Question about Blu-Ray discs.

[HailToApples]

Because I felt kind of bored, I put my Jungle Book Diamond Edition Blu-Ray disc in my DVD player. It looked quite fine when it came out, but there were a bunch of vertical scratches on the front of it. In that case, would it still work in a Blu-Ray player?

I'm asking this question because I don't have one to test it out. Me and my family get the Diamond Editions just in case we ever get a Blu-Ray player, which we might do sometime in the summer.

And for anyone asking, Jungle Book is one of my favorite movies. I hope that Blu-Ray disc is okay, though.

[dsheinem]

The problem is that you are trying to play a Baloo-Ray disc in a DVD player. Common mistake.

[isiolia]

Not sure why the disc would be scratched by putting it in a DVD player.

In general, Blu-ray discs have a scratch-resistant surface. I've barely ever seen them more than smudged, even used PS3 discs or stuff from Netflix.
That said, I'd assume that they wouldn't have rolled that into the standard if there weren't a good reason to. The data density is obviously much higher than a CD or DVD, and I've heard the data layer is closer to the surface to boot.

If it's the top of the disc that you mean, are you sure it's not an odd printing error or something (the top of that disc is just that generic solid blue color, at least on mine)? Otherwise, I'd throw some blank discs in that player to make sure it's not scratching stuff in general.

[HailToApples]

Not sure why the disc would be scratched by putting it in a DVD player.

In general, Blu-ray discs have a scratch-resistant surface. I've barely ever seen them more than smudged, even used PS3 discs or stuff from Netflix.
That said, I'd assume that they wouldn't have rolled that into the standard if there weren't a good reason to. The data density is obviously much higher than a CD or DVD, and I've heard the data layer is closer to the surface to boot.

If it's the top of the disc that you mean, are you sure it's not an odd printing error or something (the top of that disc is just that generic solid blue color, at least on mine)? Otherwise, I'd throw some blank discs in that player to make sure it's not scratching stuff in general.

The scratches are only visible in light. Other than that, it looks perfect.

The problem is that you are trying to play a Baloo-Ray disc in a DVD player. Common mistake.

oh lord that pun

[GSZX1337]

Going by what you said:

It looked quite fine when it came out, but there were a bunch of vertical scratches on the front of it.

The scratches are only visible in light. Other than that, it looks perfect.

it sounds more like the disc has scratches from rubbing on a surface. Has it been set down on a table or something?

[Pulsar_t]

Anyone else find it amusing that BD didn't take off for ordinary users? Most laptops still ship with DVD burners, and people who want to store tons of files usually opt for external HDDs.

[isiolia]

Anyone else find it amusing that BD didn't take off for ordinary users? Most laptops still ship with DVD burners, and people who want to store tons of files usually opt for external HDDs.

For most uses, no, not really. Though, granted, it's a matter of hindsight at this point.

The additional capacity simply isn't necessary for distributing most software. Had games not shifted to downloads on the PC side, we might be seeing Blu-ray gain traction there give that all the current home consoles basically are using it now. Instead, we're seeing more PCs not have optical drives at all.

As a backup/file transport solution, I think BD-Rs just don't fit for most people. Burning a disc isn't as seamless or convenient as dropping files onto a flash drive or external HDD, much less simply using cloud synced data in the first place.
Even for those with a lot of data, the cost/GB savings (if any) probably get negated by convenience (at least). It's a lot easier to back up/restore from a single 3TB HDD than from 50 dual layer BD-Rs, and right now, the HDD probably cost less to boot (at least compared to name brand media).

[aaron]

The problem is that you are trying to play a Baloo-Ray disc in a DVD player. Common mistake.

[HailToApples]

In case anyone's wondering what I meant by "vertical scratches", I uploaded a photo. Look near the light.

Under normal light, the disc looks perfectly fine. Heck, it's possible they were there all along.

[Nemoide]

Scratches on the front, as in label-side? That's probably nothing to worry about. [EDIT: Looking at the picture, you should be fine.]

On the shiny-side though, I know that Blu-Ray scratches tend to cause more harm than a similarly-scratched DVD. That's why the discs have a scratch-resistant coating. But really, there's no way to tell for certain without putting it in a Blu-Ray player and watching it!
I mean, worst case scenario you might have to wait a couple years for Disney to pull it out of the "Disney Vault" for a Blu-Ray re-release and just watch the DVD until then? Really, not such a big deal?

Also, I'd be surprised if the DVD player caused the damage. It looks like that's just how the label was printed?