“I have a scratched, possibly set in the sun light too long dvd with photo's on it that my standard reader will not pick up the data. Will this device have a higher density reader that might pick up the data?”
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That will depend on how badly scratched the disc is and how deep the scratches are. The laser-lens pickup on the LG - 8x External Double-Layer DVD±RW/CD-RW SuperMulti Blade Drive, Model # AP70NS50 may not be able to read the information on the disc if it is deeply scratched. The data on a DVD is encoded in the form of small pits and bumps in the track of the disc. The pits on a DVD appear as pits on the aluminum side, but on the side that the laser reads from, they are bumps. You could try using a Disc Scratch Remover or even try toothpaste to buff out the scratches to see if that works. Chapstick, toothpaste, peanut butter, shoe polish, window cleaner, petroleum jelly, banana peels, and some other materials are purported to work for repairing a scratched disc, but they all have one commonality: Oil. The oils in these substances will help fill in some of the gaps left from scratching, even after they’ve been wiped clean. These oils provide a path for the laser to travel straight to the data and back. You could try slightly heating it. Polycarbonate has a very low melting point and becomes very malleable with only a bit of warmth. A desk lamp will do just fine, and you can just hold the disc through the ring in the middle up to the bulb. You don’t need to bend or flatten it, either — we’re just hoping that a little bit of heat will correct any minor scratches in the imprinted data and make the disc easier to read...^IFV
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