Unscratcheable DVD?

[TransformX]

http://www.firingsquad.com/news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=7386

Researchers at electronics giant TDK have developed a tough new coating that promises to make scratched DVDs a thing of the past and that will help usher in an emerging data storage format with 10 times the capacity of the current DVD standard.
In a test conducted by CNET News.com, a DVD treated with TDK's coating survived a determined attack with a screwdriver and a Sharpie permanent marker with no effect on playability--a remarkable feat considering how easily standard DVDs can be damaged, for example, by children.

[az]

Scratch-proof DVDs by TDK have been out here for a year or so. c't magazin (usually reliable) found them to indeed be much more scratch-proof than other discs.

AZ

[William]

And when CDs were launched, they demonstrated how wire wool couldn't scratch them...