Are airline passengers a market for disposable DVDs?
- June 10th, 2008
- 3 Comments
Dave Zatz of Zatz Not Funny! recently took a disposable Flexplay DVD for a spin and, although he’s “publicly poo-pooed the idea of disposable DVDs,” Zatz found that disposable DVDs might be able to gain favor with frequent travelers.
He grabbed a copy of Disturbia for $6 before boarding a recent flight and was actually able to use the DVD past its 48-hour expiration limit (the discs are supposed to cloud up after being exposed to air for more than 48 hours) as well as use Handbrake to rip the DVD into “something usable”.
We’ve covered disposable DVDs before and the comments on the subject boiled down to “too expensive” and “pretty wasteful” – but would you spend $6 on a disposable DVD before boarding an airplane? And also, what’s the draw to Shia LaBeouf? Why is this kid in every movie?
Antonio (Who am I?)
2 months ago
6$ is too expensive when I can rent them online for 3-4$. If they bring the cost down to below 5$, then I am all over that.
Skye B. (Who am I?)
2 months ago
Hi Doug,
Just like Mission Impossible, “This message will self-destruct within so many minutes.” lol! Instead of the message self-destructing, the DVD you just bought to watch will self-destruct. Why not bring your own….$6 is too
expensive just to watch a video, cable doesn’t even charge that much for Pay-Per-View, and I think they are expensive….$3.99.
See I think Pay-Per-View is expensive, because I don’t get a chance to rewind if I want, but don’t mind paying a rental fee of $4. So $6 is definitely expensive.
whiskey (Who am I?)
2 months ago
Renting at $4 its reasonable, buying it already digitally at (say, i dunno) $4 is reasonable too… Is this for people who do not know how to buy movies (or, errr, download them)? Or even worse… is this because renting movies is soooo difficult?
What do you do with discarded media? Aluminum and plastic are supposed to be separate on the recycle bins!!!