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[*] posted on 28-3-2005 at 10:44


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Wouldn´t it be easier just to rip the disk?


:mad: THAT'S CHEATING :mad:

Plus, a permanent chemical way of preserving the disks could be a lot cheaper than buying a writable DVD.


Actually in the long term a 50$ dvd writer is going to work out to be cheaper than buying chemicals for all the dvds. IMO chemically 'preserving' the disk is a big waste of time.
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[*] posted on 28-3-2005 at 17:22


Mr Fish was talking about a writable DVD disc, not a drive.

The amount of dye in a protected layer is miniscule, so a chemical treatment could have a negligable cost.

Best available infomation says the oxygen sensitive dye is leuco-methylene blue with some polyhydroxy aromatics to prevent photochemical bleaching. The key here is that atmospheric oxygen oxidises the molecule, forming a delocalised link between the two benzene rings. The longer the delocalisation, the longer the wavelength it can absorb at. The -N= of the oxidised form is the problem and I'm wondering about a methylating agent. Depends largely what we can get to the layer. The page thats telling us its oxygen activated is the same page thats telling us its part of the resin that bonds the two layers of a dual layer disk together.

If it was possible to polish off the protective layer, somehow I think they would have spotted that flaw by now. They are being sold, so if someone inside the US wants to buy one and report back :)

Of course under the DCMA and some international laws this conversation itself may be illegal.
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[*] posted on 28-3-2005 at 18:19


I guess that this technology has been patented. ;)
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[*] posted on 28-3-2005 at 23:31


"this conversation itself may be illegal"

Does this mean free speech is dead, that greedy corporations supercede the first amendment? If so, to hell with their laws.

A: a chemical reaction that leaches out the opaque layer?

B: a chemical reaction that converts the opaque chemical to a non-oxidizing clear product?

C: replace the laser in the DVD drive with a rapidly pulsed YAG?
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[*] posted on 29-3-2005 at 02:20


Saerynide, I was thinking silica is bad enough, but carborundum paper is not something to use on polycarbonate discs.

After some research, I have confirmed Kanem's guess that polycarbonate is gas permeable. See here and here.

A reaction that leaches out the opaque layer may render the disc unreadable as well, I think. And how will you source out a YAG laser?

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[*] posted on 29-3-2005 at 02:33


Even if IrC's methods don't work, the philosophy is right. ;)



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