# Best DVD player for playing scratched up discs

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 28, 2015, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-dvd-player-for-playing-scratched-up-discs/721075 "2015-05-28T22:01:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2015, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-dvd-player-for-playing-scratched-up-discs/721075/1 "2015-05-28T22:01:44Z")

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I notice my Xbox 360 is better than my PS3 at playing scratched up discs, but the 360 falls short too.

Is there a particular model that is considered a superior model for damaged discs. Looking online there are forums where people ask this, but the questions are 5+ years out of date and I’m sure the tech is better now.

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**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2015, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-dvd-player-for-playing-scratched-up-discs/721075/2 "2015-05-28T23:38:59Z")

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Best source would be an employee of a company that makes DVD players.

Years ago, I remember visiting a customer (my company sells software) that did DVD drive development, and they had a “reference model” drive that either they or one of their competitors had made, along with a pile of scuffed and scratched disks. If the reference model could play it, then their new models all had to be able to play it as well.

Sadly, I don’t remember what the reference model was.