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Hi Ed,
        I've tried using CD repair kits on CD's and Laserdiscs with 
good results but haven't had to use one on a DVD. I've used two 
brands but can't remember if one was any better than the other. They 
are "CD Fix-it" and "Wipe out". We don't check out CD's or tapes to 
students. I suspect we would have a lot of the same problems if we 
did. We are looking into server options for CD/DVDs as well. MVK

Michael V. Kramizeh
Language Laboratory Manager
Language Learning Center
Michigan State University
Rm. 131 Old Horticulture Bldg.
East Lansing, MI 48824
517-355-7587 Phone
517-432-5246 Fax
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>>Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 10:46:05 -0500 (EST)
>>From: Ed Dente <[log in to unmask]>
>>Subject: Managgia!
>>To: LLTI <[log in to unmask]>
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>Hi All,
>Have any of you noticed this problem developing?
>DVDs, when used by the general student population, get scratched and
>beaten up in ways that low-tech VHS tapes never did. Therefore, they
>eventually (and that's not too long an eventuation, I'm afraid) become
>virtually (pun) unusable. Some of ours haven't even lasted the semester.
>How standard is error correction in players cross the board? It seems to
>vary a great deal among all our computer and DVD players.
>At this rate I'm anticipating having to replace our more popular DVDs all
>the time. Unfortunately, networking them from a central player/server
>isn't feasible: not only technically/budgetarily, but also teachers are
>allowed to take them home, students can check them out -- same as VHS tapes.
>Do we just have particularly rough students (or overly sensitive DVD
>players) here?
>Wish we had a video server to put them all on, but until we
>do...
>Oh - I never tried those CD repair paste/kits. Are they helpful w/ DVDs?
>Ed
>
>"If you want to call me that, smile."
>         -Gary Cooper, <<The Virginian>>
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>Edmund N. Dente
>Director, Language Media Center    Ph: 617-627-3036
>Tufts University                   [log in to unmask]
>Medford, MA 02155