Digital Innovations 10401 DVD Doctor

by Digital Innovations

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.6 x 9.9 x 11.4 inches ; 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00001ZSSU
• Item model number: 10401
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 1999

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Most Excellent Product!, November 17, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Digital Innovations 10401 DVD Doctor (Electronics)

This product does exactly as advertised, it not only fixes Audio Cd's, it also fixes Playstation Games, Cd-rom's, and DVD's! I work in a video store that rely's on this product day in and day out to fix our product's that are abused by our customer's. We've tried many low cost solution's, and so far this is the only one we have found that works.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Does exactly what it claims to do, June 11, 2002

By 

Phizley "phz42" (Fremont, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Digital Innovations 10401 DVD Doctor (Electronics)

I normally have no need for such a product, as I'm very careful
with my CDs and DVDs, and I've had experience repairing one CD
using the toothpaste/water/finger method (this CD was left by
someone in a player I bought -- it was totally unplayable and
I restored it to a mostly playable state).

However, DVDs are more picky, and I had a DVD (Disc III of
Cleopatra -- the disc with the extras) that had some "gunk" on
it when I pulled it out of its cardboard sleeve which turned out
to be adhesive used in the packaging, and in the process of
trying to remove it I had made the disk totally unplayable (my
Pioneer DV-525 didn't even recognize it as a DVD!) due to having
a thin layer of adhesive smeared over about a third of the disk
-- plus some light surface scratching from my removal attempts.

So I bought the DVD doctor, and followed the instructions. After
running it through 2 full cycles and 2 cycles across the third
of the disc with the adhesive smear, my player now recognized the
disc as a DVD, but still said it was unplayable. Close
examination of the disk revealed just a bit of adhesive on the
innermost portion of the disk (the lead-in tracks -- and it took
*close* examination to see it -- the disk otherwise looked
perfect) -- so I did something I don't recommend unless you
really know what you are doing: I removed the grinding wheel from
the DVD Doctor and manually ground that section of the disk, then
I replaced the wheel, did a double sweep over that half of the
disk, and then used the buffing felt even harder than I had
before. The result: the disc now plays with no problems!

This is a great product, with the only caveat that it doesn't
do quite as good a job on the innermost portion of the disc --
but most scratches won't be there anyway.

19 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Paid for itself in one day, October 28, 1999

By 

John M. Hanak (Munster, IN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Digital Innovations 10401 DVD Doctor (Electronics)

What a rare find! A product that performs just like they say it will. The quick, easy and effective repairs this great device performed on my damaged CD's meant I didn't have to replace them. If you have any damaged CD's, this is the way to go!