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Limited-Use DVD Technology
ps_inkling writes: "Two companies are creating different techniques to make DVD discs unusable after a set period of time. SpectraDisc has a patent on a limited-play DVD technology; FlexPlay is currently developing limited play DVD technology. The SpectraDisc technique is to coat the DVD with a film, then wrap the DVD in an anaerobic package.
The idea is to sell these 'play-once' DVD movies at a substantial discount to regular DVDs as a way to compete with pay-per-view or movie ticket outlets."
I did start using Netflix though, and I'm quite happy with the service. Blockbuster is a good 15 minutes from my place, so the mailbox makes a lot more sense.
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Y'know, for all the shortcomings of Divx (special players, mounting costs, VHS-Beta-style format war, deceptive advertising, being unable to share discs, etc), it had one thing over both of these harebrained schemes.
Replayability.
You could purchase additional viewing windows, and you would be a sent a bill by HQ each month. Pay-per-view DVDS - it's as dumb as it sounds, especially since many of the discs had no special features, were pan-n-scan, and basically had no redeeming qualities whatsoever. At least you could replay your own discs.
These dumbshit ideas... 3 days, and they're in the trash, never to be viewed again. The wrapping and case/sleeve also go in the trash. FlexPlay presents a claim that 100 million DVDs can fit into a 10m^3 block. It's still additional waste, of landfill space, of packaging, and of the resources and energy that went into producing a DVD that craps itself after 3 days. It's not as if you can return the flick for someone else to enjoy - the disc is WASTED. Perfect for the disposable society, but I thought we were trying to move away from that?
As for the "save the environment by driving your car less" claim attached to this... build cleaner cars before looking for excuses to keep the current ones.
Someday, you're going to die. Get over it.
I bet atleast 50% of the first 100 posts to this thread will be dumbasses; "Dont you remember DIVX?"
Why, YES I DID, THANKS! I didnt need to be reminded more than once.
Proof that people are more interested in posting the obvious for karma, than reading what has already been said.
Anyone who considers arithmetical methods of producing random numbers is, of course, in a state of sin.-John von Neumann
The alternate energy cars dont sell, because Big Oil will not make any money off of the cars.
Yes. The president, wielding the awesome power of the "line-item veto" and other similar powers, has caused trash production to skyrocket in the last 14 months or so. Under a *democrat* president, we would have no trash, because we'd use every part of the buffalo to make teepees and hoof-pie.
:)
Or, people who say "blame dubya" are just stupid.