--- Forwarded Message from Ed Dente <[log in to unmask]> --- >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]> 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>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Edmund N. Dente Director, Language Media Center Ph: 617-627-3036 Tufts University [log in to unmask] Medford, MA 02155