Skip Doctor, rip-off or worth it?

Do these things really work, or are they just a scam?
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Grand Inquisitor
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Grand Inquisitor

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> Do these things really work, or are they just a scam?

Assuming you mean the crank device that polishes disks (sold under DVD
Doctor, CD Doctor, Game Doctor, etc.), they work fine on shallow scratches.
I use one on CDs periodically. They leave the disk surface looking rather
cloudy, but it's apparently transparent at the 90 deg angle the laser
requires.

Geo
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of Shasta, and my all-Rush mix tape. Let's rock!" -- Philip J. Fry

George Mealer

I have the Skip Doctor and have used it twice, each time on an DVD that stalled
in a particular spot and would not play. It fixed the problem in each case.


George Mealer wrote:

> Grand Inquisitor <> wrote in
> news:QgZWb.273$:
>
> > Do these things really work, or are they just a scam?
>
> Assuming you mean the crank device that polishes disks (sold under DVD
> Doctor, CD Doctor, Game Doctor, etc.), they work fine on shallow scratches.
> I use one on CDs periodically. They leave the disk surface looking rather
> cloudy, but it's apparently transparent at the 90 deg angle the laser
> requires.
>
> Geo
> --
> George Mealer
> geo*AT*snarksoft*DOT*com
>
> "Alright, it's Saturday night...I have no date, a two-liter bottle
> of Shasta, and my all-Rush mix tape. Let's rock!" -- Philip J. Fry

Bill Davison

Grand Inquisitor <> wrote...
> Do these things really work, or are they just a scam?

I have found that SoftScrub cleanser (in either Lemon OR Orange
flavor!) works just as well for much less cost..

HTH,

-Junior

unclejr

Milage may vary, I bought one of the powerd versions of Doctor to fix a DVD
and it actually in my case did more harm than good but some ppl really swear
by it. My suggestion would be to buy from a place you know you can return it
and test it on a cd or 2 to see if it works for you. I do know from what I
had read before I bought one that the powered one is supposed to do a
better/even job than the crank handle version.

"Grand Inquisitor" <> wrote in message
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> Do these things really work, or are they just a scam?
> --
> "Get rid of the Range Rover. You are not responsible for patrolling
> Australia's Dingo Barrier Fence, nor do you work the Savannah, capturing
> and tagging wildebeests."
> --Michael J. Nelson
>
> Grand Inquisitor
> http://www.dvdprofiler.com/mycollection.asp?alias=Oost
>

Bratboy

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> Milage may vary, I bought one of the powerd versions of Doctor to fix a
DVD
> and it actually in my case did more harm than good

My experience also.

ominousspiritous

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> "Bratboy" <> wrote in message
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> > Milage may vary, I bought one of the powerd versions of Doctor to fix a
> DVD
> > and it actually in my case did more harm than good
>
> My experience also.
>
>

My experience (negative) also on a DVD. However, it did help on a CD to a
degree - stopped or removed the skip but still left some distortion.

srt

SRT