Bottom of PS3 disk looks kinda "warped"

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So my brother left my MGS4 disk in the PS3 while it was on for like 4 hours. I take the disk out and it looks "warped" on the bottom, almost as though it is melted. Rather than reflecting light straight back, its all just wavy (and taking a picture cannot show exactly whats wrong).


On top of this, the PS3 is broken due to update 2.52. The disk was in there while my brother was restoring the PS3 (didnt fix the issue). I'm getting a new PS3 tomorrow, will the disk work or should I get another one while I'm out?


EDIT: paid for, of course, by my brother.
 
Hasnt it always been like that? My MGS4 had a rippley oily pattern to it right out of the box which I assume is just because its a dual layer bluray disc. It works fine. Single layer discs have that effect too but its very subtle and you can only barely see it at certain angles.
 
I've had this issue before sorta only I've bought brand new games that look as described and they've worked. Try putting in your new ps3 if that doesnt seem to work resurface the disc might work.
 
idividebyzero said:
Hasnt it always been like that? My MGS4 had a rippley oily pattern to it right out of the box which I assume is just because its a dual layer bluray disc. It works fine. Single layer discs have that effect too but its very subtle and you can only barely see it at certain angles.
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Exactly. Its probably the way the disk looks, it isn't like a normal DVD (thats what I'm assuming at least). Give it a try in a new PS3 and see if it works.
 
Put it up against something flat. I think those who are telling you it's an optical illusion are likely correct.
 
On second thought, you might want to play it safe and rub peanut butter across the surface of it as soon as you can. This will help keep the data from falling out of the wiggles.
 
Azulthewise said:
<.< or re surface the disc?
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I don't think you want to resurface a Blu-ray disk. The recorded layer is much closer to the surface than a DVD so it doesn't take much to go through to the recorded layer and completely ruin a disc. .
 
Indeed which is why you save it for a last resort. More over ps3 games have a much stronger protective layer then xbox360 games. In anycase its better than putting peanut butter on a game disc.
 
Thats actually true. Blu-rays have a anti-scratch hard coating on them that is better then your average DVD. Blu-rays needed them because they originally had a cartridge around them to protect them from scratches. Its made by TDK and DVD can have the same coating, but its standard on Blu-ray. You can buy TDK hard coating recordable media. Its nice, but really not that big of a deal.

From Wikipedia:
"Because the Blu-ray Disc standard places the data recording layer close to the surface of the disc, early discs were susceptible to contamination and scratches and had to be enclosed in plastic cartridges for protection."

"The Blu-ray Disc physical specifications were finished in 2004.[12] In January 2005, TDK announced that they had developed a hard coating polymer for Blu-ray Discs.[13] The cartridges, no longer necessary, were scrapped."
 
JohnleMVP said:
Thats actually true. Blu-rays have a anti-scratch hard coating on them that is better then your average DVD. Blu-rays needed them because they originally had a cartridge around them to protect them from scratches. Its made by TDK and DVD can have the same coating, but its standard on Blu-ray. You can buy TDK hard coating recordable media. Its nice, but really not that big of a deal.

From Wikipedia:
"Because the Blu-ray Disc standard places the data recording layer close to the surface of the disc, early discs were susceptible to contamination and scratches and had to be enclosed in plastic cartridges for protection."

"The Blu-ray Disc physical specifications were finished in 2004.[12] In January 2005, TDK announced that they had developed a hard coating polymer for Blu-ray Discs.[13] The cartridges, no longer necessary, were scrapped."
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Cool, never heard that before. Makes sense that it needed the extra protection based on the design.
 
JohnleMVP said:
Its nice, but really not that big of a deal.
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Man, I feel it is a big deal. I love it. Every Blu-ray movie from netflix or PS3 game from gamefly that I've rented has looked spankin new.

I've accidently dropped some of my own Blu-rays. My copy of casino royal hit data side down right on the corner of a wooden desk. the disc was sent furiously spinning and bounced all over the floor. A DVD surely would have been scratched by this. Casino Royal still looks like I just pulled it from the package.

Its not impossible to scrach, but it seems that is such an improvement over DVDs and CDs that average use or the average accident (dropping the disc) will likely not scratch it.
 
Yeah I can see it being useful for rental companies, but for personal use I've never scratched my disc beyond use. You can also get disc resurfaced for cheap from like GameCrazy stores, I think its like $1 for 1 or like 5 disc for $3 or something. Either way the technology is available for any optical disc format, if manufactures thought it would be a selling point they could offer it. Blu-ray needs it.
 
Azulthewise said:
More over ps3 games have a much stronger protective layer then xbox360 games. In anycase its better than putting peanut butter on a game disc.
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better break both a blu-ray disc and a dvd in half, hope for a 'shelf' on both mediums and then get out the vernier calipers to verify this claim.
 
Yeah I brought a pre-played ps3 game from gamefly and it was mailed like a new game. Gotta like that protection layer. Just alittle finger smears here and there.
 
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