It happened the other night — I reached for a beloved DVD and was happily watching while snuggling with a blanket when it hit a bit of a blip. I tried just about everything from fast-forwarding to ...

August 15, 2016 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google If you have a CD or DVD that won’t play because it’s covered in dust and scratches, a little forehead grease ...

Clean the disc: cotton, alcohol, and… toothpaste? Start by cleaning the disc with a soft cotton cloth dampened in alcohol or a window-cleaning solution. Be sure to wipe the disc gently from the center ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Upgrade Your Life's Becky Worley shows which common household items can really fix a scratched disk.

If you've ever owned a CD or DVD, you've certainly had to deal with scratched up, unreadable media. Hardware Secrets has a simple solution: a scratched CD can be recovered by polishing its plastic ...

Scratches on discs can feel like the end of a video game or movie. With the wear and tear of time, physical means of owning media feel as if they are going to disappear with time as technology breaks ...

GET out the ice cubes, car wax, shaving cream, rice and vodka. It’s time to clean the house using these genuine hacks. 1. Got a scratched DVD? Rub a banana peel (flesh side down) over the DVD — it’ll ...

Peripheral's specialist Pinpoint Consumer Electronics has launched two new advanced disc repair systems that promise to repair scratched discs in under a minute, setting the new world standard in ...

I've been wondering for some time about the effect of scratches and fingerprints on my game discs, and I've just bought a large HDD so want to rip my older games (e.g. Daggerfall, Strife, Jedi Knight) ...

1. Got a scratched DVD? Rub a banana peel (flesh side down) over the DVD — it’ll fill the scratches. No bananas? You can also use a small amount of furniture polish or metal polish. 2. Get rid of ...