Ah, who else remembers the early adverts for these things - there was a famous one on 'Tomorrows World' (UK show looks at inventions and their effect on the present and future - boy did they ever get it wrong about Betamax!), where they drive a car over the CD and then play it - of course, it is perfect. They never tried it with a toddler did they? Or a cat.

LTS who has a vast collection of shiny things that no longer play/load properly.......