While physical media isn't as popular as it once was, most people own at least a few discs, whether they're old music CDs they grew up loving or a DVD of a movie that never made the jump to Blu-Ray.

From peanut butter to Mr. Clean, there are several ways to overcome the scratches on your favorite DVDs and CDs. Here's a guide on what works and what won't.

Ensure Blu-ray disc is clean. Check for scratches or cracks on the disc. Insert the disc properly. Power cycle your PlayStation 5 console. Restart to Safe Mode and Reset. Get help from Sony.

Add to that, modern Blu-ray discs are much more robust than CD or DVD technology, and there's a good chance you either don't ...

A Blu-ray or DVD player simply skips over dirt or scratches; ripping software can’t do that for various reasons. If this happens, clean the disc with a microfiber cloth and try again—in most ...

ArsTechnica has a piece up describing how the 360 refused to read a bunch of scratched movie DVDs from a public library, but that the PlayStation 3’s Blu-Ray ... Scratched (Or Even Clean) Discs.

Blu-ray is a single 1.1mm polycarbonate disc that has the data encoded at the top. Blu-ray discs have a 0.1 mm coating on top of the data layer to protect it from getting scratched. Because the ...