Self-destructing DVDs to help market new film...

[Zim Hosein]

LOS ANGELES--A little-known Atlanta company hopes to change Hollywood's thinking about movie distribution with a novel marketing plan that includes using relatively new disposable DVDs, the company said on Monday.

At the center of the Convex Group's plan is a low budget Christmas movie called "Noel," directed by Chazz Palminteri, that will debut in up to 10 U.S. cities on Nov. 12. On the same day, the disposable DVD can be bought for $4.99 through online retailer Amazon.com.

A little over two weeks later, the movie will air once on cable television network TNT, which Convex hopes will only spur greater ticket sales and higher revenues from the DVDs, which become unplayable 48 hours after their air-tight package is opened.

Self-destructing DVDs to help market new film 😕

 

[her209]

Hasn't this been tried before?

 

[Cristatus]

i heard something similar earlier (i think about two years ago) that one of the new bond films was going to be released to some kind of panel in the same format, so that it wouldn't be able to get pirated. i'm not sure if that really happened tho.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: logic1485
i heard something similar earlier (i think about two years ago) that one of the new bond films was going to be released to some kind of panel in the same format, so that it wouldn't be able to get pirated. i'm not sure if that really happened tho.

48 hours?

And how long does it take to copy a DVD?

 

[Transition]

This has been discussed for years.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: logic1485
i heard something similar earlier (i think about two years ago) that one of the new bond films was going to be released to some kind of panel in the same format, so that it wouldn't be able to get pirated. i'm not sure if that really happened tho.

48 hours?

And how long does it take to copy a DVD?

Bingo.

- M4H

 

[TechnoKid]

I would return the DVD and say it was defective. Repeat a dozen or so times. Then the company would think it more of a hassle than anything and probably can the idea.

I'm assuming [some type of] oxidation is what makes the DVD unreadable after 48 hours, there are many ways it can be accelerated or slowed im sure.

 

[So]

Originally posted by: TechnoKid
I would return the DVD and say it was defective. Repeat a dozen or so times. Then the company would think it more of a hassle than anything and probably can the idea.

I'm assuming [some type of] oxidation is what makes the DVD unreadable after 48 hours, there are many ways it can be accelerated or slowed im sure.

Yeah, it can be stopped completely if your DVD player is sealed and filled with HALON.

Seriously though, this might work is the DVD's were free, but I will not pay $4.99 for an ad. And we have a working rental system so disposable DVD's don't make sense for that either.

 

[konakona]

oh sh!t, 007 here i come! 😱

 

[MercenaryForHire]

DVD Decrypter + DVDShrink > Stupid disposable discs

- M4H

 

[jtusa]

The smells of Divx.

 

[mwtgg]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
DVD Decrypter + DVDShrink > Stupid disposable discs

- M4H

:thumbsup:

For dual-layer DVDs...

DVDShrink > all