Yeah, Kerry makes some good points. I haven't tried the pledge method, but heard it works pretty well...same with a good quality auto wax.
Like I said, the whole idea is to mimic a jeweler's rouge to "dampen" or reduce the scratch so that the laser can focus accurately

What brand/model of drives have you tried? Some drives read better than others.

5:0:0 - HL-DT-ST DVDRRW GSA-H20L S853 [E] (Ide)

LG's are not known for reading but are great burners. I have 2 LG's. H42N PATA and a H62L SATA.

Is that what I have?.......an LG

yes GSA-H20L

Well, I thank you all for your help.
Update:
-Pledge didn't work
-Toothpaste didn't work
- Dish soap didn't work

Error at 38%

Tried just main movie and actually got up to 70% then ERROR!
I think I will just give up on this movie "Black Xmas"

Again, Thank you all

Black Xmas huh?...IMO not worth the toothpaste or soap anyway...

I haven't even watched it yet, that bad eh?

BTW I'm a newbie at internet chat terms.....IMO=?

Thanks

In My (Humble) Opinion = IMO or IMHO

Thanks

...afraid so. As far as watchable flicks go there's really good ones and not so good ones, but as long as they're entertaining, I'm ok with 'em.

My son (21) and I watched this one...just the "boys" lookin' to be entertained and trust me, it usually doesn't take much......even he was holding his nose...
Save yourself from this one...

just wipe it off on your shirt lol i always do that an they burn great

You work at movie gallery right?
I hope you don't wear that shirt home man.
You're a braver man than I am...

you can get CD/dvd cleaning kits cheap on ebay.
just pop the disc in the gadget, spray it with supplied stuff, close the lid & turn the handle a few times. seems to work well - I use one for renovating used comuter game discs.

You can buy CD/DVD repair fluid here in the UK and I presume something similar is available in Canada.

It fills the scratches with a polymer solution which when it dries has the same optical properties as the original plastic of the disc.

It's very effective and less destructive than other methods although I see you've already tried most of those.


Wombler

lol what makes ya think i work at MG? why ya hope i dont wear that shirt home lol

Or just go to Best Buy or Walmart and buy a DVD cleaning kit for $20 which removes scratches

i have used duraglit or brasso wadding for years,its better than liquid brasso.once cleaned then try again and if it doesnt play clean once more but polish well.good luck

I have deleted about 5 posts in this thread. Please keep all posts on topic or they will be deleted. The topic is Cleaning a slightly scratched DVD.

like that wasnt off topic?