DVD D (disposable) to be sold since friday in Europe

[jernst]

A big french online shop annouced that it will be selling Disposable DVDs in France, Belgium and Nederland as of 7th Mai.

CDiscount.com just got licence to sell those DVD D (D for disposable). These are normal DVDs, but they are self-destroying 8 hours after you opened it (some chemical product stucked in some protecting layer goes out from this layer and then destroys the data; the protective layer is opening because of the read laser of the DVD player)

The price will be 2.49€/each but could then raise to 3.49€.

Here is another example of ressources waisted and a new opportunity for pirates to make cheap backup from these discs. Damn, I'd really never understand those people.

[Mug Funky]

ARGH! it's the stupidest idea ever? are people really so lazy they can't return a DVD to the rental place?

goddamn it, most people are even willing to rewind a tape before they return it. i wish blockbuster et al would give it's customers a little more credit.

to say nothing of the incredible waste involved.

i hate the mindset that will cripple a product that in theory would otherwise last up to a hundred years. same goes for "copy protected" CDs (aka "read protected non-CDs")

*fuming*

[Wolfman]

great..well done.. can't wait till these get to the UK.

[fedge]

Well here in the USA.. independant film companies are embracing teh technology.. and toughting it as a "great idea" on talk shows. However, no one seems to care how much more TRASH this will add to the landfills...we already got tons of cdr's going into trash.. and old software.. do we really need to purposefully add more to the pile!!!!?????