Allsop 23321 Ultra Pro Carbon-Edge DVD and CD-Drive Cleaner
by Allsop
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Customer Review: Worked perfectly in my Macbook Pro
Summary: 5 Stars
A few months after I bought it, my Macbook Pro started getting touchy about burning CD/DVDs. Then, months later it stopped reading program DVDs. Movies and audio CDs stopped working soon after. I barely used the drive, though, so I didn't much care.
At least, I didn't care until now, when I'd like to upgrade iLife and OS X... So, I did some research and discovered that the progressive loss of ability I had probably meant that the lens was dirty, and a cleaning disc would be the answer.
I looked at all the options available, and the Allsop Carbon-Edge is one of the few that doesn't say "not for slot loading drives." As long as the disc wasn't going to get stuck in there and rattle around forever, I figured I didn't have much to lose.
You go through a grounding ritual with touching little pads before you insert the cleaning disc. (Probably silly, but did it anyway.) It spun up, with only slightly more vibration than a normal CD. And a few moments later iTunes started ripping the tracks. :) Oops. Hadn't used it in so long I forgot!
Stopped the ripping, played the intro and the cleaning track until it said to stop. Skipped the rest of the audio tracks. Works great now!
Customer Review: Fixed the skipping on my DVD Player
Summary: 5 Stars
I have a Sony DVD player that is probably 8-10 years old. I have noticed that even on new DVD's, it was beginning to skip. I had heard of VCR head cleaners but never knew that there was such a device for for DVD and CD players. When I was playing my new Season 5 "The Office" DVD and the first one was skipping, I was frustrated. I took a look at the DVD and made sure there were no overt scratches or dirt on it. There were not. The problem kept happening.
I decided to go online and Google the issue and hit an audio forum where they mentioned DVD and CD drive cleaners. After that, I was off to Amazon to do my research and buy the one that had good reviews.
Well, this thing WORKS and it fixed my problem to a tee. I am going to use it on other devices like my MacBookPro and in my car. The cleaner has a cool set of audio tests that allow you to ensure your audio system is set up and balanced correctly. Although I did not really need this, I could see how this functionality alone would make the Allsop Drive Cleaner worth the money. The audio tests were very thorough.
5 stars all the way.
Customer Review: Great product. I found the cause of my CD's skipping
Summary: 5 Stars
This cleaner is well designed and is easy to use. There is an impressive test verification procedure on the product that works well. I was having a problem with CD's skipping and after using this cleaner the problem continued, however I did find the real cause and easily corrected it. I had taken the PC burned music Cd's out of my 2001 Camry changer when I recently traded it for a newer Lexus ES series and although they played perfectly in the Camry they skipped and cut out in the Lexus. I ran the cleaner with no improvement, but after researching further I learned that CD's created at a fast burn rate can cause this problem. I burned new ones at 4X and problem solved. I am very pleased with the Alsop cleaning disc and will use it to clean our computer drives and DVD players as they need attention also.Customer Review: Works great on Macbook Pro
Summary: 5 Stars
I had a problem with my Macbook pro, which didn't read DVDs, only audio CDs. I used this DVD cleaner and now it works fine! I played the intro track and about 2 minutes of the cleaning track, then the 3rd and part of the 4th track just in case. I skipped the rest of the cd.
EDIT
I had problems again with my cd drive a few days later, and took apart my Macbook pro and cd drive to see what the problem was. It turns out a piece of plastic was stuck in the cd drive and that was the main cause of the drive's inability to read cds. Therefore, I can't say that this cleaning disc solved all my problems since a dirty lens wasn't the main cause, but it seems to work for dirty lenses in any case.
Customer Review: May not fix every problem...
Summary: 5 Stars
...But it fixed mine. My nearly 10-year old DVD player was at the point where it wouldn't read any DVDs -- only the message 'disc error' would appear in the display. Sure, as the helpful man at Best Buy advised me, buying a new player would have only cost me about 45 bucks, but I'm the sentimental type (and mine plays 'Region 2' so it would cost considerably more to replace). Anyway, I picked this cleaning kit up, and let it run for a few minutes (I didn't even listen to the audio intsructions) and presto - the player works again, at a fraction of the cost it would have been to replace it.