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All prior repair kits I've used just made the CD much worse (such as the Memorex OptiFix, which RUINS CDs instead of fixing them) or marginally better (Disk Doctor). The Disk Doctor at least repaired the CD correctly but made it look butchered; good luck selling one, it would look like you took sandpaper to it.

This one, however, both removes all reasonable scratches (if it's too deep, sorry, there's nothing in existence that will remove it) AND makes the CD look brand new. It is a long process, not a 20 second "stick it in and forget about it" procedure, but the end results are incredible. You have to work for it, maybe half an hour on a horribly scratchy disk, but this thing will work miracles!!!

All I can say is, I'll never have to worry again if I get a DVD and it freezes or skips! I recently bought my wife a 25 DVD set, and halfway through the first disc it froze. I started looking up repair machines and almost went with a another one due to the price of this machine, but after reading the Amazon reviews I picked this one. After receiving the machine, I followed the instructions (with a slight amount of difficulty, as they were a tad confusing), and about 5 minutes later it was as good as new!! It seems I'll never have to return defective DVD's again!! Well worth the cost!!

The instructions are vague and hard to understand because this machine is from China. After using the machine for a few months, I got the hang of it and use it a little differently than the instructions suggest. I get fantastic results by using the white pads 90% of the time. The yellow pads are only used if the discs is completely thrashed. The liquid polish is the best stuff to use. I also use the creams with the white pads if the disc is very scratchy. I sell DVD/CD's for a living and this machine has greatly improved my sales and prices. A must have for all sellers of DVD/CD/Games. It will pay for itself!

I was skeptical... how can this product be so pricey (relative to other products) and yet have 18 out of 18 5-star ratings? I had to try it. I've had a chance to try it on some lightly and some moderately scratched discs, and every one of them looks like NEW! This is an AMAZING product. The 2nd disc I tried was a moderately scratched disc, and I was upset when it ended up with a discolored "ring" in the middle of the disc... but it played OK... so I didn't worry about it too much. After doing a couple more discs, I realized that you REALLY have to pay close attention to the directions. USE the spray water bottle. Reapply the buffing and polishing fluid. Get distilled water for the water bottle (or soft water in a pinch) and keep the disc moist during scratch-filling sessions. I'm going to try it on some of my friend's uber-scratched kids games (he has 5 boys, from 2 years to 15... and they have truly GOUGED some of their games -- so I'm going to put the machine to the ultimate test. I'll update this after... but honestly, this product works fantastically on discs that are marginal... they look (and play) like NEW! Oh, and that ring in the middle of the 2nd disc I did? I went back to the beginning on it, this time making sure to use the water liberally... and lightly buffed it a couple of times and polished it 3-4 times... and then it too looked like new. So for those couple of guys who said it made some discs worse? They probably didn't read the directions closely enough. One way you can tell you need more water is when it doesn't want to easily start up when you close the lid.

Oh yeah, one more thought -- if the disc is real dirty or might have grit on it, CLEAN it or rinse it off under running water to get the grit off before you start working on it.

I was skeptical when I first purchased this repair machine as I considered it expensive, but I bought it for business purposes. I had previously bought a cheap DVD repair device that actually made my DVDs worse. I usually watch DVDs on my PC and unfortunately my PC's DVD drive is very sensitive to scratches. I used the Simotech repair unit on the worst of my DVDs. After performing the scratch repair and polishing, which was very easy and quick - the DVD not only worked perfectly - the surface looked brand new. I tested on several other DVDs and again it brought them back to like new condition.