[ale] Self destructing DVD's (OT)

[Jason Day]

On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 10:20:05PM -0400, Adrin wrote:
> Self destructing DVD's (OT)This was already tried on the market once before.
> I think it was called DVDx, Not sure.  Circuit City and another retail

It was DivX (not to be confused with the divx video codec, which came
after).  And it was quite a spectacular failure.

This new version *could* be successful, if they market it correctly.  If
it costs the same as a video rental, or maybe just a wee bit more, and
works in a standard DVD player, then I could see it's value.  I would be
willing to pay a little more to "rent" a DVD that I didn't have to worry
about returning.  Hell, I would probably recoup the extra price by not
having to pay any late fees.

This could work if they are able to make people think they are
*renting*, not *buying*.  DivX was never able to do that.
-- 
Jason Day                                       jasonday at
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"Of course I'm paranoid, everyone is trying to kill me."
    -- Weyoun-6, Star Trek: Deep Space 9
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