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Sunday, August 29, 2004

D_Skin
I'm not into DVDs much yet, but I have a ton of CDs, mainly data, but also program and music discs that are always at risk. CD-Rs are actually most vulnerable on the top surface, since it is really a foil - receptor that is micro thin, not like the commercial discs that have vinyl on both surfaces. For this reason, I always try to put a paper label on the top to label and protect.

But . ..how about the bottom surface? That is where scratches can ruin a CD or distort or put skips in a music CD, ruining it. Enter a new product, still a little pricey (a buck apiece?), called D_skins, are an innovative way to protect DVDs, CDs from wear and tear, and are easy to use. It is a plastic skin that pops on the disc, grabbing the lip and hanging on for its life. Just leave it on! It is optically invisible, so the digital data makes it through 100%. Protects from scratches, but if you get skritched, pop off the old and pop on a new skin and save the CD.

D_Skin reviewed

Note: I actually have not used these, as I'm too cheap, and am waiting till they can be bought in a cheap bulk bundle at a computer show.

Tossed in by: R.G.B.
. . . Sunday, August 29, 2004

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