Disposable DVDs?
April 23, 2008
Here’s an interesting idea: an DVD that can be viewed for 48 hours, and is sold at the low price of $6.44. After 48 hours, the DVD will be completely unusable, giving a “no disc” error message to the TV or computer screen. According to the article I read about this(http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/17/disposable_dvd_germany/), disposable DVDs have already been successfuly been introduced in France, Italy, and Scandanavia. It seems like a decent idea to me, the only problem being that I can rent a movie for the same price, and renting a movie is probably a lot less wasteful then buying a disposable one and then throwing it out(that problem was discussed briefly in the article). But at least the disposable ones wouldn’t have scratches-definetely a pro. I’m not sure if these will take off or not…but definetely something to watch
-Kolametal
For sure, it’s an interesting idea… but aren’t they trying to prevent the whole idea of throwing stuff in the rubbish lol. Plastic recycling hasn’t taken off yet, so most of it will go in the trash which tbh is a waste of plastic.
It will be costly, time consuming and a waste of plastic. I’m against it.
Scratches aren’t a big deal nowadays… less and less people are renting DVD’s… it’s a fact. People are downloading their films now, or just buying them off the web for cheap.
It may have been a good idea a few years ago but not now…