Skip-away Pro Disc Repair System Repairs Your CDs & DVDs Automatically [Disc Salvation]

Anyone who, like us, is old enough to remember when the CD format was initially launched will also no doubt recall that, at the time, the CD format was cited as being pretty much indestructible (I’m fairly sure I recall a tech TV program actually frying an egg on one, but that could be down to my medication) though, of course, that has proved wholly untrue – hence the need for devices like this Skip-away Pro Disc Repair System.

In fairness, CDs (specifically) and, not quite to the same extent, DVDs can take a fair share of damage and still deliver the goods but should one of your discs simply refuse to play ball the Skip-away Pro Disc Repair System could act to save the day without recourse to hazardous chemical solutions. Simply pop in the damaged CD/DVD and it’ll either clean it by giving it a quick buff in a mere 15 seconds or, if the disc is in an especially bad way, it’ll work to repair the disc fully automatically in just three minutes.

The device works by heating up the disc’s protective plastic layer to the point at which it becomes malleable prior to applying pressure to the disc’s surface to melt and smooth away any imperfections such as scratches prior to giving it a quick polish with an integrated buffing wheel – the result being a disc surface that’s as good as new.

The Skip-away Pro Disc Repair System will work with CDs, DVDs and even HD DVDs (you’ll be wanting to keep those clean, now won’t you) but will not work with Blu-ray discs and retails for around $380 – the result being that we’ll continue using car polish* for the foreseeable future (*Use at your own risk, we accept no liability if your Debbie Does Dallas DVD is irreparably ruined, etc, etc).

Just by way of an afterthought – it would be interesting to pit this device’s repairing abilities against the likes of this USB Disc Destroyer to see if it could deal with that sort of damage (thus remdering the USB Disc Destroyer totally worthless). Expect to see a face-off on YouTube soon, but not from us (perhaps one for the Tech Digest/Shiny Shiny crowd?).