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In Reply to: questions posted by Scott on October 18, 1999 at 09:09:02:
>Since you have experience with the illumninator perhaps you can answer a few >questions....
>What is the benefit of treating the label side of the disc?The blue gel is supposed to have anti-static stuff in it (most CD treatments have this, nothing new). Audience recommends that you do this in their instructions. They also provide you with a black marker to darken the inner and outer CD edges. Voodoo!!
>Will the treatment wash off if you clean the disc with dish detergent or Windex?
Yes. Audience also recommends reapplying the gel again after 6 months or so.
>How big an improvement did you notice between treated and untreated discs?
This is a relative thing, what I may percieve as a significant change you may feel is either low or non-exsistant. To be honest, I was ready to return the stuff unopened because they took so long to get the product to me (I bought mine a while back when they were just getting going). After listening to a couple of CDs I felt it was worth the $40. You look at the bottle and assume that it's one of those products that probably costs them about 20¢ to make, and if you could only figure out *what's* in there...
At first I felt the price was on the expensive side, after listening for a while I feel the cost is not only justified, I'd probably go crazy if I ran out!>Why the heck did you treat your tv?
Look, my TV is not sitting in globs of blue goo! I'm actually *very* careful about how much I use, but I was willing to spare a small amount just once on my 36" screen. I have kids, so I've needed to treat the screen more than once. Feel free to think I'm nuts. Hoo Hoo!!
>Inquiring minds want to know................
Robert,
The voodoo pen works like the green StopLight. It absorbs light. We find that a true black works best for all optical formats. As far as re-applying the gel, it is not necessary unless the cd needs cleaning. The gel does much more than remove static...it significantly improves the optics; i.e. allows the light to move in and out with greater integrity (see literature). I only wish it cost us 20 cents. We went to great lenghts to provide you with the very best treatment possible, no corners cut...for example the polishing cloths are very special all senthetic NON-SCRATCH. We could have easily provided cheap cotton cloths or no cloths at all.John
John,> The gel does much more than remove static...it significantly improves the optics; > i.e. allows the light to move in and out with greater integrity (see literature).
This could be the reason I stuck a small glob on the TV screen!
> I only wish it cost us 20 cents. We went to great lengths to provide you > with the very best treatment possible, no corners cut...for example the > polishing cloths are very special all senthetic NON-SCRATCH. We could > have easily provided cheap cotton cloths or no cloths at all.
Sorry if you took my comments wrong. I wrote that one would > assume < the goo costs 20¢, not that it *does* cost next to nothing. I was trying to explain my initial reation to the product, as well as the fact that I got over it. The cloths you supply are *very* nice, they really are lintless, and don't scratch, as you've said. They are almost worth the cost of the kit by themselves; I'm glad you're generous with them!
Thanks for your interesting and informative answers. I was one of the lucky ones who is getting a free sample of the illuminator and will post my results once I get to try it.
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