[TheForge] Abana Tape rentals

Sat Nov 1 08:54:00 2003

I am not a big believer in waste either, however, I wouldnt be quick to 
judge this one yet.   First, you can copy an ordinary DVD that you rent 
now before you return it, so no difference.  Second, from an 
environmental standpoint, you would have to look at the whole 
lifecycle.  Shipping it back takes resources as well.  The landfills 
have got to be filling with CD and DVDs now ( thanks to AOL), so there 
needs to be a generalized solution developed here anyway from a 
recycling standpoint.   For video rentals, the real solution seems to be 
true view on demand, but as I have worked with that off and on 
professionally for several years, I don't think there is going to be a 
true solution anytime soon. 

Charles

Demon Buddha wrote:

> On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 21:51:29 -0600, <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> There is a company that have invented a DVD that self destructs after 
>> a couple of days once it is exposed to air.   You rent it by mail, 
>> open it when you want to watch it and then it self destructs on its 
>> own like mission impossible.   I heard this was in trial somewhere.
>
>
>     I suspect this will fail in the market, if for no other reason
>     that I can copy the disk onto permanent media.  This product may
>     have some niche market, but I seriously doubt it will succeed at
>     large.  Just think of the incalculable waste such a product
>     represents, as if we were not wasteful enough as it is.  For
>     this reason alone I hope it fails at large as I find such waste
>     to be inexcusable.
>