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What causes cracked DVDs?

rayden54
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I've run into two DVDs from my local rental store in the last week both with tiny little cracks in them. One started in the center and the other from the outer edge-both ran in that direction (edge to center). None of them more than a mm or so long.

 

I've gotten similar cracks by accidently dropping a disc right on its edge, but I don't have any idea what would crack one from the middle out.

 

Neither disc would play all the way through either, but that was probably a coincidence (both are also heavily scratched up and failed in the wrong spot for it to be from the cracks). One of them also had a big circle carved into it (worker said it was something to do with an Xbox?) on one side-and it was a flipper too. I haven't really seen that before. I'm wondering there's a connection (someone with defective hardware maybe)?

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People not handling them properly, usage or just bad discs

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DVD rental stores are still in business? :P

In the middle of nowhere sure. I get 1.8 Mbps internet. DVDs look better than my Netflix.

 

 

Usually people not properly putting it into the cases that have the center lock/holder or prying it out with way too much force. I usually keep discs if I have any in sleeves instead.

 

Define "center lock/holder." If you mean the sort that's on normal commercial discs, then these don't have them. The center is pretty smooth (which means the discs are prone to falling off and rattling around in the cases). They do use some sort of magnetic lock thing to prevent you from removing them before you've paid for them.

 

What Rev and W-L said! People just not handling them with care

 

I kinda meant specifically. I'm rough on discs. I still can't crack the darn things.

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sometimes the dvd drive can spin too fast and since a dvd i believe is thinner, it would cause it to crack.

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