Resurface discs good, bad, or just ugly, Do you think they bring down the value?

[chrisballer]

If you can tell it's been resurfaced, you just got someone that didn't have the skill for it that did it.

Exactly.

There is a place by me that does an awesome job.

[kedawa]

Yes, but if you take away too much of the polycarbonate the laser might not be able to focus on the pits; or at the very least will have more problems with dust and scratches since the refraction index will be lowered and the data will be viewed from a more direct angle.

I don't think those optical properties really come in to play, since the laser beam is perpendicular to the surface of the disc.

[jammajup]

Just for personal use I really think that the important thing is that the game works fully with all levels loading and all audio tracks working fine,if you collect to re-sell at a later date well that might be different.

[wiggyx]

I had some PS2 discs resurfaced yesterday at a video rental shop. Mirror finish, as seen here:

http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz71/tz101/100_0202.jpg

http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz71/tz101/100_0201.jpg

Here's what I was talking about.

Focused elsewhere.

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k99/wiggyx/DSC02689.jpg


Focused on surface.

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k99/wiggyx/DSC02688.jpg


And again, I don't want people thinking that I'm saying the disc shown isn't in great shape, just that photographing it the correct way would better illustrate how well the job was done.