Digital Innovations 10185 Skip Dr. Motorized AutoMax Scratch Repair System
by Digital Innovations
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Customer Review: Did Not Work For Me
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought this specifically for one TV show disc I had that skipped in parts. I used the product on it and it skipped just as much as it had before. I believe this is because the skipping was caused by some gunk that was on the disc and not a scratch and the box says this product is just for scratches not cleaning. However, this was not readily apparent to me from reading the Amazon page so it gets a star. Customer Review: Does what it's supposed to do.
Summary: 5 Stars
Ordered Wednesday. Used Saturday. Review Saturday. This thing works. My sons xbox 360 got knocked down while playing a game. It put a nice deep ring around the middle of the disk. I ran through the Skip Dr. 4 times to get the scratch out. Game now works as good as before. Son happy again. Money well spent.Customer Review: Buyer Beware
Summary: 1 Stars
This device totally destroyed my DVD that I tried it on. I followed the instructions to a "t". Buyer Beware. Customer Review: Works on Xbox 360 circle scratches!
Summary: 5 Stars
My Xbox 360 fell off the table with the disc spinning and it made an awful grinding noise. The disc had a bad circle scratch in it and my Xbox wouldn't read the disc anymore. I was a bit hesitant on spending money on this because I thought it may not work. After three passes, my Xbox was able to read the disc again!
It's certainly worth the money to buy one of these and have it on hand for whenever a CD, DVD, or Xbox game gets a bad scratch. It beats having to buy the game again, which I've done quite a few times.
Customer Review: Works ok, but definitely not worth it.
Summary: 2 Stars
About 20 years ago my brother got me the original hand cranked CD Doctor. It worked fairly well, but this new motorized Skip Dr is borderline useless.
It will have no problem taking out minor scratches on CDs. But these are scratches that aren't thick enough or deep enough to cause the disk to skip or misread. Why bother "repairing" a disk if it works?
Ive run 5 disks through this thing with what I would consider moderate scratches. Not hairline, but not extremely deep either. Each disk has been run through at least six times. I have yet to see any of them work any better.
Here is my recommendations for your scratched disks:
1. Try to make a copy of it first. If the copy works then stick with the copy. Don't bother trying to "repair" the disk if the backup works.
2. If you can't get a working copy then its time to repair the disk. Ive used a set of automotive plastic polish (for headlights, tail lights, etc). It comes in a heavy and fine formula. Start with the fine formula, if the scratches don't come out, then switch to the heavy and then finish off with the fine.
3. If the polish doesn't work then I try some 2000 to 3000 grit sandpaper. THIS IS ONLY A LAST RESORT! Try to get as much data from the disk as possible before doing this. I start with the 3000 grit sandpaper and try removing the scratches. If that doesnt work then I go to some 2500. If that doesn't work then 2000 grit. Then go over again with the 2500, and then the 3000 grit. Then use the plastic polish mentioned above.
After all this I run the disk through the Skip Dr to take out the tiny hairline or "spiderweb" scratches. Works well for me.
Or you could just send your disks out to have them professionally restored!