How does this not damage a CD player?

Another gimick to take advantage of people who don't understand the fundamental concept of "digital."

"I mainly watch DVDs on my spouse's office system that consists of a $50 KLH DVD player picked up at Costco, an eight-year old 19" Zenith mono TV/VHS player from Circuit City, and a 20-year old Kenwood tuner. Although the audio is handled by the superb Von Schweikert Vr-4jrs here for review...I doubt that either the player or the low-definition TV would be considered worthy of Secret's battery of benchmark tests."

OK, so this "reviewer" uses a dumb-looking disc placed on the OPPOSITE SIDE of an OPTICAL disk and here's what he says the disk does to improve video on his craptacular ghetto dorm room "video testing" rig:

" I have now watched several scenes of Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting Vesselina Kasarova and Dietrich Henschel in Monteverdi's great il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria (Arthaus Musik). The difference in picture and sound quality with and without the mat is astonishing.

Picture: With the mat, the colors have far more life and depth. Images also have considerably more detail and clarity. There is an extra weight and roundness to the images with the mat in place that renders them far more engaging."

1. WTF, man....opera? Who on god's green earth owns an opera DVD, and how good can the picture quality really be for an opera, probably filmed with a lower production budget than a 2 min. scene in the new "Hairspray." Geez. This guy probably sports a pony tail and drinks chiraz while he's reviewing, too.

2. Extra weight and roundness? What is that? Would it make my J-Lo DVDs look like they have more ass? And turn my DVDs into Blu-Ray?

Seriously, who are these people? And who buys into this criznap?

@honozooloo:

Who owns Opera DVDs ?

Well my aunt does .... but she is 85 years old. But the DVDs are really good ... quality wise ...

And before you start to make fun of really good wine ... Its "Shiraz"

And no i would never buy that thing ... or watch Opera DVDs ...