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Hey littlegun - I have a four year old and a two year old and we have many cartoons and children's movies, so I know exactly what you're talking about. I tried some of these "d_skins" I picked up at CompUSA or somewhere. It seemed like a good idea at the time as it said that the media would be readable right through them.
Well, the first few I tried would play back in one of my stand-alone players but not in the kid's player or their grandmother's either, which totally defeated the whole point! Also, although they do snap on rather tightly, those little fingers have a way to get into anything and my kids would constantly "unclick" a few of the little locking tabs that hold it onto the disc, which if inserted into the tray on the player would cause un-readable errors and in a few instances I had major problems even getting the disc with the "loose" skin to eject. Almost ruined my stand-alone player with a non-ejectable disc. Also, once they get dirt, fingerprints, etc. on them, they are actually harder to clean off than if it wasn't on there in the first place!
On the positive side, they are OK if you want to transport the disc somewhere and don't have a case handy. Just pop the skin on to avoid scratching during transport/storage and pop it off before inserting the disc into a player, pop it back when finished.
And if the price of these things is still what it used to be (rather pricey when I bought mine), I would agree with BIGTOXY69 that it would be alot cheaper in the long run to back the discs up on quality media (about .45-.50 apiece) and recopy as needed.
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