CD Carrying Cases & Scratching

[GoodRevrnd]

Does anyone else have problems w/ there CD's getting scratched--and even moreso, pitted--when kept in these big binder cd carrying cases? Almost every one of my cd's skips at some point. Even if I haven't removed it from the case at all it still shows damage. I thought maybe it was because the heat in my car was decaying them, or the vibrations from the car, or even because I stack them with the album booklets but my friend has the same problem w/ his DVDs which stay at home in the dark in his room and he hasn't even had them in there for 1/4 as long as my cd's have been around. What gives? Solution?

And along similar lines... Funco Land (now Gamestop) used to resurface cds at a cost of $3 per disc. They no longer do this inhouse, but outsource them so you can't bring your own discs and do it for personal use any more. My question is, does anybody know of someplace you can send your cd's too (or take them to) to have them resurfaced--especially if it's cheaper than that ($1-$2/disc)? I'd want to send all ~200 of my discs in.

EDIT: First person who mentions Skip Doctor gets slapped.

 

[DaveSimmons]

This is one of the reasons I've ripped about 850 of my music CDs so far to lossless FLAC format. Aside from instant access on my music server box, I can also burn flawless replacement copies of any CDs that get damaged by players.

One 160 GB HD will hold approx. 500 CDs in FLAC format.

FYI, Exact Audio Copy or CDEx might be able to rip some of your skippy discs to lossless WAV or FLAC despite the errors -- EAC will keep re-trying bad spots until it gets a good read.

 

[0roo0roo]

case logic cases i have seem to protect pretty well

 

[GoodRevrnd]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
case logic cases i have seem to protect pretty well

That's what I'm using. No go.

 

[Kelvrick]

Back in the good old day, I the cd cases were harder. My favorite case (i've yet to find another like it) was a solid 3 lb's by itself. It had one of those latches that automatically lock when you close it. That, and there weren't any floppy cd "holders." There were rows of hard plastic disc holders. I'll post pics when I get home.

 

[GoodRevrnd]

Originally posted by: Kelvrick
Back in the good old day, I the cd cases were harder. My favorite case (i've yet to find another like it) was a solid 3 lb's by itself. It had one of those latches that automatically lock when you close it. That, and there weren't any floppy cd "holders." There were rows of hard plastic disc holders. I'll post pics when I get home.

So it basically snaps in like a jewel case? That would be optimal, except I couldn't have the album booklet in there with them... but at this point I'm willing to sacrifice that convenience.

 

[nakedfrog]

No problems with mine, and I've had one of them full for 6 years or so now, with pretty much the same discs.

 

[Kelvrick]

Originally posted by: GoodRevrnd

Originally posted by: Kelvrick
Back in the good old day, I the cd cases were harder. My favorite case (i've yet to find another like it) was a solid 3 lb's by itself. It had one of those latches that automatically lock when you close it. That, and there weren't any floppy cd "holders." There were rows of hard plastic disc holders. I'll post pics when I get home.

So it basically snaps in like a jewel case? That would be optimal, except I couldn't have the album booklet in there with them... but at this point I'm willing to sacrifice that convenience.

Yea, they just snap in like a jewel case but I said I can't find them any more. I've looked pretty much everywhere online and in store. Looks like everyone is making crappy cheap-to-produce cd-holder pages now.