Sanwa's CD-RE1AT repairs beat up discs
By Darren Murph 
posted Jul 1st 2008 6:58PM
posted Jul 1st 2008 6:58PM
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posted Jul 1st 2008 6:58PM
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I was just thinking about my old discman the other day- it had two clasps on each side and was anti-skip for 40 seconds. I always tried to make it skip just for the hell of it. Good times.
This is the core technology Toshiba licensed to get your DVDs "Looking Better Than Ever" And we all thought they were talking about picture quality...
For the price of one of these you could buy like 15 cans of Brasso, which was proven to work just as well as the priciest "disc fixers". It fixed all my old PS1 games and Guitar Hero II when my PS2 fell over and gashed it.
anything to fix broken mp3 downloads?
Holly falling bricks! I thought that was a discman, god forbid.
Discman: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discman
Someday you'll be making the same post about an iPod.
SEGA CD
@Flashpoint: Sega CDX, surely: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_cdx
=)
Not sure why this is news. I've used similar products from both Disk Doctor and Memorex brands for years (I have kids) with a 90% success rate on CDs and DVDs. In fact this looks eerily like my Memorex unit.
aye, right you are friend, I was thinking the exact same thing!
Yup, I have had a unit that looks identical to the one pictured. It has never worked for me. I bought it over two years ago.
Yeah, and the Memorex one is only $20 at Wal-Mart.
Umm I would have killed for a cd player that looked like this in 1986. My first portable cd player I got in 1992 cost $200, no skip protect, and got a good 3 hours of battery life.
Yeah...did the author mean 1996?
Sure it isn't a disc rewinder? They look so similar.
haha, my first thought, +1
It does look like a disc rewinder - I thought it looked familiar. (walks into next room) I've one, and I keep it with my disc demagnetizer!
http://www.musicdirect.com/product/72947
(all situations imagined for silliness' sake)
@letstakawalk
I'm speechless, particularly at the price.
I added the disc demagnetizer to my wishlist; ya know, just in case one of you guys are feeling generous.
What's a disc?
:P
Haha yes, we're not quite there *yet*. Nice try tho. :p
It's what everyone used before they got Zunes.
@wormbolt.
whats a zune?
It looks like a dreamcast.
I've had this one for a few years:
http://www.amazon.com/Disc-Repair-Pro-Cleaning-System/dp/B00008AJSQ/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1214958765&sr=1-2
It's the exact same thing, but a lot cheaper.
It actually works really well for removing scratches. It doesn't destroy the disc like a lot of others do.
Holy bad taste, batman! I generally love Engadget's sense of humor, but making a morning-after-pill metaphor is a bit distasteful for a disc repairer, no?
Now, nobody likes a good laugh more than I do... except, perhaps my wife... and some of her friends. Oh, yes, and Captain Johnson. Come to think of it, most people like a good laugh more than I do, but that's beside the point! I'm warning this blog NOT to get SILLY again! Right!
@phanbouy:
Now, let's see some good clean military drilling!
Finally, the infamous CD rewinder has come into fruition.
I'll take six!!!
This is kind of old news. These type of units have been out for awhile and why would I need to get one from overseas when you can get them right in the US?
I only wish I would have invested in one before throwing some old CD's away that had data on them. I probably could have saved some good stuff.
$36.95 for a normal unit or $489 for commercial grade.. same company. The $36.95 one got good reviews on Amazon:
http://www.adorama.com/Search-Results.tpl?page=searchresults&searchinfo=cd%20repair
At least you know that the buttons will last for over ten million pushes, while also being ultra responsive.
Damn. You know you're getting old when you read nostalgic references to the past, and they include bands you loved as a kid.
Why pay $70 for anew product rather than buying a little disk doctor for $25? It worked well enough for me, with a 100% success rate(after a few runs through).
Will it play my old NES games too? On the product side, why pay $70 when there are cheaper alternatives to getting it good enough to BURN ANOTHER DISC, WHEN THEY COST NOTHING THESE DAYS.
All you need is some cheap wipes or that disk doctor that is cheaper. Fix it...put in in your tray...and BURN another disc... not too hard guys.
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