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Old 12-24-07, 01:53 AM
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Need more info on 48 Hour Self Destructing DVD rental

I remember a few years back when Disney had announced a dvd that was vaccum packed and after it was opened you had 48 hours before the dvd had a chemical reaction making it usesless. I found a article at http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/orei...edvd_0903.html that talks about it, though the search engine here did not find the old thread.

Fast forward to today. I was driving through Arkansas from TX to TN and saw some new titles like Number 23 and Gracie, along with The classic Halloween film at a truck stop for 4.99 using the same premise. I didn't purchase any of them, but wanted to see if i could find a website to see what titles had been put out. For the life of me, I can't recall what these dvds called themselves.

Any info, or have you seen them at truck stops or anywhere else?
Old 12-24-07, 01:57 AM
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Found it

www.Flexplay.com
Old 12-24-07, 02:22 AM
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Weird.

Who knew DVDs were recyclable!?
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http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/flexplay.htm
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"This disc will self-destruct in 172800 seconds!"
Old 12-25-07, 09:05 PM
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so anybody else seen these out and about
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I've never ever seen one.
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Here are the links to TWO different threads from 2003, when they made their debut:

http://forum.dvdtalk.com/showthread.php?t=293388

http://forum.dvdtalk.com/showthread.php?t=321823

Maybe interesting
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if it doesn't self-destruct can you return it as defective?
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Didn't know these were making a comeback- I know they were trying them out in Japan last year. I bought 2 "Noel" discs from an Ebay seller (one to watch and do other things with, the other to keep sealed), here's the trailer that plays at the beginning of it:

<embed style="width:500px; height:426px;" id="VideoPlayback" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=8141765775397029635&hl=en" flashvars=""> </embed>

There's an obvious workaround for the 'self-destructing' part that I thought would've made them give up on it. I'm gonna have to find some of these New Line titles, are they for sale anywhere in CA? I collect relics of failed technology; I've also got about 15 DIVX discs I bought when they were clearing them out cheap. $4.99 is still WAY too much for a limited-play disc, especially for something as old as "Halloween", since you can get regular DVDs for about the same price or less.
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[QUOTE=Alan Smith$4.99 is still WAY too much for a limited-play disc, especially for something as old as "Halloween", since you can get regular DVDs for about the same price or less.[/QUOTE]
I'm not a truck driver, but I can see why these discs would be nice. If you're driving a rig across the country, you don't want the clutter of buying DVDs to keep, and you don't want to have to return the disc to a rental place, so this is good for that market.
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Originally Posted by Alan Smithee
$4.99 is still WAY too much for a limited-play disc, especially for something as old as "Halloween", since you can get regular DVDs for about the same price or less.
A new release at BBV costs the same thing and is similarly "limited play".
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i travel a lot in Oklahoma and Texas. all the LOVE'S truck stops have them.

but this company sounds useless- most of the time, you get 2-3 choices at most, and they're not brand new releases. saw Texas Chainsaw- The Beginning just the other day at one.

Here's how dumb the company is, they tell you how the process works, it's exposure to oxygen.

Now all a person has to do is export these babies to Venus, and you'd make a killing.
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You know what I'm trying to figure out? If this company makes a profit by selling DVDs for $4.99 each that self destruct, why do regular DVDs have to be priced so much higher to earn a profit? Surely they don't think the same truck driver is going to keep buying Texas Chainsaw-The Beginning and keep throwing it away?
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foundthe same batch of titles at another truck stop. wondering how the sales have been?
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Originally Posted by lcnickell
Here's how dumb the company is, they tell you how the process works, it's exposure to oxygen.

Now all a person has to do is export these babies to Venus, and you'd make a killing.
lol

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