Allsop 23321 Ultra Pro Carbon-Edge DVD and CD-Drive Cleaner
by Allsop
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Customer Review: Worked perfectly in my Macbook Pro
Summary: 5 Stars
A few months after I bought it, my Macbook Pro started getting touchy about burning CD/DVDs. Then, months later it stopped reading program DVDs. Movies and audio CDs stopped working soon after. I barely used the drive, though, so I didn't much care.
At least, I didn't care until now, when I'd like to upgrade iLife and OS X... So, I did some research and discovered that the progressive loss of ability I had probably meant that the lens was dirty, and a cleaning disc would be the answer.
I looked at all the options available, and the Allsop Carbon-Edge is one of the few that doesn't say "not for slot loading drives." As long as the disc wasn't going to get stuck in there and rattle around forever, I figured I didn't have much to lose.
You go through a grounding ritual with touching little pads before you insert the cleaning disc. (Probably silly, but did it anyway.) It spun up, with only slightly more vibration than a normal CD. And a few moments later iTunes started ripping the tracks. :) Oops. Hadn't used it in so long I forgot!
Stopped the ripping, played the intro and the cleaning track until it said to stop. Skipped the rest of the audio tracks. Works great now!
Customer Review: Fixed the skipping on my DVD Player
Summary: 5 Stars
I have a Sony DVD player that is probably 8-10 years old. I have noticed that even on new DVD's, it was beginning to skip. I had heard of VCR head cleaners but never knew that there was such a device for for DVD and CD players. When I was playing my new Season 5 "The Office" DVD and the first one was skipping, I was frustrated. I took a look at the DVD and made sure there were no overt scratches or dirt on it. There were not. The problem kept happening.
I decided to go online and Google the issue and hit an audio forum where they mentioned DVD and CD drive cleaners. After that, I was off to Amazon to do my research and buy the one that had good reviews.
Well, this thing WORKS and it fixed my problem to a tee. I am going to use it on other devices like my MacBookPro and in my car. The cleaner has a cool set of audio tests that allow you to ensure your audio system is set up and balanced correctly. Although I did not really need this, I could see how this functionality alone would make the Allsop Drive Cleaner worth the money. The audio tests were very thorough.
5 stars all the way.
Customer Review: Probably worked, it has a bunch of little tufts on the laser side.
Summary: 3 Stars
The only lens cleaning disk I have ever wanted to strangle. The Borg would immediately space her. Cleaning track is track 2, you can skip the rest if you like, it's just a lot of "The Voice" and some audio test tones. Track 2 is listed as 35min, 34sec long, but the "The Voice" comes back at second 29 and instructs us to "Advance to track 3... Now", (Don't do it! You will be severely smarmed.).
The cleaning tufts are distributed in a spiral pattern and altogether cover about a quarter inch annular swath. For good measure I scanned in and out across the 35 minutes of track 2 with the time slider in my player,(Winamp).
The files on the disk are all .cda, CD audio files, if your player doesn't read CD audio, you won't hear anything, of course, and it might or might not scan across the brushes while it's looking for something playable and might or might not sweep off the lens, but at least you will be spared "The Voice".
The small print on the disk itself says put it in the case brush side up (to keep the bushes from getting squashed). (Just in case you skip reading the platter.)
Customer Review: fine for sound
Summary: 4 Stars
Before I ordered this DVD cleaner, I read the critiques and one or two mention stop and starts with breaking up. I then ordered the cleaner figuring dust particles must be inside that I cannot clean.
The product arrived promptly. After reading directions, while visually and verbally seeing/hearing display commands on tv screen, I noticed emphasis was on the sound be dispersed equally thru speakers of tv and cd players of autos etc.
When dvd cleaner finished, hoping for the best I then played one of my dvd's for improved visual reception. No...the same. The videos are the Little House on the Prairie series I recently purchased. Ironically, I tried using an older dvd from rental company and the movie played perfectly.
If you are buying this item for helping visual problems, don't buy this.
Customer Review: Great product. I found the cause of my CD's skipping
Summary: 5 Stars
This cleaner is well designed and is easy to use. There is an impressive test verification procedure on the product that works well. I was having a problem with CD's skipping and after using this cleaner the problem continued, however I did find the real cause and easily corrected it. I had taken the PC burned music Cd's out of my 2001 Camry changer when I recently traded it for a newer Lexus ES series and although they played perfectly in the Camry they skipped and cut out in the Lexus. I ran the cleaner with no improvement, but after researching further I learned that CD's created at a fast burn rate can cause this problem. I burned new ones at 4X and problem solved. I am very pleased with the Alsop cleaning disc and will use it to clean our computer drives and DVD players as they need attention also.