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Welcome to the forum! We are glad to have you!

I haven't used the products you mentioned as we have our DVD drives disabled. I would be curious to find out how they work, especially in newer, high speed drives. I would have some initial concerns, but will wait until we find out more from someone who has experience with them.

Again, welcome to the group. I hope you find it beneficial!

Wendell

Or worse, adhesive in a patron's home machine could lead to some ugly situations.

It would be great to hear from some who are actually using these things as we are gearing up our DVD collection this year (hopefully).

Thanks everyone for responding to my question. After getting no responses from those who have tried these products, I went ahead and purchased one pack to test myself.

I purchased a product called Disc Guard through Demco for 12.93 after my discount and shipping.

The first thing you should know is that there is no adhesive involved. Instead, the Disc Guard appears to be a piece of clear polycarbonate that adheres to the CD/DVD by its natural affinity to cling.

An applicator base was included for accurately applying each film shield to discs, which is definitely needed. And with this base it was easy to apply the film accurately.

I followed their directions and cleaned the media first, then applied the Disc Guards.

I've only had time to do a simple test on the CD's and they all play just fine.

I'll try them in different machines and expose some to the elements this weekend.

What I'm not sure of is weather the total cost each, $1.29 after shipping and my discount, is worth the added cost. Especially if the guards are too sensitive to scratching and need replacing too often. We already know how much scratching the regular surface of CD's can take, which is more than DVD's. This too will have to be determined.