A federal appeals court has stated that an erroneous ruling is grounds to reopen the class action suit against Microsoft. The plaintiffs allege that a flaw in the Xbox 360 system causes a spinning disc to be scratched under normal playing conditions.
The supposed flaw is caused by the omission of rubber pads surrounding the lens assembly, a common safety feature in most other optical disc drives. Vibrations (such as those from a sub woofer) and tilting the system can cause the disc to tilt and hit the assembly, causing circular scratches on the disc which can render it unreadable.
While Microsoft has a disc replacement program in place, discs by other publishers, audio discs, and movies that are played in the 360 will not be replaced by them.
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Source: Reuters
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