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 TDK has developed a new dye coating for DVD-R/-RW that appears to be far more resistant to scratches than existing media.  They demo a DVD-R being scratched with steel wool and the disk doesn't appear to have suffered any scratching at all.
  
Unfortunately, the site is in Japanese, but take a look at the pics and check out what TDK's Super Hard Coat can do. 
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