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| Thread ID: 33551 | 2003-05-19 00:26:00 | OT-Shades of Mission Imposible! | Kiwitas (514) | Press F1 |
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| 145595 | 2003-05-19 00:26:00 | Found this at Neowin earlier,Very smart? Walt Disney slipping DVD's a Mickey! That is the warning Walt Disney will issue this August when it begins to "rent" DVDs that are set to become unplayable after two days and that therefore do not have to be returned. Disney home video unit Buena Vista Home Entertainment will launch a pilot movie "rental" program in August that uses self-destruction technology, the company said Friday. The discs stop working when a process similar to rusting makes them unreadable. The discs start off red, but when they are taken out of the package, exposure to oxygen eventually turns the coating black and makes it impenetrable by a DVD laser. Buena Vista hopes the technology will let it crack a wider rental market, since it can sell the DVDs in stores, or almost anywhere, without setting up a system to get the discs back. The discs work perfectly for the two-day viewing window, said Flexplay Technologies, the private company that developed the technology using material from General Electric. The technology cannot be hacked by programmers who would want to view the disc longer, because the mechanism that closes the viewing window is chemical and has nothing to do with computer technology. Cheers,Kiwitas,;-) |
Kiwitas (514) | ||
| 145596 | 2003-05-19 00:49:00 | Would be a good idea, if DVD's were recyclable. I wouldn't support it for environmental reasons. Looking at how many DVD's we rent a month, I can just imagine the used disks stacking up... | honeylaser (814) | ||
| 145597 | 2003-05-19 00:59:00 | it says it cannot be hacked.. they said that about winxp activiation..and its being hacked... they said that about alot of things... its just stopid |
csinclair83 (200) | ||
| 145598 | 2003-05-19 01:56:00 | Easy. Just install the reader in a vacuum tank. Or easier, just have a nitrogen bottle, and a big plastic bag. :D | Graham L (2) | ||
| 145599 | 2003-05-19 02:06:00 | Or rip it as an image to your hard drive and wait until discs get bigger than the 4.7gb limitation currently. Lo. |
Lohsing (219) | ||
| 145600 | 2003-05-19 02:21:00 | What evil company invented this? This would have to be one of the stupidest inventions ever made. Who the hell is going to buy a dvd that will self distruct in a few days? The cost of the disc would be about $10 itself, making the total cost to hire most likely around $15. Well you can get 2 normal dvd hires for that, and they won't destroy themselves! Besides, whats to stop anyone, from buying the thing, using dvd decrypter/Smartripper and getting the files onto your hard drive, then using a dvd burner, make a perfect 1:1 copy. |
PoWa (203) | ||
| 145601 | 2003-05-19 02:32:00 | Actually, the cost of a disc is closer to $1. Sigma DVD-R's come from China at $1 per disc (wholesale). Personally, I have bought Ritek DVD-R in spindles of 50 at $180 incl GST. Lo. |
Lohsing (219) | ||
| 145602 | 2003-05-19 02:35:00 | > Besides, whats to stop anyone, from buying the thing, > using dvd decrypter/Smartripper and getting the files > onto your hard drive, then using a dvd burner, make a > perfect 1:1 copy. Actually, it's designed for rental in mind. As for making a perfect 1:1 copy... unless the image size is under 4.37gig, you're not going to be able to make a perfect 1:1 copy without either stripping subtitles etc, or re-encoding the video streams. The actual thread I read this on is here (www.cdfreaks.com) courtesy of CDFreaks.com. It's from Disney, and it's a self destructing 48 hr DVD rental... Lo. |
Lohsing (219) | ||
| 145603 | 2003-05-19 02:56:00 | They actually came up with that idea over 6 months back, but its nice to see they're still pressing on with it.. To date, AFAIK, All copy protection can be bypassed in a certain way.. but that's besides the point.. Blank DVD Disc's cost almost as little as CD-R's. I bought a Looney Tunes DVD for $5 with a nice case, cover etc... They must have to sell a lot to make a buck of that ;-) |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 145604 | 2003-05-19 07:50:00 | If it can be played it can be copied. I'd like to see them come across some method that stops the use of a video camera. | -=JM=- (16) | ||
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