New Self-Destructing Rental DVD

[Miscue]

http://www.msnbc.com/news/914561.asp?cp1=1

Kinda neat.

[Will Wood]

Self Destruct? Hm.. Sounds James Bondish. Cool!

[FreshmanBob]

Great! more trash for the good old dumpster!!!

[Will Wood]

*BOOM* "AHh, mommy! The Little Mermaid killed Timmy"

.. Oh wait, darn, probably not that kind of exploding... :)


Edit to below, Yes, disney is VERY EVIL.

[Sparq]

Been saying it for years, Disney is evil ;)

[Vendetta]

I prefer Netflix. The DVD come to me in the mail, and I can keep them as long as I want without imploding:)

[langrage]

Well since the dvd will so called "rust' when it comes in contact with oxygen, what keeps people from finding a way to put a barrier to keep the oxygen out. How long do they keep people from figuring out some thing like thompson water seal would prevent the destruction?

[FactsOfLife]

great, one more piece of non-biodegradeable crap in the landfills.

the short term vision of some people is astounding.

[pbzmag]

I think it's going to be short lived and only on a minimum number of titles. Remember the anti-copy technology on some music cd's? It has come and gone and I have not seen it on any other cd's.

[Thordic]

Makes your CO2 tank useful for filling and area to store the DCDs in :)

[Python14]

Wow, something more to piss me off. Just when I thought renting my DVDs and video was finally easy, it gets uselessly more complicated. I cann see this as another thing that will pile up my room slowly to the point I will be safe from nuclear blast.

[FalconGuy016]

They did this idea a long while ago before regular DVD's got popular... it didnt quite work out, although they didnt "self destruct"

[Badjojo]

you could always get a dvd burner and burn it to a new dvd... then you could watch it forever. (oh sorry that would violate untold # of laws:D) forget i mentioned it. :p

[Vash02]

Originally posted by Badjojo
you could always get a dvd burner and burn it to a new dvd... then you could watch it forever. (oh sorry that would violate untold # of laws:D) forget i mentioned it. :p

Haha, dont worry i guarantee your not the only person that has thought of doing this.

[cheetah256]

anyone else remember divx disks from circuit city? sounds like a more widespread version of it.

[darklord]

Originally posted by FactsOfLife
great, one more piece of non-biodegradeable crap in the landfills.

the short term vision of some people is astounding. Exactly.

[xmetal2001]

Hmm..Just doesn't seem like a good idea to me. It won't work out.

[beam]

Originally posted by pbzmag
I think it's going to be short lived and only on a minimum number of titles. Remember the anti-copy technology on some music cd's? It has come and gone and I have not seen it on any other cd's.

Yeah, the anti copy CDs that Sony spent millions of dollars developing were, in the end, foiled by using a 50 cent magic marker to mark the outside edge of the disc.

I wonder how much time/money went into developing this, so that we can all laugh when some creative 14 year old realizes that if you spit a wad of Juicy Fruit on it and dip it in a bowl of Mt. Dew Amped, the dvd lasts forever.

[e mag]

these discs arent about defeating pirates, they are about making more money.

[logamus]

Originally posted by e mag
these discs arent about defeating pirates, they are about making more money.
exactly. disney wants to siphon off from blockbuster and netflix but not have to hassle with returns. me personally, i love netflix and i dont see anyreason to change.

[GreasyPigeon]

i give this fad a week to live and die.....i mean come on who would spend like lets say 3 bucks to rent on of there Self Destruct dvd's for only 2 days...or you could spend 3 bucks for a 5 day rental and blockbuster...and 3 days for the new one's...i'll stick with blockbuster...beside disney is one of the most very companys along with Martha Sturat, and MTV