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Disney's Disposable DVDs Deemed Duds
An anonymous reader writes "It looks like disposable DVD's are headed the way of the dodo bird. Consumers (ahem, customers) in several markets are rejecting the $7 self destructing flexplay discs. Some stores have decided to stop selling. According to the stores, 'Customers aren't interested in paying more than $6 for a limited-play DVD when they can pay $2 at the video store. Even with a $2 late fee, it's cheaper than buying a disposable DVD.' and 'he hasn't seen one customer purchase an EZ-D, though some of them have been shoplifted out of the store.'"
A company in norway called film24.no is renting out unlimited (I think) movies (DVDs) on a per monthly basis. You can rent as many as you want from their listings; and you get them mailed.
When you return them, all you have to do is put them in an envelope that follows them (the shipping is free) -- and post them
Seems like a better idea than these "This DVD, will self-destruct in one play"-kind of package. All you have to do is to click the movies you want to play the following days, and wait for them at your postbox.
The price is 179 NKR (about 25$) a month.
This business idea is made possible by the fact that a DVD is very light, and fits a envelope.
It honestly wouldn't surprise me if they started lawsuits over this and tried to blame it on "pirating".
Yeahh... that seems to be the new fad. When an idea fails horribly, ignore the fact that it was a dumb idea and aim for the P2P networks!!!
We have secretly replaced these Slashdot mods' sense of humor with a rusty nail. Let's see if they notice!!
Uhm... why not just bit-copy the data to another media format that doesn't self destruct? Afterall, you don't need the actual disc, just to keep the bits.