| Registered: May 26, 2007 |  Posts: 117 |
| | Posted: | | | | A couple of years ago there was some development on a DVD that would "self erase" over a short period of time. I was wondering if anybody knows that if they have advanced this. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 2,293 |
| | Posted: | | | | As far as I know it died a (well deserved) death.
I believe the idea was that it would obviate the need to return rental DVDs and thus save on costs that way but given
1) the efficient rental setups that are now in palce running qite nicely
2) the additinal cost of development and the requirement that the production costs be reduced to make it worthwhile and (probably most important)
3) the advances already seen and on the way in digital streaming/download services which get rid of the need for the production phase anyway
I think the chances of it progressing are very slight unless a new need for such technology becomes apparent. | | | | It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 20,111 |
| | Posted: | | | | I'm pretty sure the idea died off. Wasn't it mainly Disney who tried to get this going? | | | | Corey |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 585 |
| | Posted: | | | | | | | "Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men" - Douglas Bader
"A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools." - Douglas Adams |
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| Registered: April 14, 2007 | | Posts: 433 |
| | Posted: | | | | Yeah they are called Flexplay discs and they are not completely dead. On a recent trip to San Francisco I stopped at a truckstop to get gas and they had these discs for sale. There were pretty recent releases too. | | | | Chris |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 25 |
| | Posted: | | | | | | | They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty or safety.
--Benjamin Franklin |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 252 |
| | Posted: | | | | Though not quite related, ez-D kinda harkens back slightly to the old DVD/DiVX war. Found this image when cleaning up some graphics folders the other week:   | | | | Last edited: by Cyclograph |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 811 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting verdejt: Quote:
A couple of years ago there was some development on a DVD that would "self erase" over a short period of time. I was wondering if anybody knows that if they have advanced this. I think Tom Cruise has one in M.I. IV |
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