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This product does exactly as advertised, it not only fixes Audio Cd's, it also fixes Playstation Games, Cd-rom's, and DVD's! I work in a video store that rely's on this product day in and day out to fix our product's that are abused by our customer's. We've tried many low cost solution's, and so far this is the only one we have found that works.

I normally have no need for such a product, as I'm very careful
with my CDs and DVDs, and I've had experience repairing one CD
using the toothpaste/water/finger method (this CD was left by
someone in a player I bought -- it was totally unplayable and
I restored it to a mostly playable state).

However, DVDs are more picky, and I had a DVD (Disc III of
Cleopatra -- the disc with the extras) that had some "gunk" on
it when I pulled it out of its cardboard sleeve which turned out
to be adhesive used in the packaging, and in the process of
trying to remove it I had made the disk totally unplayable (my
Pioneer DV-525 didn't even recognize it as a DVD!) due to having
a thin layer of adhesive smeared over about a third of the disk
-- plus some light surface scratching from my removal attempts.

So I bought the DVD doctor, and followed the instructions. After
running it through 2 full cycles and 2 cycles across the third
of the disc with the adhesive smear, my player now recognized the
disc as a DVD, but still said it was unplayable. Close
examination of the disk revealed just a bit of adhesive on the
innermost portion of the disk (the lead-in tracks -- and it took
*close* examination to see it -- the disk otherwise looked
perfect) -- so I did something I don't recommend unless you
really know what you are doing: I removed the grinding wheel from
the DVD Doctor and manually ground that section of the disk, then
I replaced the wheel, did a double sweep over that half of the
disk, and then used the buffing felt even harder than I had
before. The result: the disc now plays with no problems!

This is a great product, with the only caveat that it doesn't
do quite as good a job on the innermost portion of the disc --
but most scratches won't be there anyway.

What a rare find! A product that performs just like they say it will. The quick, easy and effective repairs this great device performed on my damaged CD's meant I didn't have to replace them. If you have any damaged CD's, this is the way to go!

I had a brand new Shrek DVD. It started skipping. I figured my kids must have finger printed the DVD. The perfect job for this product, or so I thought. I followed the directions exactly. This thing rendered the DVD unreadable.

I took it back to the store and demanded a refund for this product and a replacement of the DVD. I am glad I was able to get both.

I have rented a DVD that was "doctored" and it was also unreadable. This thing is horrible! Buy at your own risk!

I bought one of these about a year ago, but I didn't use it (the disk I thought was scratched turned out only to be dirty). When I got a new DVD that was having problems, I thought, "I'll give it a polish in the disk doctor, that'll put things right!"

Unfortunately, it didn't work out that way. The disk doctor's gears didn't engage properly, so it didn't turn the disk while polishing, and it scored the surface really badly, so much so that the disk doesn't read at all anymore.

Then the axle on the disk holder broke.

In summary, if you want to ruin your disks, there are cheaper ways. Count me as one VERY unhappy customer!