D Skin 5 Pack (DVD/GAME/CD)

by D SKIN

Product Features

• Package of 5 d_skin protectors
• Works with DVD, CD, Playstation, Playstation 2, & XBOX media
• Easily removable and replaceable if damaged
• Liplock seal snaps onto all standard-sized discs
• If skin gets scratched, merely remove and add a new one

Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0002MHF2W
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches ; 3.8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: December 1, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #18,933 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Whether you're cautious with your CDs to the point of paranoia or you toss them casually across the room when finished, chances are a few of your music, movie, or game discs have nasty scratches. Enter the d_skin protective disc skins, which seal directly onto your compact discs, DVDs, games, or data discs to defend them permanently from harm. The skins' transparent coating forms a protective barrier around your discs, making them virtually impervious to scratches. At the same time, game consoles, CD players, DVD players, and computers can still read the discs perfectly, so you never have to remove the skin. There's nothing to take off when playing the discs, and nothing to put on for storage. Even better, you can now watch your favorite movies without fear of untimely blips or skips. Should a skin itself get scratched, users can just remove it and snap on a fresh one. The d_skins are so reliable, you just might consider letting your friends borrow your CDs again--even the guy who believes jewel cases are for weenies. This d_skin bundle comes with five skins.

Product Description

00511-8 DSkin 5 Pack - Protective disc skins- 5 Pack reuseable tin- Protects readable side (bottom side) of media discs from most types of abrasive scratching- Orange "liplock seal" snaps onto the edges of any standard size disc and holds tight- Skin can stay on the disc even while being played or burned - Works on most CD's, DVD's, PlayStation discs, PlayStation2 discs, Xbox discs, data discs, computer games, and CD-R's- Optically clear, laser transparent, will not affect music or video quality- If the skin is scratched, just throw it away and grab a new one- Not recommended for use in multi-disc stack players- Do not force into any media player- Should work in top-loading, front-loading, or auto-loading disc playersDSKIN5

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

25 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Un-scientific Testing Demonstrates the Danger of Using Skins, May 30, 2005

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terse (and to the point) reviews (Arkansas, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: D Skin 5 Pack (DVD/GAME/CD) (Video Game)

Formerly I gave a glowing review of these d_skins, based upon their performance initially. The DVDs and CDs played well in a DVD player as well as a PC. Having many hard-to-acquire, OOP CDs, naturally I was in favor of a product that promised to protect my favorite music; however....

In time, there appeared rotation marks on the disks covered in d_skins, a pattern I had not seen previously. They differed from random scratches in that they uniformly appeared clockwise to the disks, following the rotation. My $40-plus investment in d_skins came to be questioned.

Having cleaned my disks prior to covering or having covered new disks, I hesitate to believe it is the result of debris between the disks themselves and the skins. Are the skins loose enough to cause friction while playing? Some are quite loose, while others fit well.

Having first noticed this on SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS, I was willing to attribute it to a flaw in disk production, but when these marks appeared ON MY BACH SACRED CANTATA DISKS---It was all too much. Without further testing, I abandoned the d_skin experiment altogether, glad to have discovered it before other favorite disks were marked beyond repair.

Other reviews here disparaged the use of d_skins, all of which I ignored. After all, I wanted the idea to work. Better to enjoy an unprotected disk as long as possible, rather than destroy it in an attempt at preservation. I am dying daily, so why must my CDs be preserved until the last day?

25 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Even ZERO stars is too high a grade!, July 6, 2005

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G. M Theroux "horar2" (Norwalk, CT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: D Skin 5 Pack (DVD/GAME/CD) (Video Game)

I only bought a pack of 5 of these for my CDs, DVDs and Xbox games. They sounded like such a good idea. I heard that the laser on players would simply pass through the skin and they would be safe. It started with 5 stars. Here's my experience:

I wanted to play CDs in my slot-loading stereo. But it is NOT recommended that CDs are played in slot-loading multi-disc players with a skin on. That's one less star from the score.

Then I wanted to use them on my DVDs. My DVD player sputtered like a computer with an aneurysm when I tried a monumental task: trying to get my DVD to its main menu. One less star. I then took off the d_skin, and the DVD played fine. The redemption felt good, but I took off another star.

Finally, the Xbox. The Xbox made sputtering noises too, and it COULDN'T EVEN TELL what kind of disc it was with the d_skin on. One less star. Once again, I took of the skin, and both the Xbox and game were fine. Still, one more star gets taken off the score.

In addition, I blew $5 on this trash. That's $5 I'll never see again: take off 5 more stars.

So, we come to a score of negative -5 stars. NEVER buy this trash. The skins crinkle way too easily, too. The plastic on the laser side is alwayus too loose. AVOID AT ALL COSTS!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Poor Performance, September 30, 2005

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Tedd "larryleememorial" (Pascagoula, Mississippi USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: D Skin 5 Pack (DVD/GAME/CD) (Video Game)

Definitly needs more research. When applied the DVD skip, are pixilated and other video problems. If the materieal were elastic, made to stretch over the disk to prevent wrinkles, it might be a good product. As it is, I don't think these should even be sold.

UPDATE: When I emailed the company with my dissapointment, I recieved a response within 30 minutes! They asked me questions about the batch number, DVD unit I use and then sent me another set of D-Skins which, up to this point, I have had no problem with.