Protect Your DVD's

kberg

Maybe I've been missing this all along, but for those who didn't already know about it, these d_skin DVD protectors look like they'd work pretty well. Not cheap, but neither are the DVD's you're trying to protect.

Demiurge

That's a pretty slick idea, but I wonder if it takes away from anything on the DVDs or moreso the performance of your DVD players and CD players.

Have you used them?

kberg

Originally posted by Demiurge
That's a pretty slick idea, but I wonder if it takes away from anything on the DVDs or moreso the performance of your DVD players and CD players.

I don't believe so, at least they weren't designed to. I'll be picking up a 5-pack tomorrow and will report back on their "performance".

kberg

Just picked up a 5-pack of d-skins and placed one on Below and played it - no A/V problems whatsoever.

landry_p2000

How much was a five pack?

Jstas

Yeah but at this point, dual-format DVD burners and media are cheap enough that you can copy the DVD's and play the copies instead of killing your expensive originals.

Airplay355

20 for $19.99 and 5 for $5.99....doesnt seem that expensive to me, a dollar a piece if you buy 20. a dollar doesnt seem so bad to protect your $20 DVD, **** for every DVD you ruin you could have bought 20 disc skins. instead of having to go out and buy the movie again.

kberg

Yeah, that's how I see it - a buck extra per DVD, and your good. Plus, if your $ conscious, you don't have to skin ALL of your DVD's - just selected ones for which you may want EXTRA protection - you know, like those LOTR EE discs, for example.

One thing that is mentioned by the manufacturer...the skins should not be used for discs in mega changers.

landry_p2000

Originally posted by Airplay355
20 for $19.99 and 5 for $5.99....doesnt seem that expensive to me, a dollar a piece if you buy 20. a dollar doesnt seem so bad to protect your $20 DVD, **** for every DVD you ruin you could have bought 20 disc skins. instead of having to go out and buy the movie again.

That's true. I might look into that. Right now I am at 470+ dvds and counting. That would be something that I could get 20 here and 20 there until I cover them all. Where can I get these at?

kberg

You can get them at Best Buy - the one near me only had the 5-packs, but you can order the 20-pack from BB online if needed. Last I looked, both the 5- and 20-packs were on backorder.

audiobliss

hey, how do I navigate through their website to find those? I clicked on the link and it won't work.

kberg

Originally posted by audiobliss
hey, how do I navigate through their website to find those? I clicked on the link and it won't work.

Use the site's search engine and search the entire site for "d-skin".

audiobliss

awesome, thanks! I don't know why I didn't think of that....lol

I see they now have a 55 pack that's 'available for pickup at most stores' for $45