Maxell Unveils HD DVD Player Cleaner

HD DVD players, like any other optical disc playback device, need to be cleaned sometimes to provide you optimum performance. Maxell unveiled at CES this week a new cleaning device with which to do that. It's called the Blu-Ray/HD DVD Lens Cleaner and it should be available in March for around $25.

The Blu-Ray/HD DVD Lens Cleaner uses something Maxell calls a "Wind Funnel Cleaning System." This system kicks in when the cleaning disc is put into the player. It "rotates and generates an air stream in a spiral motion and that air stream then changes to air shower on the lens when it passes through the holes. The power of the air shower removes dust particles on the lens without damaging the surface of the product."