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    Nobuyuki wrote:

    IIRC, a cleaner’s what put scratches in them to begin.

    That’s why the good ones come with a polishing compound, and not just an abrasive wheel. Put smaller and smaller scratches into the material to smooth out the imperfections, in this case it would be the scratch. If it’s a deep scratch, obviously it’d be bad to remove so much material that you’re holding a dvd rougly the thickness of a sheet of card stock. But for small scratches, using a finer and finer polishing compound would possibly allow the laser to read it again. I’ve even seen toothpaste used as an abrasive to smooth out scratches in audio cds. It works.

    Besides, it’s not like you’d lose much since the disc can’t be read anyhow…

    I’ve personally used this to fill in and remove scratches from dvds, and it worked well enough for me to get the data off the pressed disc.

    camcabbit
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    Are they factory / pressed discs, or are they burnt ones? How bad are the scratches on the shiny side of the discs? If the discs have any scratches on the label sides, they’re pretty much trash. If it’s just on the shiny side that the laser would read, you might be able to get a disc cleaner tool, such as this one.

    The best way that I’ve found to clean a disc (cd/dvd/blu-ray) is to get a small spray bottle of rubbing alcohol, and give the shiny side a good spray. Then use a really soft cloth, preferably lint-free, to wipe from the center outward. No circular wiping, no off-center axis wiping.

    Also, consider making backups of your factory-made discs while keeping the originals in their cases, only playing the backed-up discs. If the backup discs get ruined, just make another copy. There are tools out there to remove the copy protection. I won’t say about them here, as I don’t know the site’s rules on DRM removal.

    camcabbit
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    1. Ryo-ohki when she’s in her adult form

    2. Glynda Goodwitch (RWBY)

    3. Lisbeth (Sword Art Online)

    4. Charlotte Dunois (Infinite Stratos)

    5. Janet Bhai aka Greenback Jane (Black Lagoon)

    camcabbit
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    I’ve only got a tiny amount of anime stuff compared to the rest of you.

    Tenchi Muyo OVA 1 & 2 (Geneon collection) – DVD

    Tenchi Muyo OVA 3 (Funimation – with Metal case) – DVD

    Tenchi Muyo GXP (Police Files dual-disc edition) – DVD

    RWBY Vol 1 & 2 – DVD & Blu-ray of each

    Gundam Wing (Chinese bootleg that I got at a thrift shop, only $2 a dvd)

    I’ve got a TON more (1+ TB) worth of “digital” anime.

    camcabbit
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    Yes! I couldn’t get enough of anything on TechTV. I watched the Screen Savers & Call for Help religiously. I still am in a way, as Leo Laporte ended up creating his own podcast network, TWiT. A lot of the old TechTV hosts and staff followed him over. Patrick Norton, who co-hosted TSS currently co-hosts TWICW (This Week in Computer Hardware), and is often on the This Week in Tech podcast. A few others, like Megan Morone, Sarah Lane, and a few others are on various shows too.

    I remember watching Dual, Crest of the Stars, Serial Experiments Lain, and a whole host of other shows. I still wish bad things upon whoever decided to turn TechTV into G4. sakuyafinger1 Back when it was all first airing in late 2002, I had just turned 22 and was recovering from a bowel resection surgery because of the Crohn’s Disease, so I had a ton of time on my hands, recovering from getting my intestines cut and spliced like you would a garden hose.

    As soon as I saw that the shows were geared more towards mature audiences, I realized these weren’t my normal saturday morning cartoons. I was hooked, and still am to this day. Hell, I’ve wrote or am still writing fanfics, albeit very slowly, about some of the shows, Tenchi included! You don’t do that normally unless you’re a very dedicated fan.

    Back in the day, I didn’t even know Dual was related to the Tenchi universe in general. Needless to say, I was surprised when I watched War on Geminar.

    camcabbit
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    chucklocker wrote:

    Have you ever read the Tenchi manga series?

    Oddly enough, I haven’t read much of either of the two manga series. I think I’ve probably read about half of the first chapters in each. I guess I’ve never been much of a manga fan, same with comics too.

    Currently I have the following Tenchi related items:

    OVA 1 & 2 on DVD full series (Geneon Signature series)

    OVA 3 on DVD full series (Funimation – The 3 DVD set that comes with the metal artbox)

    GXP full series (Funimation – Police Diary dual disc box)

    As far as non-Tenchi related items, I have:

    RWBY Vol 1 & 2 (both Blu-ray and DVD versions) I’m almost into this series as much as I am into Tenchi Muyo.

    Gundam Wing – Dvds 2 thru 5 (Hong Kong “Anime Mac” version that I got at my local thrift shop)

    I’m looking to eventually pick up the rest of the Tenchi series’, though I already have ‘downloaded’ versions of them all. For me, money is always tight, so it’s generally a “Do I buy a new dvd or pay this months bills?” situation. Oh well, that’s life.

    Edit: Doing some more digging, it looks like the Gundam Wing stuff is in fact a bootleg. According to this forum over on Megatokyo, the email address that’s written on the dvd basically signifies that it’s a bootleg. Weird thing is, it’s a pressed disc, and looks completely professional, outside of it only having japanese audio, and english, chinese, and japanese subtitles…

    camcabbit
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    Thanks. Still got my troubles, but they’re not as bad as they could be. I’ll definitely see if anyone I’m still in contact with wants to join up, though a lot of them have moved on with their lives, so I won’t make any promises.
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