The only way Disney will be a-holes is if they only sell certain DVDs as the self-destructing variety. If they sell the same titles in both formats, I don't have a problem with it.
I also hope all of these discs will be anamorphic widescreen.
That was the other problem with Divx.
I also hope all of these discs will be anamorphic widescreen.
That was the other problem with Divx.
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Eh - I dont really understand how this will really be appealing to DVD copiers unless they are pricing them a few bux cheaper - people that DVDXCopy Rentals would only be saving a buck or two.
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Well, I'm an American and I DON'T throw out everything. I had a girlfriend (yeah, an American) who chastised me: "You want everything to last forever." I would buy things I thought would last, and when they didn't I fixed them! And man! I really know how to fix stuff if I have a mind to. It can take a lot of time, though, so you can't let it get the best of you.
I bet they never go through with this. It's just disgusting that they would produce disks that self destruct in 2 days. They will eat their words. It would be bad PR. Yeah, and the environmentalists would be all over them. IMO it will never happen.
Edit: Screw Disney, anyway. I have around 50 DVDs and not one is a Disney movie. I have a VHS copy of Fantasia from years ago. IMO, they've gone downhill in recent decades.
I'm surprised. Seems to be a lot of opposition to this, though most I can't understand.
Like others have said, if anyone it's BlockBuster that would get hurt by this, not the consumer.
Though I suspect mail order DVD rental places might like this more. Saves them having to process all the incoming discs, deal with "I mailed it, honest" customers, postal damage, etc.
It's not at all like Divx aside from the "you don't have to race back to the video store before closing time" aspect. Which was the only appealing thing about Divx to start with!
Only downside I see is we won't see this applied to CDs. They're simply too easy to copy whereas the number of people copying DVDs is more limited. And you can't make a direct copy of a DVD.
Pirates can still copy. Billions of other people wouldn't be driving at high speed to video stores late at night in their slippers. Gasoline and lives will be saved....ok, now I'm being silly. But really, what's the problem?
The environmental aspect, yeah, some people will toss them. There are ways to minimize that too, if the environmental minded put their efforts into pressuring for recycling awareness they could do a lot of good with an emerging product the public hasn't developed bad habits with. Want to be mad at Disney, be mad when they refuse your request to have a recyling bin for these discs sitting in every store Disney sells them too. Or for refusing to display a recycling symbol and instructions/reminders on every disc. See if Disney would be interested in doing promotions where for every 10 dead DVDs you bring back you get a free rental on another of their new product.
Just a thought
Like others have said, if anyone it's BlockBuster that would get hurt by this, not the consumer.
Though I suspect mail order DVD rental places might like this more. Saves them having to process all the incoming discs, deal with "I mailed it, honest" customers, postal damage, etc.
It's not at all like Divx aside from the "you don't have to race back to the video store before closing time" aspect. Which was the only appealing thing about Divx to start with!
Only downside I see is we won't see this applied to CDs. They're simply too easy to copy whereas the number of people copying DVDs is more limited. And you can't make a direct copy of a DVD.
Pirates can still copy. Billions of other people wouldn't be driving at high speed to video stores late at night in their slippers. Gasoline and lives will be saved....ok, now I'm being silly. But really, what's the problem?
The environmental aspect, yeah, some people will toss them. There are ways to minimize that too, if the environmental minded put their efforts into pressuring for recycling awareness they could do a lot of good with an emerging product the public hasn't developed bad habits with. Want to be mad at Disney, be mad when they refuse your request to have a recyling bin for these discs sitting in every store Disney sells them too. Or for refusing to display a recycling symbol and instructions/reminders on every disc. See if Disney would be interested in doing promotions where for every 10 dead DVDs you bring back you get a free rental on another of their new product.
Just a thought
yeah good point - I guess Netflix will buy this stuff up. Although I still say that it's quite environmentally unfriendly - I guess if it can be assigned a plastic recycle code on the top, and people can just toss them into the blue recycling bins, then all will be great and swell.
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It's a new wrinkle in the nefarious and infamous concept of planned obsolescence. Maybe next they will develop and distribute (free!) little blue pills that make you forget the movie you've just seen, or at least the plot, so you will be more receptive to thier next blockbuster. Yeah, this does bring me into the world of science fiction, kicking, screaming, resisting. I saw The Matrix first time a couple nights ago, I guess I'm hung over...
Hacked? How can you hack a physical transformation?
Anyway, from an MSNBC poll:
Would you rent a self-destructing DVD?
* 7708 responses
Sure! Anything to avoid late fees.
14%
Maybe. They better not cost more.
30%
No. I question the whole concept.
56%
Anyway, from an MSNBC poll:
Would you rent a self-destructing DVD?
* 7708 responses
Sure! Anything to avoid late fees.
14%
Maybe. They better not cost more.
30%
No. I question the whole concept.
56%
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You know, after hearing all the complaints from people who have received unplayable rental discs through Netflix and other rental places, I cannot, for the life of me, see why anyone would think this is a bad idea.
Have you SEEN the way people treat rental DVDs? SOMETHING had to be done about DVD rentals. The rate of bad discs was just TOO high. I gave up on renting DVDs for that very reason.
Now, the only problem I can see is waste. But as far as I know, plastic is recyclable. Just watch it, and pop it in the recycle bin. It's that easy.
I'll bet many of the same people complaining about DVD trash in this thread throw away (or recycle) dozens, if not hundreds of CD-Rs every year.
Have you SEEN the way people treat rental DVDs? SOMETHING had to be done about DVD rentals. The rate of bad discs was just TOO high. I gave up on renting DVDs for that very reason.
Now, the only problem I can see is waste. But as far as I know, plastic is recyclable. Just watch it, and pop it in the recycle bin. It's that easy.
I'll bet many of the same people complaining about DVD trash in this thread throw away (or recycle) dozens, if not hundreds of CD-Rs every year.
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