if200

Regularly $4.99 all disposable rentals are on sale for $1.99. Once you open the package it is good for 48 hours.

I saw Tropic of Thunder, Love Guru and some others.

Don't know if it is at all Staples. Good Luck.

Yakuza Bengoshi

Did they have An Inconvenient Truth?

Gizmo

Wow...or you can rent from Redbox for 99 cents...

dx23

I can't believe that there are stores still pushing this shit.

melih69

what is disposable rentals? Never heard of it. It is not like i am going to try I am just curious about it.

jgorow

the media on the disc automaticly deletes itself 48 hours after opening. kind of like on mission impossible - this tape will self destruct in ........

conehead433

Hopefully people won't buy this crap. Just say no.

Phibes

DVD Guy ATL

Aside from the (admittedly valid) environmental concerns, why is this a bad idea vs. paying $5 to rent from a B&M chain and then having to drive back to the store?

sracer

Do you need another reason beyond that? "Aside from the fact that the person is dead, why is it a bad idea to shoot someone in the head?"

Ok, you need another reason... Red Box is $0.99 rental. NetFlix-on-demand is cheaper than $5 and there is no return necessary.

CritterYawn

Re: Netflix, actually it would be wiser to make an estimation of the carbon print for downloading and playing a Netflix movie (i.e. at the server's site) vs. preparation, printing etc. of such a disposable rental. It's kind of similar with the whole hydrogen car scam: it's clean indeed, but only at the car site. There must be somewhere a methane-burning facility, where the pollution is huge.

Environmentalist considerations aside, I don't like the idea of disposable rentals.

Abob Teff

These things are still around?!

Damn hippies.

RobCA

I've never used Netflix, and I don't even know what Red Box is, but I saw some of these tonight at Staples, and picked up Over Her Dead Body. For two bucks, I get to watch a movie I'm somewhat interested in seeing, that I probably won't like enough to want to own, without the bother of having to return it somewhere. Works for me.

Rob

Alan Smithee

You can make these non-disposable if you do that thing they don't like us to talk about here with them.

SPRBD

Are these the same as store-bought copies? WS with extras? I might rent a couple myself, if so.

mnementh

Turn them into Christmas ornaments?

Alan Smithee

I got "Beowulf" just for the hell of it- there's no extras but it's 16x9, 5.1 with Spanish and French dubs and subtitles and it's a dual-layer disc. And though the disc has now 'expired', I can still watch it, but I can't say how.

dhmac

http://www.redbox.com

(Google is your friend!)
.

RobCA

Sorry, when I said I don't know what Red Box is, I should have also mentioned that I don't care. But thanks! I won't be using them though; I've never rented a DVD, and I don't plan to start now.

Rob

RKillgore

It makes sense to release The Love Guru in this format as you would have an overwhelming urge to throw it away, anyway.

Pizza

If they're able to sell disposible DVDs for $5 and make a profit, then they should sell all DVDs for that price.

I'm amazed at how popular the red boxes are. When i rent, I really enjoy browsing in the video store.

Mr. Salty

The disc doesn't delete itself. A coating on the disc surface becomes opaque after being exposed to air.

With Red Box, you can browse online just as easily, then rent the movie you want without having to drive all over the place trying to find it in stock.

BJ

Is it possible these are previously viewed discs with the "self-destruct" coating applied? Perhaps that would make them cheaper to sell?

Has anyone tested exactly how long it takes these discs to become unplayable? The nerd in me is curious

chard31

What key words can I use for google to find the 'answer' to your riddle?

ctyankee

Because your question ignores the reality of Netflix for frequent film watchers where the user doesn't have to drive at all and the per film rate will work out to being much lower tha $5 per rental or for infrequent film watchers, the $0.99 option that is Red Box. Both of these options put the nail in the coffin of disposable rentals.

Sorry, but when you tried "disposable rentals" you rented a DVD. That you can decide when to start the rental doesn't stop it from being a rental.

If a DVD can be played on a computer that passes through to a video output, there is no way to stop someone from copying the output. If the DVD's protection scheme is compromised, even easier. So, he makes a copy of the DVD before it expires. The 'how' is not permitted to discuss on this forum.